These "FIVE STARS" are young Christian Singaporean women who are also professional dramatists. I've acted with or directed all of them in the last year. They agreed to meet me last Friday at the (symbolically chosen) Four Seasons Hotel to brainstorm their new years resolutions. Turns out these gals want to meet regularly - weekly - starting today! And they are ready to put it in their freelancer calendar as WORK (the work of nurturing their souls), even when they need to make up financially from a slow year last year because of SARS shutting school classes and shows down for so long.
They are saying now, "I'm going to tell others that I have this time committed to something else. Even if it means giving up work." (I smile, dubious that they'll follow through on that when cash is involved, but I'm proud of them for at least the idea...)
The sweet thing was listening to them pray for each other together this morning (we met by the garden pool of another 5-star hotel, The Goodwood Park). They are so full of anticipation and relief to find a circle of artistic women who have no ulterior motives in meeting them but growing: closer to each other and the Lord and growing in their skills as artists.
Until this group, never really felt like they "fit" into fellowship anywhere. A sweet start to the new year. I get to pick the 5 star locations we meet, AND what we'll discuss or study. Next week: the lobby of the Shangri-la. My SARS-season temporary hobby of checking out the best deals on Singapore's Five star hotels continues to reap benefits into 2004!
