Farewell to a sister in Christ

One of our sisters in the community has left us to answer God's calling, to be a Carmelite nun. We will never see her in person again as she has sacrificed the luxuries to live a consecrated life and that means never seeing the outside world ever again except certain circumstances such as illness.

Despite only knowing her for a short period of time (1 year to be exact), her words of wisdom and preaching the word of God gave each and everyone of us in the community the inspiration and understand Him more than we thought we had, and she is Karen Wee. She had left on July 7 2013 to return to her hometown of Sarawak, Malaysia as she chose to join the Carmelite monastery there and joined the other nuns on July 16 2013. Prior to that week, the Amplify community held a surprise farewell potluck party for her with some or shall I say most us sharing our tribute and thanks to her when we were given the time when it was nearing to the end of the program.

I loved how the event planners decorated the room with pictures of her with us throughout the years. Credits to them for the wonderful event and for being gregarious hosts.

Saying grace before meal, hoping that I will be able to pray spontaneously and willingly like her one day.

She was truly a mentor to all of us and with her intercessions, that surely kept us standing tall. Her kind and approachable nature gave me the trust and confidence in speaking to her about my faith and troubles at times and bring ministered by her occasionally also gave me a feeling of peace and security.

Thank you Karen for everything, like what Royston said, you are the "Mother Mary" on Earth. Though I'm happy for you, at the same time I'm sad that you have left us. It was a joy and privilege to serve with you in the intercessory team for Awaken 7, your words had truly touched me.

What a memorable night