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i'm posting this everywhere but only because i think its cute. :)
"if you become the ambassador.. i will provide the best 막걸리 냉장고 (rice wine fridge) for you.."
oh daddy. :)
oh daddy. :)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
SABBATH 10.24.09!! <3
i think i had one of the BEST sabbaths EVER. :)
despite being in IMMENSE pain earlier today (from, say, 12:30am to 4:30? i think i had a spasm? weird. :p), God was DEFINITELY with me today. he gave me a song about dancing in the inner courts blah blah then finally let me sleep like the BEST sleep. AND, i naturally woke up half an hour before my alarm went off, which means that i wasn't interrupted today. :)
anyway. today i had the blessing of sharing my sabbath with the lovely miss june kim. we scheduled our coaching for today, which worked really well for the both of us (methinks :p). i wanted to go to the marina today, and since she's never been, i wanted to take her along with me.
after dropping mama off in oakland, i call june when i crossed the oakland-berk border, only to realize that it takes FREAKIN long to get to her place because of alskdjglkfjgsldkfjsd people driving at 10mph and laskjgldjflsdjfldsfkjdf people crossing the road whenever they feel like it. i hate driving in berkeley. =.=
ANYWAY. i pick june up at 11:15am and head off to cheeseboard, which is to open at 11:30. i pass by at 11:31, and there's already this HUGE line outside. june asks me if we could check out twig&fig sometime, and after failing at finding street parking, i park at andronicos, buy some hecka organic apple juice (dang it TASTES hecka organic mmmm :D), and decide to detour off to the twig&fig alleyway. might as well. :p
the last time i've been there was when i came with genaster. it was really good. just the ambiance of the place, the quietness, the chillaxedness. SO GOOD. june tells me she wants to learn how to do the little card-making, card-printing thing sometime in the future. i'm TOTALLY going to have her hook me up later. :)
afterwards, we check out love at first bite. i didn't get anything the last time i came here, and june treated me out to two cupcakes: green tea and red velvet. they look SO GOOD...but i still haven't tried them yet. they're still in the box on my desk. i shall devour them after finishing this blog. :)
it's so nice to just wander around with another person.
i'm blessed and thankful that it was june today. :)
we get cheeseboard and FINALLY set off to the marina. i BLAST "rain down" by jesusculture and both of us totally jam along. WHAT A GOOD SONG. :D
then we FINALLY get to our original destination. it was a little windy today but totally warm enough to sit on a bench and soak in the sun. we were both STARVING, so we just went straight for the food and decided to take pictures later. :)
before starting coaching, june asked if we could just sit and listen for a good 15 minutes. i love it that my buddy thinks the very same thing i'm thinking. :)
june lies down on the bench, while i bust out my camera and take some pictures (click!).
then we talk about evangelism, today's topic for coaching. i remember being the most uncomfortable with this section the last time i went through coaching, so i was a bit nervous. but i think God has placed certain people in both of our hearts and we've shared about it since the beginning of coaching, so it was good to hear how God is moving in our hearts. it helps a lot to have someone check up on me and reremind me of how God gives us chances to share the goodness of Jesus to those around us.
since we set a timelimit to our little venture from 11am-2pm, and since it was already 2:30, we decide to call it a day and to just come back and play another day. june tells me that she's thankful that i'm her coach, and i tell her that I'M thankful that she's my coachee. then we both tell each other that we both talk behind each other's back about each other.
oh june, how you make my heart laugh. :)
anyway. i drop june off and decide that i kinda want to drive for a little while longer. i tried to go up to the lawrence hall of science cause i just felt like it would be GORGEOUS to drive through the hills when the leaves were changing colors, but they closed off the roads for the cal game. oh well. another day. :p
i don't turn on hearst, but continue down gayley. i don't actually know where i am, but decide to just float around. then i end up in the park behind cheeseboard and decide to walk around and take pictures. (click!)
i think i really like taking pictures of flowers and paths. so random, i don't know, but God comforts my heart whenever i do. interesting. :p
anyway. after walking a couple blocks, i come back down to my car. i suddenly remember about indian rock and start driving off towards kensington. the last time i went there was with kathleen, so it brought good memories.
so i'm driving up to the marin circle and...it turns out...i don't actually KNOW how to get there. :p all i remember is that it's near where my ex lived, so i drive up this hill, but it turns out, i don't remember where he lives either. dang. :p i just drive around a bit more, and finally FIND it, but i was kinda already ready for a nap and decide to come back another time.
maybe i'll pull someone else along. :)
yessss. i just had a very very VERY good day today (to be concluded by a VERY good nap) and so i'm writing here now, uploading pictures, to report back to my lovelies. :)
i am very RICHLY BLESSED. thank you jesus. :)
to conclude. it's not from today, but i just like this picture.
i took it walking home one day. i live at the end of it. :)
(i think i'm either getting sick or healing from it, so please pray for me. thanks!! :) )
despite being in IMMENSE pain earlier today (from, say, 12:30am to 4:30? i think i had a spasm? weird. :p), God was DEFINITELY with me today. he gave me a song about dancing in the inner courts blah blah then finally let me sleep like the BEST sleep. AND, i naturally woke up half an hour before my alarm went off, which means that i wasn't interrupted today. :)
anyway. today i had the blessing of sharing my sabbath with the lovely miss june kim. we scheduled our coaching for today, which worked really well for the both of us (methinks :p). i wanted to go to the marina today, and since she's never been, i wanted to take her along with me.
after dropping mama off in oakland, i call june when i crossed the oakland-berk border, only to realize that it takes FREAKIN long to get to her place because of alskdjglkfjgsldkfjsd people driving at 10mph and laskjgldjflsdjfldsfkjdf people crossing the road whenever they feel like it. i hate driving in berkeley. =.=
ANYWAY. i pick june up at 11:15am and head off to cheeseboard, which is to open at 11:30. i pass by at 11:31, and there's already this HUGE line outside. june asks me if we could check out twig&fig sometime, and after failing at finding street parking, i park at andronicos, buy some hecka organic apple juice (dang it TASTES hecka organic mmmm :D), and decide to detour off to the twig&fig alleyway. might as well. :p
the last time i've been there was when i came with genaster. it was really good. just the ambiance of the place, the quietness, the chillaxedness. SO GOOD. june tells me she wants to learn how to do the little card-making, card-printing thing sometime in the future. i'm TOTALLY going to have her hook me up later. :)
afterwards, we check out love at first bite. i didn't get anything the last time i came here, and june treated me out to two cupcakes: green tea and red velvet. they look SO GOOD...but i still haven't tried them yet. they're still in the box on my desk. i shall devour them after finishing this blog. :)
it's so nice to just wander around with another person.
i'm blessed and thankful that it was june today. :)
we get cheeseboard and FINALLY set off to the marina. i BLAST "rain down" by jesusculture and both of us totally jam along. WHAT A GOOD SONG. :D
then we FINALLY get to our original destination. it was a little windy today but totally warm enough to sit on a bench and soak in the sun. we were both STARVING, so we just went straight for the food and decided to take pictures later. :)
before starting coaching, june asked if we could just sit and listen for a good 15 minutes. i love it that my buddy thinks the very same thing i'm thinking. :)
june lies down on the bench, while i bust out my camera and take some pictures (click!).
then we talk about evangelism, today's topic for coaching. i remember being the most uncomfortable with this section the last time i went through coaching, so i was a bit nervous. but i think God has placed certain people in both of our hearts and we've shared about it since the beginning of coaching, so it was good to hear how God is moving in our hearts. it helps a lot to have someone check up on me and reremind me of how God gives us chances to share the goodness of Jesus to those around us.
since we set a timelimit to our little venture from 11am-2pm, and since it was already 2:30, we decide to call it a day and to just come back and play another day. june tells me that she's thankful that i'm her coach, and i tell her that I'M thankful that she's my coachee. then we both tell each other that we both talk behind each other's back about each other.
oh june, how you make my heart laugh. :)
anyway. i drop june off and decide that i kinda want to drive for a little while longer. i tried to go up to the lawrence hall of science cause i just felt like it would be GORGEOUS to drive through the hills when the leaves were changing colors, but they closed off the roads for the cal game. oh well. another day. :p
i don't turn on hearst, but continue down gayley. i don't actually know where i am, but decide to just float around. then i end up in the park behind cheeseboard and decide to walk around and take pictures. (click!)
i think i really like taking pictures of flowers and paths. so random, i don't know, but God comforts my heart whenever i do. interesting. :p
anyway. after walking a couple blocks, i come back down to my car. i suddenly remember about indian rock and start driving off towards kensington. the last time i went there was with kathleen, so it brought good memories.
so i'm driving up to the marin circle and...it turns out...i don't actually KNOW how to get there. :p all i remember is that it's near where my ex lived, so i drive up this hill, but it turns out, i don't remember where he lives either. dang. :p i just drive around a bit more, and finally FIND it, but i was kinda already ready for a nap and decide to come back another time.
maybe i'll pull someone else along. :)
yessss. i just had a very very VERY good day today (to be concluded by a VERY good nap) and so i'm writing here now, uploading pictures, to report back to my lovelies. :)
i am very RICHLY BLESSED. thank you jesus. :)
to conclude. it's not from today, but i just like this picture.
i took it walking home one day. i live at the end of it. :)
(i think i'm either getting sick or healing from it, so please pray for me. thanks!! :) )
Friday, October 23, 2009
something to think about...later (maybe).
...cause i really really gotta work on this paper. :p
God is good all the time regardless of whether we think he is.
Those who accepted Christ are the children of God
regardless of whether we think we are.
...some things are just not dependent on what we think.
God is good all the time regardless of whether we think he is.
Those who accepted Christ are the children of God
regardless of whether we think we are.
...some things are just not dependent on what we think.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
i heart my small group!! :D
today's bible study was about honoring your parents. each one of us went around sharing about our relationships with our parents, specifically about our relationships with our mothers and with our fathers individually. i was one of the first people to share, so i shared my portion (being aware of how much time i was spending) and popcorned off to the next person. but as time went on and as i listened to the other girls share, i realize that i had much, much more to share about my relationship with my parents.
i think the reason why i'm able to dream and have a heart of a child today in this harshly realistic world is because...i never had the chance to be one. as i took a drive after sg to pray and to just sit in silence and listen, God revealed to me why i am who i am now. i realize that i never allowed myself to enjoy the things around me, to be in wonder and in awe at the things that seem so trivial to the "grown-up" mind. having moved around several times and experiencing heartache from losing friends even when i had finally settled down in berkeley, i was bitter. this bitterness took root in my heart from such an early age, from when i was in kindergarten, bypassing all those years of what could have been my childhood.
looking back on this, it's no wonder why the notion of being a child is so new and refreshing to this "post-child" soul.
i think God began to show me what it means to be a child that day when i sat next to my dad late at night that one time, looking at all the crazy unheard-of places he's been to through Google Earth. i think that was when the child who's been repressed in my heart for so long finally had a chance to peek out, to open the door and realize that there's an entire world out there for her to meet, for her to experience, for her to explore.
..and this child that had simply glimpsed at what lay beyond those doors finally had the courage to step out of her chamber and to see, to feel, to smell, to hear, and to taste for herself all that God had once called "good". very good.
it's so amazing how we believe in a God that redeems the broken things in our lives to bring something that is much, much greater, something much, much richer. i think before that day, i never knew what it meant to be a real daughter. sure, i called myself a daughter of God, but i never knew what it meant to be one, to take delight in the little love notes he drops in a trail leading to his heart. i think that's why i love taking pictures of what may seem to many as random things. i think that's why i am so easily amused, so easily excited, so easily in AWE, so easily in WONDER. i can't really explain it, but i just...LOVE it.
i LOVE being a child. i LOVE being a child of the Most High King.
i LOVE being a child of the most perfect Dad, one who knows every little way of bringing laughter to my heart.
to LAUGH. to DREAM. to desire for MORE. to ASK without hesitation. to ENJOY. to DELIGHT. to BE.
(i pray that) never will this child shut herself back inside.
i think the reason why i'm able to dream and have a heart of a child today in this harshly realistic world is because...i never had the chance to be one. as i took a drive after sg to pray and to just sit in silence and listen, God revealed to me why i am who i am now. i realize that i never allowed myself to enjoy the things around me, to be in wonder and in awe at the things that seem so trivial to the "grown-up" mind. having moved around several times and experiencing heartache from losing friends even when i had finally settled down in berkeley, i was bitter. this bitterness took root in my heart from such an early age, from when i was in kindergarten, bypassing all those years of what could have been my childhood.
looking back on this, it's no wonder why the notion of being a child is so new and refreshing to this "post-child" soul.
i think God began to show me what it means to be a child that day when i sat next to my dad late at night that one time, looking at all the crazy unheard-of places he's been to through Google Earth. i think that was when the child who's been repressed in my heart for so long finally had a chance to peek out, to open the door and realize that there's an entire world out there for her to meet, for her to experience, for her to explore.
..and this child that had simply glimpsed at what lay beyond those doors finally had the courage to step out of her chamber and to see, to feel, to smell, to hear, and to taste for herself all that God had once called "good". very good.
it's so amazing how we believe in a God that redeems the broken things in our lives to bring something that is much, much greater, something much, much richer. i think before that day, i never knew what it meant to be a real daughter. sure, i called myself a daughter of God, but i never knew what it meant to be one, to take delight in the little love notes he drops in a trail leading to his heart. i think that's why i love taking pictures of what may seem to many as random things. i think that's why i am so easily amused, so easily excited, so easily in AWE, so easily in WONDER. i can't really explain it, but i just...LOVE it.
i LOVE being a child. i LOVE being a child of the Most High King.
i LOVE being a child of the most perfect Dad, one who knows every little way of bringing laughter to my heart.
to LAUGH. to DREAM. to desire for MORE. to ASK without hesitation. to ENJOY. to DELIGHT. to BE.
(i pray that) never will this child shut herself back inside.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
trying not to give into my impulsive selfffff :p
i'm tempted to buy this t-shirt. but i really shouldn't.
but i sooo want tooooo :p
but i sooo want tooooo :p
Friday, October 9, 2009
WHAT IF...
WHAT IF God is BEYOND capable?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL you have to bring?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your burdens?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your problems?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your complaints?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your past?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your present?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your future?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your desires?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your hopes?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your ambitions?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your dreams?
WHAT IF the same power that CONQUERED the grave
is in YOU?
DARE TO DREAM. HE CAN TAKE IT.
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Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE
than all we ask or imagine.
[Ephesians 3:20]
WHAT IF God can handle ALL you have to bring?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your burdens?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your problems?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your complaints?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your past?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your present?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your future?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your desires?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your hopes?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your ambitions?
WHAT IF God can handle ALL your dreams?
Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within US.
[Ephesians 3:20]
WHAT IF the same power that CONQUERED the grave
is in YOU?
DARE TO DREAM. HE CAN TAKE IT.
Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within US, to HIM be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
[Ephesians 3:20-21]
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Looks like tonight, the sky is heavy
Feels like the winds are gonna change
Beneath my feet, the earth is ready
I know its time for heaven's rain, it's gonna rain
'Cause it's living water we desire
To flood our hearts with holy fire
Rain down, all around the world we're singing
Rain down, can you hear, the earth is singing
Rain down, my heart is dry but still I'm singing
Rain down, rain it down on me
Back to the start, my heart is heavy
Feels like it's time, to dream again
I see the clouds, and yes I'm ready
To dance upon this barren land
Hope in my hands
Do not shut, Do not shut, Do not shut the heavens
But open up, open up, open up our hearts
[Rain Down - Deliriou5]
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
an update.
to do list for when i get back home:
- get unjetlagged.
- deposit itouch check.
- watch wicked.
- burn nic dvds, print nic journal and pictures.
- get a credit card.
- get reimbursed for nic stuff.
- make monies for urbana + flight.
- make monies for nic or future missions.
- make an outline of what i want to do after i graduate. ACK.
....ø (teach for america) --> peace corp --> (grad school) ------------------> IJM.
- make an outline of what i want to do in the summer.
....ø nicaragua --> peace corps.
....ø teach for america training (2 months)
- make an outline of what i want to do in the spring.
- make an outline of what i want to do in the winter.
....ø find out results from teach for america. (1/21)
- make an outline of what i want to do in the fall.
....ø apply for teach for america. (10/28)
..........ø phone interview (11/6-9)
..........ø final interview (12/1-4)
....ø apply for peace corps.
....ø look into/apply for world vision, compassion.
- make monies to pay for all this.
- PRAY.
- start checking off this list ASAP.
it feels so good to have a goal. :)
- get unjetlagged.
- deposit itouch check.
- watch wicked.
- burn nic dvds, print nic journal and pictures.
- get a credit card.
- get reimbursed for nic stuff.
- make monies for urbana + flight.
- make monies for nic or future missions.
- make an outline of what i want to do after i graduate. ACK.
....ø (teach for america) --> peace corp --> (grad school) ------------------> IJM.
- make an outline of what i want to do in the summer.
....ø nicaragua --> peace corps.
....ø teach for america training (2 months)
- make an outline of what i want to do in the spring.
- make an outline of what i want to do in the winter.
....ø find out results from teach for america. (1/21)
- make an outline of what i want to do in the fall.
....ø apply for teach for america. (10/28)
..........ø phone interview (11/6-9)
..........ø final interview (12/1-4)
....ø apply for peace corps.
....ø look into/apply for world vision, compassion.
- make monies to pay for all this.
- PRAY.
- start checking off this list ASAP.
it feels so good to have a goal. :)
Genesis 11-12
I'll say Yes! Lord, Yes!
To Your will and to Your way.
I'll say Yes! Lord, Yes!
I will trust You and obey.
When Your Spirit speaks to me,
with my whole heart I'll agree.
And my answer will be Yes, Lord, Yes!
Friday, October 2, 2009
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