SCHOOL'S IN

First week of school.
You know what it's like.
New excitement, new routine, (and even new carpeting for the chapel and Agape room).
But before the end of the week, everyone's clearly exhausted.
One of the faculty put it aptly, "Many are going through syllabus shock, especially the freshmen."
But it's to be expected.
As Dr Ho Chiao Ek reminded us in the first chapel, coming to EAST is more than just getting through from one class to another, and aiming for the degree.
It is a training process.
A time of intentional mentoring from our professors, our teachers, and our peers.
A time to submit to God's discipline which, hopefully, make us better disciples and mentors of others.
Hebrews 12:11: 'All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.'
So if you're feeling under the pile - literally - don't give up.
Look up.
Tighten your belt.
A-cha.
Jia You.