Next Phase

Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs, I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry and will deliver you. Isaiah 46:4

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Hey guys!!!

I am so thankful for I am now. I like to imagine things yet I cannot imagine other scenarios of my life story as it has been beautiful, it is beautiful, and it will be beautiful.

I started my graduate program in Taiwan in September 2015 in Yuan Ze University (Industrial Engineering and Management Program). I met new friends from Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, China, America, and much more. As a freshman, I was excited yet worried because I would not get a scholarship for the next semester if my average score was below the standard. I liked to have a good result but I sometimes felt that my works were not good enough. I usually sent my report or did my homework until the last minutes as I did not feel okay with my answer until I had to submit. Thank God, my first semester was passed happily. I went home on the winter holiday. At home, I checked my score. Miraculously, God gave me the scores which were beyond my expectation.

The holiday ended and I returned to Taiwan. My second semester was tougher than the last one. In this second semester, I took the classes which were rated as difficult classes by the students as I did not have many options. In the second semester, I also chose my advisor, Prof. Ting Jing Rong. I am glad to be his student as he guides me and gives a lot of help and advises. Then, my second semester ended. For the master degree, I only needed to take 30 credits which meant 8 core classes and 1 thesis research. I finished my classes for the graduation requirement in the second semester and I had 6 credits more for the thesis. When I checked my grades, they were awesome. True. You guys need to believe that we have a trustful God who will not let us down, whom we, His children will be the head, not the tail. I got the first rank of master students in IEM. I would like to say this point not because I wanted to show off. I wanted you to see how wonderful and how powerful is our God. When God is with us, who can be our enemy...

I started my third semester by planning the Indonesian Culture Show. Day by day I did the planning and practices and so on. You can read my testimony about this event in my previous post :) I started to concern about my thesis topic in October. This topic was really a new thing for me either for the methodology and the observed object. It was not because of my strength, my knowledge, that I could finish my thesis defense on 6^th July. That was just by the grace of our God. I knew that we faced different problems. Sometimes we think that why do our problems seem to be harder than anyone else. Sometimes we think that we could not face it. Sometimes we think that we are incapable. But, one day, there’s a gospel song came to my mind, “God must be able (Tuhan Pasti Sanggup-Maria Shandi)”. That day on, I said sorry to God that I was too worried. I started to do my research little by little. He gave me strength, guidance, and peace. At the end when I read my thesis report, I just realize that I finished reading those 800+ papers, done the analysis, and finished the report. I realized how much did I read when I made the reference list. It took 50 pages. He has planned everything well in a perfect timing. No planners are better than Him. God is awesome. So, I learned to ask His guidance for the things that I want to do so that I will do what He has planned in my life. Through my thesis-life, God taught me a lot of things. You can see my video on my youtube channel~

my mom and sis

graduated!

jelly

thesis oral defense

thanks for all of your support

graduation day

The problems we faced are to test us whether we still believe in God or we want to quit. What kind of responses we take because of these problems leads us to how our problems will be. Do you want to learn and grow or do you want to quit and lose? A soldier never quit the war. When we still believe in God and be grateful for any problems we face, God is in control. There's a miracle when you are grateful for everything. It is not easy, but it really works. Give Thanks (Donn Moen) A grateful heart can change your sorrow into joy. Which one do you prefer, being worry or being happy? A grateful heart can change a pessimistic person to be an optimistic person. Why do you want to become a negative thinking person when you can be a positive thinking one? Think positively even for a problem, learn to not blame but do a solution. A grateful heart means you surrender. When we surrender to Him, His hands are not too short to help us, His ears are sharp enough to hear our prayers. Mujizat dalam Bersyukur

Thanks to God that after finishing my study, I was accepted into a company in a very beautiful time. They contacted me on 2nd of September. My birthday was on 3rd of September 2017. I was so happy that He planned it that way to be my birthday gift, I think. I met many kind colleagues as well as a nice place to stay. Then, my working phase begins again.

Thank you for my family (papa mama meli vita), friends, and all of you who read this passage. Without you, I could not share this part of my life :)

See you in my next chapter! Keep moving readers :)