Hi everyone! Welcome to my page and blog!

My heart is telling me that this is going to be a long journey...and I know this will be. And yet, it doesn't matter because what I'm planting and whom I'm planting it to is for a long run. I know for a fact that children are precious - not that the adults aren't...I'm just SAYING ;) but of course, their parents are special-er because without them, children wouldn't be born. While church can teach Jesus on Sundays, parents play a main role to train them everyday to be God's children.

Before we talk more about Children in Ministry, let me introduce myself and why I decided to start this. My name is Intan Gunawidjaja. I was born in a beautiful tropical country called "Indonesia" in 19_ _. I don't like telling people my age because they will either think that I'm old - or they will say I lie. So I'll let you be the judge. My first ministry was Sunday School back in Indonesia. I started when I was in grade 6. At that time, I was the teacher's assistant and helped with projector (Yes, we still used the projector back then! So, you may guess my age). Back in Indonesia, we had 3 Sunday school services - morning, afternoon, and evening. Each service we would have around 80-100 children, from age 5 to 11. With these many children, I was trained by many good teachers and leaders on how to serve the kids.

When I came to Canada in 2005, I continued my ministry in children. If we had about 80-100 children in Indonesia, in Canada we had around 30. So instead of putting them into groups, we usually just had a big service with children from ages 6-10. I would lead worship while playing my guitar and eventually wrote some easy songs for them to sing along. I enjoyed it! After a few years in Children's Ministry, I "moved up" to youth and young adults, then adults ministry. I joined Worship Ministry and became the Worship Coordinator. Throughout all my experiences in many ministry areas, I knew in my heart that children would always be my main ministry. However, God had a different plan.

I got married in 2014, had my first baby in 2015, then my second baby in 2017. I learned about being a mom not too long after my wedding. Let me tell you...it was difficult. I tried to balance my calling as a wife, a mom, and a volunteer at church. I failed many times and many times God pulled me up. Through motherhood, I came to understand the importance of godly parenting. I am far away from being a perfect mom - and I don't think I will ever be - to be honest, I don't want to be. So when it comes to my children, I desire to see them grow spiritually. But not only that, I also desire to see them serve God since they are young. 

Throughout this website and blogs I write, I hope you get to see my perspective in the importance of children in ministry.

I am open to any comments, ideas, or critical point of views. Let's dig deeper on this journey! If we get to do this together, I believe that children will bring impact and transformation in the world we live in TODAY!