salt&light - He obeyed God’s call to leave the RSAF and run a café – only to lose S$70,000 of his savings...

[Money no have]

https://saltandlight.sg/family/one-...t-but-god-rebuilt-everything-i-had-destroyed/

Fearing that the career prospects in the design industry were poor, he signed on to the Air Force after completing his National Service. Though he was not selected to be a pilot, he quickly rose through the ranks as an air traffic controller, becoming a Major at 31.

By this time, he was raking in a five-figure salary every month. He had a four-room HDB flat, a car, a wife and a young son. “From the outside, everything looked stable and successful. But deep down, I felt stuck and unfulfilled,” he said.

Wa major sia!
If continue grinding got chance to be COL

 

[Money no have]

i used to know a girl who also used "god" as some lmao excuse.

After graduating she just laze around for a year not working using her parents money, i ask why dont find job she say she dont need to worry about job, god already set her life for her.

Maybe won toto $12m already sip sip lor

 

[LoneTraveller]

Andy Lim // November 14, 2025, 2:30 pm

When Andy Lim obeyed God's call to quit his stable career in the Air Force to run a café, he didn't expect to go through "a valley of dry bones". But looking back, he sees how God used that season for good. All photos courtesy of Andy Lim.
“It’s time to leave your job. Trust Me and go.”
It didn’t make sense. I was raking in a good salary in the Republic of Singapore Air Force. I had two young kids. I had loans to pay off. I had no backup plan.
But as I prayed and fasted, the stirring deep in my heart would not go away.
Finally, when God showed me in Genesis how Abraham had obeyed His call to leave his homeland, I obeyed and resigned from the Air Force.
I had no idea what I would do next. My boss thought I was crazy. I, too, couldn’t believe what I had just done. But I knew God was calling me to step into something new.

An unlikely opportunity​

During my three-month notice period, I spent a lot of time in prayer and soaked myself in God’s Word, asking Him to reveal to me what was next.
I thought about being a property agent, but didn’t pass the exam. I tried applying for jobs online, but couldn’t find a good fit.

There was a lot of back and forth between me and God. I was scared that I was “talking to myself”, or that I was pursuing my own selfish ambitions.
In the end, I felt God telling me to be patient and wait.

During Andy’s time in the Air Force, he was chosen to undergo pilot training, though he eventually did not pass. Photo by the RSAF.
Nearing the end of my notice period, something strange started stirring in me: A desire to bless the community through food.
But I had no experience in business at all, much less an F&B business.
One day, however, I chanced upon a Kith Café franchise opportunity in West Coast. I didn’t go looking for it; it just popped up. And somehow, doors began to open in ways I couldn’t explain.
I felt God telling me this was going to be an altar. A place of testimony.
As I explored taking over the franchise, everything aligned supernaturally. The café’s location was even at the same serviced apartment that my family had stayed in previously during our renovations. It was like God had gone before me and laid everything in place.
Despite my doubts, I felt peace and strength to go ahead.
With my wife’s full support, I used S$140,000 of my savings to take over Kith Café West Coast. For me, it wasn’t a business decision, but a step of obedience.
Honestly, it was never about selling coffee or food. I felt God telling me this was going to be an altar. A place of testimony. A space where people could feel safe and seen, and hopefully encounter Him through community and conversations.
Though the future was uncertain, my wife and I believed that God would take care of us.
But we didn’t expect what came next.

Zero in the bank​

Within the first few months, I lost half of what I had invested.
Unlike the highly structured environment that I was used to in the military, running a café was messy, unpredictable and tiring.
I had to learn everything from scratch: building an inventory, staffing, negotiating with suppliers, running operations, managing café culture. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t know what I was doing.

From being in a position of power in the military, Andy had to roll up his sleeves to clean, scrub and serve as a café owner.
We faced issues with staff and problems with processes. Food quality was dropping. Footfall was poor. On some days, we only had S$100 in sales.
There were months I didn’t know how to pay rent and food supplies, days when I avoided checking the sales report because it would stress me out, times when I had to hold back from buying things for my kids because we had to stretch every dollar.
There were many days I wanted to give up, especially when things felt out of control. Every day, I had to surrender and pray: “God, help me.”
If it was truly God who had started it, then I had to trust that He would finish it – not in my way, but in His.
The business began to bleed rapidly – first about S$2,000 a month, then up to S$15,000 a month. For the first time in my life, I saw zero in my bank account.
It shook me, and I started to panic.
I cried a lot in my car. I remember asking God: “Are you sure You called me to do this? Did I hear wrongly?”
That was a really deep valley for me. It came to a point where I gave myself three months to turn the business around. If things did not pick up by then, I would have to close it.
Though things were looking dire, I knew deep down that the café had not been a random idea. I didn’t come up with it. I knew how God had led me out of the Air Force, how He had shut every other door, and how this door had opened in such a divine way.
God had put a dream in my heart. And if it was truly God who had started it, then I had to trust that He would finish it – not in my way, but in His.
I held on to Isaiah 43:19, “See, I am doing a new thing.” And through it all, I prayed: “God, even if I lose it all, let me not lose You.”

Peace in chaos​

I kept going not because I had confidence in myself, but because I had seen God’s faithfulness.
His grace always showed up – through people, through small wins, through moments of peace, even when things were messy.
On some days, as I worshipped in the quiet of the café before opening, I would sense His peace.
On other days, I’d be on the brink of giving up, and someone would walk in just to encourage me, without knowing what I was going through.
There were also quiet moments when I was alone, cleaning or restocking, and I’d hear God remind me: “I am with you. Don’t be afraid.”

Andy, seen here hosting a group of his secondary school friends, wants to avail his café to be a space where people can feel safe, find community and encounter God.

Andy and his wife, Sheryl, at The Mustard Seed Market, held on November 1 and 2

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Can join back or not?

 

[V-FORTY]

smlj also push to god

 

[Hypernova]

earn = god bless him

loss = god test him

Funny how people can think like that but when it comes to kids failing exams they parents complain school teacher, tuition teacher no good.

C'mon lah, it's God testing your kids okay?

 

[lampano]

BTH all this people and articles , talk must G here G there..
whatever good, thank you G, then bad, its must be G testing me

 

[bruiser69]

One bigwig went to changi and came out mellow but still wealthy.

This huan his wife got horse face right?

 

[BlackWing1977]

$70k for the experience of managing a business... not that bad... he might be down the same amount if he went to get an MBA... real life experiences also valuable lessons in life.

 

[bruiser69]

Wa major sia!
If continue grinding got chance to be COL

No degree can get half Colonel already very good...

 

[Bad kids]

God ask him to stop flying aeroplane... and forget to ask him to collect 2 big batu from bukit timah hill.....

 

[junjie433]

smlj also push to god

Why not if it allows them to feel better.

 

[V-FORTY]

BTH all this people and articles , talk must G here G there..
whatever good, thank you G, then bad, its must be G testing me

Why not if it allows them to feel better.

 

[2Blogic]

heng... left RSAF

nao plenty time, can talk to god and ownself

 

[administrator88]

They think differently
Anything works is the glory of God
Anything not working god has better plans

Come to think of if it is actually very healthy and not a 內耗type of thinking

This type very difficult to argue with them

 

[larking8]

Funny how people can think like that but when it comes to kids failing exams they parents complain school teacher, tuition teacher no good.

C'mon lah, it's God testing your kids okay?

I got friends who are not free thinker (better dun anyhow mention things)..

any good thing happened IMMEDIATELY they say credit to god for helping them, they say due to god if not the good things wun happen...
eg: They achieve good results, they say is due to god and not due to themselves or their teachers... They recovered from sickness, they say god cured them, they never thank the doctor nurses or family members looking after them

any thing bad, they will never blame god, they say god is testing them and letting them suffer to test their will and determination.. really speechless..

Many of them donating 10% of their salary every mth to the "place"... no wonder that horse face woman can go USA become a singer and she and her husband can stay sentosa

 

[Sen Sen]

My cat telling me to buy numbers but nvr tio. Now I mad at her.

 

[Fightfat]

I got friends who are not free thinker (better dun anyhow mention things)..

any good thing happened IMMEDIATELY they say credit to god for helping them, they say due to god if not the good things wun happen...
eg: They achieve good results, they say is due to god and not due to themselves or their teachers... They recovered from sickness, they say god cured them, they never thank the doctor nurses or family members looking after them

any thing bad, they will never blame god, they say god is testing them and letting them suffer to test their will and determination.. really speechless..

Many of them donating 10% of their salary every mth to the "place"... no wonder that horse face woman can go USA become a singer and she and her husband can stay sentosa

That singer sings songs for non- believer as a crossover project.
Do you want to cross over so as to not let the husband go to changi chalet in vain .
I am hopeless already, always dealt with satan , devils and bad people.
Haha ,no chance for me.

 

[huanggua]

It is important to be able to discern whether it is God speaking to us. Because Satan also wants to speak to us and convince us to do things that will destroy us.

 

[ShinnAsuka]

Ppl happy jiu best for them. At least he doesn’t psycho others into his beliefs?

Maybe if he stayed in rsaf against his G, things happen which may be worse than he is now?

 

[Ayuready?]

Actually the truly pious ones won’t keep mentioning God in every other sentence. They would show it through their actions instead