My Life and Migration

As some of you may have known, I came to Australia about five years ago but I officially settle down in Australia three years ago. There is quite a lot of battle of my internal feelings and my decision whether or not if I should come to Australia to live or now when I was in Malaysia. I have fights with my parents because my mom and my stepdad wanted me to come with me to Australia. But I don't want to migrate to Australia because I have to leave my father alone in Malaysia. I cried almost every day because I will have to leave everything behind. My friends, my school, my taekwondo, my cyber cafe and many more things that I would have to leave behind.

I was stress and sad. I didn't know what to do. But one day, I decided to ask God for his help. I sense that God wanted me to leave everything behind. He said that he has a better plan for me in Australia. He gave me comfort and peace in my heart. I trusted God and decided to migrate to Australia despite the things I love in Malaysia and leaving my father behind. Therefore, this is why I am In Australia now.

I am a permanent resident of Australia. For my permanent resident, it expires every five years. Before the expiry date, I would need to go back to Malaysia to renew it because of the time that will take to renew the visa.

My permanent resident is going to expire at the end of this year. If I don’t get it renew, I would need to go back to Malaysia. There is a problem, if I go back to Malaysia, I would need to miss out a term of work which is important to me because it is my final year (Year 12). I was worry but I never give up hope. I asked God for an alternative solution because I trust God that he had a reason why he wanted me to come to Australia and I know he will find a solution to this problem.

Then one day, my mom just asked me, do I want to be an Australian citizen so I don’t have to go back to Malaysia. I was like, wow, Praise God, an answered prayer. My mom told me that I would just need to go for an interview for my citizenship and I was like, “yup thats cool mom, I can do that, no problem”

When we went there, my mom accidentally forgot to bring my application form and I was unable to do the test. They told me that I would need to come back again and make a new appointment and we thought that it is going take months to do it. Therefore I was beginning to worry. I was worry that it would be too late and I would need to go back to Malaysia.

But I never gave up hope. I continue to trust in the Lord and keep praying about it. Then during the April holidays, my mom and I decided to have a go although we didn’t make an appointment. I was like “erm, are you sure? Mom. I don’t think is going to work. We don’t have an appointment and I think they are going to kick me out.” My mom is like “Don’t worry, trust God and he will bless you all the way”. I trusted my mom and I trusted God that he will helped me.

When we reach to the office, we have a smooth transaction; we didn’t have to wait for a long time before we got a chance to get an interview. The lady asked us “Do you guys have an appointment?” And my mom said no. She said that we should make an appointment but it was a lucky day because there were two people on the job. So we are able to get an interview with her. Praise God! This time we got all of our application and paperwork that we needed.

They asked me questions and I answered them. Then they told me that, you passed and you are approved to be a citizen now. I was like Praise God!!.

Through this event, I have learnt a lot. I learnt to trust Him more. I learned that God have a plan for us and he has a purpose for everything that is happening in your life. I would like to encourage you all to keep trusting God for He has a wonderful plan for us in the future.