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Seeing potential in someone means not putting limits on what that person can become in God. Read the testimonies of two Trinitarians who have blossomed and bloomed because there were no limits placed upon them.
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From Gangster to General Manager
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 Joshua Saw was a teenager who dabbled in gang fights, stealing, and drinking, and cut himself for a thrill. He failed his ‘A’ Level exams, but today, he is a general manager of a company and a sectional leader trainee in Trinity.
I came from a well-to-do family; my father was a successful businessman. He took care of the family, and I never had to worry about finances, but all the things I had could not satisfy the emptiness within me. I used to gamble in school after classes ended. The school keeper would go around checking the different classes and he would always find some of us gambling in the empty classrooms.
I sought excitement by being involved in gang fights, stealing as well as drinking. After school I would hang out with my friends and sometimes they would“invite” me to join them in some “discussion” sessions or to be involved in dispute settlements. (They wanted to beef up the number of people present in such situations so as to intimidate the opponent!) |
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| I also sought excitement through self-infliction using razor blades. I felt it was a challenge and dared myself to do it. If the cut was not deep enough, I would not be satisfied. I would inflict another cut to force the wound to open so that there would be more blood oozing out. Somehow, I derived a sense of satisfaction from it. |
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| After secondary school, I went to a different junior college from my friends. I was lonely. I was in the commerce stream, and there was not many boys whom I could click with or influence. So I skipped classes and hung around. I did not prepare for my exams, and needless to say, I failed my ‘A’ Levels. |
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| I found life purposeless and tried gaining recognition from man, especially among peers and friends. I came to know the Lord after someone shared the gospel to me. I was touched by the love of God and I gave my life to Jesus. I started attending a church near my house. An elder in that church established my grounding in God’s Word. He nurtured me using a booklet on Christian foundations and Christian living. |
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| In 2000, I felt I had stagnated in my spiritual growth. Through a divine connection, I joined Trinity. I found a Trinity carecell near my home, Along the way, I faced many challenges and couldn’t cope with leading the cell because of work demands. I felt very down and was very disappointed with myself. My sectional leader Malathy encouraged me. She prayed for me with regards to disappointments, and really ministered to me. In 2005, I was given an opportunity by Pastor David Chan to lead a carecell in Serangoon North. With his and Malathy’s encouragement, I took up leadership even though I was hesitant and fearful of failure. I managed to raise up leaders in that carecell, and the carecell multiplied. I am now leading another carecell. |
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| Besides serving as a carecell leader, I am also a Traffi c Marshall. I was even a Nursery Core Teacher before, taking care of children aged two to four! Recently, Pastor Kelvin Ng, my Zone Pastor, ‘volunteered’ me to be the Chairman for my district’s Thanksgiving event. |
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| All the mentoring, encouragement and opportunities given to me by Trinity has enabled me to become a strategic leader in my workplace. I started off in my current company as a one-man team. Gradually I was given more responsibilities and leadership positions. From no one reporting to me at the very beginning, I led a team of twenty to thirty people in my team at its peak. |
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| Currently I oversee the company and report to the Group Managing Director. As I looked back, I could never have imagined that being so reckless and aimless earlier in life, I could become who I am today: a Sectional Leader trainee, a General Manager, a husband and a father. |
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| I was lowly-educated, shy, and not fluent in speech, but today I am comfortable in speaking on stage and have no problems talking to strangers. I can now speak fluently – albeit with a mixture of Hokkien! I have a purposeful life. It is really the work of God, brought about through the people who mentored me in the various stages of my life. |
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