Initially set for Valentine’s Day in 2020, Kallos Real Talk Conference was eventually held online on the 3rd and 4th of July, after the Covid-19 pandemic worsened. It was Kallos’ first ever online conference and a new but exciting experience for the team!
Special Care Package personally delivered to all conference participants
Participants posing with their Real Talk book
Finding True Love In A Sex-Crazed World
Shi Wei, the director of Kallos, spoke on knowing your identity in a sex-crazed world. Preaching from the story of the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4), her message was a poignant reminder that young women are still seen and loved by the Father — despite their shameful pasts. An invitation was given for young women to return to the true source of Life once more.
Our highly-anticipated male panel session consisted of Isaac Ong (Founder of Colours Global) , Chen Hao (Co-founder of Migrant X Me), Ivan Tan (Youth Worker at HingHwa Methodist Church) and Pastor Joey Asher (Young Adult Pastor at Grace Assembly of God).
A myriad of questions were asked, such as “How do you know who is “the right one?” and “How do I ensure healthy boundaries in my friendships with guys?”
A popular question posed was “How do I steward my singlehood well?” Isaac pointedly replied that “We are called to be fruitful even in our singleness. Marriage reveals the work done in our time in singleness!” to which many participants responded with resounding “Amen’s”!
As girls reflected on what was shared and taught, a special song item “Bring to Light” was presented. Written by Hannah Lee, the song voiced a prayer to God to bring to light all that was unspoken and hidden and for God to rescue each of us with his love.
Waiting for Mr. Right
The power-packed and passionate Dr. Tam Wai Jia (Founder of KiteSong Global) showed us her wedding video of how God led her to her husband, Cliff. Though they were in different countries, God orchestrated their paths to beautifully intertwine. However, Wai Jia was initially uncertain about Cliff as he struggled with potentially life-threatening liver problems. She eventually realised that if she were to come down with a sudden illness, Cliff would still choose to marry her, and that was how she knew he was the right one for her.
Snippet of Wai Jia’s wedding video
She shared from Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” about the importance of trusting God and waiting for Mr Right.
Another special song item by Sarah Lyn, whom we interviewed in Issue 39, was shown right before the female panel. Titled “Letter to God”, Sarah Lyn’s original song was a cry on behalf of the mental health patients she had been seeing to hold on to hope and God. It certainly set the stage for an intense female panel that ensued.
