coratcoret: Januari 2009

Till The End of Time

this poem is specially dedicated to a loving father, loving husband
Raymond P Hutabarat

Through the winds I whisper my love to you..
Through the stars i send you my prayers...

I have loved you from the beginning
And will continue loving you till eternity comes..

When I look upon the sun
I wander what you are doing..
Hoping that you will be in good condition..

I am sorry for dissapointing you so many times..
I'm just human..
I will fight to make you happy..
I will do my best to be a better person.

Let's grow old together..
Let's see our children grow up..
I want to spend my whole life with you..
Through joy and sadness..
I will not leave your side..
Your trust and love is my strength to go on..
I believe Jesus is holding us all together..
You, me, and cheva..

You make me a better person..
You bring out the best in me..

Raymond, I love you..
From the begining till the end..
I will always love you..

Jakarta..9.49 pm..

Hmm..I look out from my apartment window, Jakarta is so beautiful with all the lights on.Then I look into the master bedroom, where my beautiful Cheva is sleeping peacefully (thank God such a great blessing, remembering old days where she couldn't sleep so well at night)..

My thoughts go back wandering to the Christmas and Year End vacation at Bandung.
Ah, if those lovely days could come back (a.k.a vacation time)..Oh,I miss the holidays.Free of routines, free of stressful traffic jams (oh my Gosh..i love holidays.Yeah!!who doesn't??)

bandung,24 dec 08 07.40 pm..at mama's house

tit tit..tit tit..my cellphone rang, notifying an sms coming in..
From: 081220...
To: O811149..
Message:
Kak Ri, we are outside the church..We can't enter the church because we don't have an entry ticket
Oh my gosh, there are so many people who are coming to the service..

From: 0811149..
To: 081220..
Message:
Haah, you need a ticket to come in.Stay put, maybe somehow you guys will get a ticket in.Ok, take care..Keep in touch ok..

From: 081220...
To: O811149..
Hopefully there be a way inside..Bye Kak..

Somehow they got 3 tickets and successfully followed the service that night.Thank God, after standing outside the church for 25 minutes!!

On the morning 25th December 2008, the whole family of Ny.Martahan Silitonga (except for Raymond who is still working at Venezuela..Gosh,working on Christmas and New Years..Don't do this again next year Yang!! i'll be definitly be angry 300%..ladfjajfalkjfakjfla******)

"Dek,how was last nights service and how did you guys get tickets to come in.It's just like watching a concert so you need tickets to enter,"I asked my sister Intan.

"Huuh, amazing how thousands of people wanted to celebrate Christmas..It wasn't surprising, the Christmas Night Service was for all the Bandung District not only the Dago Area,"Intan answered me.

"Oh I see. But how did you get in?"I asked curiosly.

"Be patient, Sis..Mama and I arrived at the church around 6.30 pm. And Hotma was finding a parking lot. Due to thousands of people coming to the service, you could imagine how hard it was to find a parking lot."

"That's right Rin, so many people.And we didn't know, you need tickets to get in,"my mother joined the chat.

Than my mother enthusiastically told the struggling experience to get 3 tickets..

"Mama had to find a way to enter the church. The usher didn't allow people to come in.
He adviced them to wait till 7pm, whether there are some empty chairs. The first priority was for people with entry tickets. At first, so many people without tickets left the church not wanting to wait."

"Yeah Kak, so many went home..But Mama patiently waited near the usher,"Intan continued Mama's story.

"Mama said not to give up easily..Mama didn't want go home, without celebrating Christmas.
I told mama to give up and go home. But Mama persistently insisted to wait."

"Of course Mama would like to wait, it's obvious.I've traveled this far to meet Jesus," Mama defended her actions.
My mother is a very religious person who loves Jesus with all of her heart.She has also a persistent and determine character to achieve her goals.So, what Intan told me wasn't something new.A character I amaze so much..

"Faith and patience are two good things that succeeded well that night. A young lady then came forward to us, and said I have two extra tickets, she gave the tickets to us. But we were short by one ticket,"Mama continued her story.

"I suggested Mama that we should enter the church first, and let Hotma follow us later," said Intan.

"Mama definitely objected this idea, we have to come in together.So we can sit together, and won't find difficulty finding each other when we go home," said Mama.

"Mama kept on waiting,when suddenly an old woman walked to the usher standing next to Mama. The lady whispered something to the ushers ear.Then, the usher took 2 tickets out of his pocket. And gave one ticket to the lady. Guess what Kak, mama grabbed the other ticket quickly...hahahahaahah," said Intan..

"Yep, I told the usher..Gotcha..this one is for my son in law," said Mama.

"Wow, such an experience..What if that was like a queue to enter heaven..And so many people didn't have any tickets to come in. Then the usher is like the angel who guards the door of heavens..When there is an extra ticket, people who is fast will have the opportunity to enter heaven like Mama,"my brother in-law, Hotma, ended the conversation.

And we all laughed to that simple experience on Christmas Eve..

"Yep, only little can enter heaven..And the only ticket for us to enter heaven is to trust in Jesus Christ.."