God is ALWAYS watching over us!

Hi gals and guys….finally….its my turn!....read entries by u guys and was encouraged by all that u all have shared! Anyways…well…must confess...have been feeling quite dry in my walk with God too…haven’t been doing my QT much and somehow…just felt far away from the Lord.....butjust 2 days ago....through a not so good experience, I felt the love of our Lord again..and i thank God that through this experience, HE drew me closer to Him once again....The Lord never forsakes us...

ok here goes my story.....it's gonna be a long one...but will try not to be too detailed..haha...anyways..this story also serves to let u know that such things happen...and so be carefuL!

2 weeks back..my colleague called me and asked me if i was interested in her friend's father's business as he is looking for some pple to help him to expand his business in S'pore and asked if I could meet her one evening so that we can discuss the details with her friend.

though i dont really know what business is about...i tot, since she is my colleague of 1 year plus and is also a Christian, I figured ok why not go and take a look..no harm going...

so well..i went to meet her..and her friend, whose father is supposedly the boss of the business.
HOwever, i soon realised it was not, and she started sharing with me about the business plan of a company called AMWAY...which sounded to me like an MLM!! (for those who dunno what's MLM it's Multi Level Marketing, where one Ali will recruit more sales person under him eg. Peter and Ali will earn commission based on the sales that Peter makes, so the money just keeps growing..) but well..she kept saying it's not an MLM cos they dun expect as to buy the products and all they wanna do is to help us fufil our long term dreams as we will expect to receive passive income (tt means no need to work but money just flow in) in 2 - 5 yrs time. So well, that was a short meeting. I tot it sounded ok, so i agreed to go for a business seminar in the following week...

well...so to keep the long long story short...i met up 3 more times with em, attending business seminars which i only found out that i have to pay at the doorstep. So felt a lil 'cheated' as A, my colleague and her uplines (the pple above her in the pyramid) which she introduced me, never told me what seminar i was goin for and tt i need to pay....but i still felt quite open as A is a christian..and so are her uplines,B & C….. B is SUPER aggressive in the business

so all along..i tot this was a good business to go into, since it allows me to earn passive income in the next 2 - 5 yrs, which i tot will help pay for my sisters' education in the future, well that was the 'dream' they wanted to help me fufil.........so last Sat, i filled in the 'membership' form, just hafta pay 68 bucks which is refundable within a year.

BUT THE LAST STRAW came on Sunday nite, i met em again, for a business seminar again. After the seminar, A, B and C wanted to have a team phone call session, where they will call to invite frens to view the 'business plan' like what my fren did to me.....so they whipped out a manual provided by the company, AMWAY which teaches members the technique of inviting frens over the fone...

and i was shocked!!!!! the manual actually has a script to follow!! and it teaches u to say things like....Hey My phone batt is dying and so i cant talk for long...or I'm outside now so this is going to be a short call...All these lines are said so as to prevent you from wasting too much time on inviting the person (we are supposed to restrict each call to only 2 mins)...then next will come lines like..

"I'm currently working on a business project with some friends from Australia. Have u heard of this couple called....(forgot the name, but they are the ones who are very successful in this AMWAY thingie). They are looking for pple to help em to expand their business in S'pore"

" Given the current economic situation, if the money is right and time is rite for u, would you consider other business options?"
(well i guess most pple would answer yea..)

and there are many other lines after this to teach u how to respond to your fren should he say this or that...one line even has "Laugh out loud" when ur fren says this......

and I was supposed to read everything out LINE BY LINE from the script! so well my fren A demoed once for me to see by inviting her fren like that over the fone.......and suddenly, it dawned upon me that my fren had used these lines while inviting me 2 weeks back on the fone...and i felt CHEATED!

basically, the script was not transparent about the purpose of the invitation, no mention was made about the co.s name AMWAY at all..and so the whole script is like LYING to ur frens..

but well..they asked me to make 2 fone calls that nite to invite them to a session that was supposed to be held at my place on thurs nite where the experienced uplines will be at my house to present to them the AMWAY MLM business plan... i was reluctant to..cos i felt really uneasy and i really felt like i was cheating my fren....as I was supposed to follow exactly the script when speaking to my frens…but the pressure was too great, A B and C were sitting rite in front of me...asking me to do it....

so well, i did....and well..B ( e super aggressive guy) said some nasty things about how i performed after the first call...which i was totally shocked...and at the 2 nd call...the call lasted more than 2 mins and u know what A B and C did? they made hand signals to ask me to end the call quick!!!!!! but how could i do that?? IT"S MY FREN NOE!...just hang up on him cos he's questioning what i just told him?...i cant do it man.....

so after the 2nd call, they taught me more things which i totaly felt uneasy about....and once again told me to meet them like 4 times this week..for seminars and team phone sessions and all.....and then we went separate ways at about 8pm.....the after effect was...throughout the whole nite, i felt uneasy.....I was struggling..should i continue with the business?
Many tots and questions went thru my mind.....it felt like one moment the angel was speaking.then the devil then the angel...

I really felt like i was cheating my frens.....and i had no idea why they do not feel that way.. (i actually told em how i felt but they had many many reasons to back emselves) ...but how could i leave like that? it was my colleague who had gotten me in...and i've signed the form, my colleague and her uplines have spent so much time on me...it seems irresponsible to just leave like tt....Maybe this could really work out for me? i really want to help pay for my sisters' education in the future! BUT will I be happy doing it? I felt so lousy already, jsut by making tt 2 fone calls!!!

So well... i prayed...i have never committ this to the Lord right from the beginning...until that nite....and I asked the Lord to speak to me..and let me know if i should continue in this....

then later in the nite, i went on MSN, and chatted with a JC fren which i haven spoken to for a long time...i found out he was also in an MLM! so i asked him many questions.....until he had to ask me to call him as i sounded so LOST!......
so i chatted with him for 1 over hour...and i told him all my struggles and what they taught me to do..He was UTTERLY SHOCKED!....though he's in an MLM, his co. has never taught him to invite pple in a 'lying' manner..and he was just shocked!......then he explain to me everything about how this kinda business really works and that MLM is not a bad thing..it's just the way some MLMs teaches their members to do things that's bad.....and he shared with me his experiences in such businesses and all.....

and well.....finally i saw the light!...this co. which my colleague is in....has serious problems with its teachings.....quite UNETHICAL!.....and at the end of the whole thing, i felt so relieved...like a boulder rolled off my chest!...It really felt like God sent Him to speak to me, to give me wisdom on this matter and to give me a clear answer...which is of cos to NOT JOIN THIS 'BUSINESS"!!!

and u noe what?...at the end of the whole thing....i told my fren (whom i dunno if he's attending church since i really spoken to him much in the past 2 yrs)...'You know what?..u r the answer to my prayers'
and his next line was 'I'm tearing!!!!!" and I WAS SHOCKED!.......tearing??!?!?!?!?!.............

then later he shared with me about how tt reminded him of a prayer he mind at the altar abt a year back...and that he's a part time christian now......and well.....I was sooo glad.....soo glad that he still has the Lord in Him even though he doesnt really attend church and all.....but well...I took that as an good opportunity to encourage him to go back to church again and all.......

well.....i dunno how u feel after reading this....but somehow i felt GOd's hand moving in this whole experience!!...Even though many times we forsake Him, He never forsakes not leaves us....He's watching us....and guiding us...The following day, I came across a verse which says something like Do not fear man…Fear the Lord……and somehow it reminded me that I should not follow the word of man…but the word of the Lord

Our Lord just works wonders in every single little experience in our lives!….so no matter what circumstance u r in today, whether happy or sad, good or bad, remember that the Lord is always with us, …..ultimately, the the Lord has a purpose in all the situations we r in...what is the Lord teaching me thru this experience? There’s always a lesson the Lord wants us to learn I guess…Give thanks in all circumstances!

So anyways…..conclusion ready be patient!! Haha…anyways..on tt very nite after I put down the fone with my fren, I msged my colleague and B (e super aggressive guy) a very firm msg stating that I’ve decided to pull out from this whole thing….and the very next day, I returned my colleague ALL the CDs and Books that they have passed me to read… (I was so afraid I would be brain washed by these CD s and books!! Haha)………
I also spoke to the 2 of em over the fone the next day..explaining everything that I felt uncomfortable about…..and well.. B said some really terrible stuff to kept making me stay on in the business…but I stood firm!....no way am I gonna attend their meetings again!

I also called the 2 frens whom I’ve ‘practiced’ the script on and confessed to them what actually happened…cos I really felt like I’ve cheated them to come out to meet me and the uplines…..and they forgave me… J

God is great isn’t He? He has turned this whole bad experience into something good at the end….i actually had the opportunity to encourage my fren(whom I’m totally not close to) to start attending church again!! tts is just so amazing!......and through this whole saga...He has brought me closer to Him once again……

Our God is so awesome! Let him go? NEVER!......Hold on tight to him dearies! Let’s remain faithful and continue to read His word, talk to Him, share His word, ya da ya day a da……Amen!