When you ask, God gives. Will you take?

It has been an amazing few months when there were a few coincidences that occurred within such a period of time.

I had been wanting to help a school for kids who have been labelled as "not academically inclined", and I will meet a friend soon to discuss how best I can contribute to helping these kids. Frankly, its about empowering them and facilitating their own self-motivation. I can't help them, only they can help themselves.

I had been feeling the need to expand my programmes to another madrasah, and soon, God willing, I will be in discussion with another madrasah.

I had been wondering about my capacity to write in Malay and present it in a conference. In two weeks' time I will be in Brunei to present a paper in Malay.

I had been curious about a national mentoring conference, and on 21 November, I will be co-facilitating a workshop on mentoring programmes.

I had been asking about my future pathway, and I was presented with two opportunities - one to give a talk at an established research institution and another to supervise two theses on cultural preservation. I took the latter and still pondering on the former. Coincidentally, the two theses are about preservation of cultural heritage - something that I have wanted to do for a PhD. Now, I will venture into the field again.

These coincidental opportunities do not come without challenges. I will be going for a second interview for a post I applied for about two months ago. This opportunity comes with a full-time position and a more stable income. However, I may have to postpone my venture into the field of cultural heritage preservation.

I asked, God gives and also challenges. What do I do?