Creasmans World

The first story of most Singapore apartment buildings, like ours, is open air for walking through. (We live on the fifth floor of a 25-storey building, and most buildings are between 16 and 26 storeys.) Today, the neighborhood Resident’s Committee has planned a Christmas party and is setting up downstairs…

We have our CRMS staff meetings on Fridays, and today we went to visit one of our volunteer staff who directs a community centre for the elderly. Three of our staff were traveling, but those in the picture (L -> R) are Rita our Intern from China, Jennifer the volunteer staff, K!Mberly, How Beng and [...]

Today is Cameron’s 14th birthday!!! He will celebrate by playing a game with his basketball team after school, and then going out for pizza with some of the players and their families. Lord, thank you for Cameron and the special boy that he is. Please bless him in every way this year, guiding him to [...]

This month Tyler completed his first round of college applications. There are a few more he intends to complete next month. Here he is in his natural habitat in our living room, multi-tasking: computer, ipod, and textbook. I used to be able to work like that, too. Except back then it was TV, 8 Track, [...]

This year we had a nice gathering of 33 neighbors and friends at our house to celebrate Thanksgiving. We read from parts of Thanksgiving proclamations from the Pilgrims, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln; and then read a lesson in Luke 7:36-50 about where real thankfulness comes from.

Saw the sign below in our neighborhood today. Some of the apartment buildings next to us do not have elevators that stop on every floor, they stop about every four floors. Now the government is upgrading these “lifts” in our neighborhood so that they will stop on every floor. Singaporeans know what that means – [...]

Today was a worldwide day of prayer for CRM. A few of our staff went to a park near our office and prayed for our friends, relatives, neighbors, nations, and governments. Several friends in the US sent requests to us through the CRM office, and we were able to pray together for them. The Lord [...]

Jim’s ministry is primarily with pastors in Singapore, mentoring them in small groups and one-to-one. Pastors are a source of wisdom and support for a lot of people, but often they do not have anyone to turn to for counsel about their own lives and leadership. Jim serves as a pastor’s pastor, giving a listening [...]

One of our favorite things about Singapore is the variety and convenience of food available. Here is Jim’s lunch today as he met with a group of pastors at an outdoor food court, which is his typical lunch (and usually dinner) venue…

Cameron and I (Jim) spent four days together on a Father-Son trip talking about growing into manhood. We listened and talked about lessons from Dr Dobson’s CDs on “Preparing for Adolescence” including issues like puberty, peer pressure, relationships with girls, relationships with parents, self-image, etc. We also had a lot of fun eating whatever we [...]

Yes, line dancing is popular in Singapore. I think we are in the Guinness Book for the largest line dancing event! The atriums of malls here are usually filled with some kind of “roadshow” advertising products, but today I found this line dance going on when Cameron and I (Jim) visited a mall. Looks like [...]

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Today the Parlato Family picked us up and took us to a national park that had lots of hiking trails along a river with several small waterfalls. Although it was low season for water, it was a beautiful hike and gave the boys lots of opportunities for climbing. We had a leisurely day walking and [...]

This year we decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve in public. There is a huge crowd that gathers downtown to watch the fireworks at midnight. We invited some friends, packed some snacks, and got on the subway to head downtown. Tens of thousands of people! All shapes and sizes! What a lot of fun! Street [...]

Life is all about people… Since we don’t have extended family in Singapore, we want to share meaningful times together, like Christmas, with friends. Today we had some friends come over and share Christmas dinner with us.