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blah. okay i was going to do this yesterday but i was way too tired.
i also wanta apologize for what happened sunday. yeah.... all blah
um :) keep strong, guys! ^-^ i REALLY don't want to draw attention onto me so pls dont care about everythng that happend that time...
im still really tired but hopefully something amazing will happen today too =D bye now

What To Do...

I shall not drink coffee ever again. I think I became mad sensitive to caffeine lately. It feels like I'm on speed -_-;;

ANYWAY, I was just thinking about the conversation i was having with someone last week, I think it was Jun (omgsh, such a bad memory lmao) last week and thought it'd be cool if we could have worship as a small group while we wait for John or soemthing. Like we can do praise with Jun playing guitar...pray for a bit...talk about God, share verses that we've read, w.e as long as its God related. I feel like it would help us grow spiritually as a group and as a body of Christ. Besides I feel like Sunday worship is too short...after it finishes, I'm like...that's it? lol it should be fun, as well as constructive.

Once again I apologize and also apologize in advance. I'm going through withdrawal, and my temper is short, and I get down for no real reason, so if I seem angry or down or w.e, its not cos of you guys, its just me. And I also realized coffee aggravates the problem right now. If I say some stupid things or make some stupid comment just pretend you didn't hear. Being mad, sad, and on speed makes you do and say some stupid things. It's hard to think clearly, and I find it hard to calm down. I'm really not being myself lately. Please pray for me.

Anyway please let me know what you guys think about group worship and what you guys want to do.

Prayer Request

hey guys...
how was your week? :).
i hope it was good... fna is soon!
ah i cant wait till missions :D.
okay so i have a prayer request.

a fellow brother in our honduras
o7 team passed away on monday.
he was 14 years old and collapsed
on the way to school. this tragedy
has affected our team so much, and
we all plan to go to his wake tomorrow,
and just think about it. we all know that
he's in heaven right now, enjoying his
new everlasting life with God, but his
parents are still getting over the shock
from the death of their youngest son.
Boaz min was such a sweet kid, and
we're all gonna miss him so much.
this kid was so unbelievable, i bet God's
so proud to have him with him by his
throne right now :). i just ask that you
guys would pray for his family, ahh i dont
know what to write, just pray please.

-ginachun♡

hi people :] how are your weeks?
can't wait 'til jesus day & can't wait 'til fna & can't wait 4 missions!! :D
I was thinking about how many people are on earth O_o i've never thought there was just so much people!! lol
i'm very tired right now but i still have energy to praise God ^_^ and i'm really thankful that he's here with me. i can't be sure if the fast has been changing me or if, despite the fast, God is simply choosing now to make me think x] but i'm thankful.
S M I L E! i cant wait to c u guys fridayyy
xD i've noticed. jun never comes on this thing :) i've also noticed that our team members are all like ultra nice. haha

upcoming events!

hello, everyone. hope you're still checking this time to time. what happened to the daily devotionals? i actually do check this everyday, but i guess it's not really used much.

sunday, we will be holding our first group fundraiser! i believe there will be iced coffee, iced tea, and iced lemonade, along with baked goodies. your mission (harhar), if you choose to accept, is to bring some form of baked goodie to sell! cookies, cupcakes, brownies, cheesecake, anything!

also, on monday, we will be in charge of selling stuff at the volleyball tournament. we'll meet at church sometime in the morning. i'll let you know more about that soon.

comment with what you'll be bringing! :D

don't forget your prayer letters, journal entries, and chapter readings!

coolness

i think you guys are so cool =D God bless.
kristie status x] here's a verse:
"But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!"
i'm thankful he decided to come into me. i guess i symbolized the temple as my body.
"though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again raise me up."
"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
"you are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "that i am God."


"AND EVEYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED; FOR ON MOUNT ZION AND IN JERUSALEM THERE WILL BE DELIVERANCE, AS THE LORD HAS SAID, AMONG THE SURVIVORS WHOM THE LORD CALLS."

rainy days :)

rainy days are pretty awesome. the only bad thing is that my mom would kill me if she found out what i do out there :)
i'm sorry guys for not being so open and all. ;D you're kinda gonna have to train me in that.
i noticed recently that our team is mad chill x] excuse the language. anyway, like kristie, it DOES seem like i'm holding back & not really loving.
>.<>
^_^ God's giving me joy though. and smiles =D and cool stuff like such.
oh yeah john i kinda need that weekly chapter reading thing...
dan i wish you much luck for your life verse and john i hope school isnt that hard
gina you're so cute xD and kristie, you love God so much its so pretty :) ah lovely.
and sang-a thank you for being in local with me :D
later, guys!

Loving Eachother

hey guys.
i was just checking through my emails and i got this email from Dan Ryu about loving one another and he also sent this QT with it and as I was just reading it, i realized how i, personally wasnt really showing much love for you guys. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! but i guess im pretty bad at showing that. i guess i was just thinking back to times when i could have shown more love and kindness toward you all, and me being the semi-sarcastic person i am, makes it harder to show you all how much i love you guys. So im trying to cut down on all that sarcastic stuff because even if its just joking around, i dont want anyone to take it the wrong way. You guys all show so much love through your emails and all that. The amount of love you all have for eachother is CRAZY!! Im starting to see this family in christ growing and our relationships getting stronger. That strong relationship in the team shows me how much everyone loves eachother within the group and thats so nice to see. =) And your love for the church is CRAZY too! Like the planting and carnations and all that shows how much you love serving the church. I can feel God pulling our team together and building our fellowship with eachother through all these things.
Heres the QT:
http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/05/11/devotion.aspx?year=2008
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!! LOCAL MISSIONS '08 WHOOT!

Prayer Request

I just wanted to make two prayer requests.

Last night I got a call from an old friend of mine. I met him three years ago at this college program and we dormed together for a month. He's a really nice guy, one of those really deep minded individuals who listens to reason. Anyway, before the summer college program, I prayed to God that I would be able to talk to at least one person about Christ and bring him/her to salvation. He turned out to be the one person that I talked to.

You know, I find so many people with their hearts so hardened against God because of the emotional pains and scarring that they went through. He was one of them. Someone sensitive who develops a shell to protect himself from pain. He turned out to be one of the people that I related to the most, because I went through very similar struggles.

First his heart was really hard you know? But as time went by I could tell that perhaps I planted a seed. No I didn't yet bring Christ into his life yet, but I believe that God will start to make that seed spring into life. Until yesterday I was afraid that the seed was snatched away by Satan, but now I have so much hope because we decided to hang out for the first time since then, for a day in the city next week. He's a great listener so if God speaks through my lips, I know that he'll be brought to Christ. Please pray for him guys and that God may use me to save him if it is His will.



My second prayer request is for my life verse next Sunday. I've never preached before, but I really think God gave me an opportunity to do His works. Really no joke. Almost everything in the last few months I could tell that God has had a huge hand in it. From my friend's phone call to this life verse to so many wonders to mention, He has lined up for me. He has really guided my life to unprecedented levels in my whole life in recent months. None exaggeration whatsoever.

Anyway the theme is going to be about Jesus' salvation. How things of this world hardly matters, but how the next is extraordinary and eternal. How if I saved someone's life here and right now (which is amazing no doubt), it would only be for the rest of this life. But if I brought Jesus's eternal salvation to someone's life here and right now, he'd be saved for eternity. Kind of what I'm hoping for my friend you know? Our life here is so short. I really want to make it count for God. Even if I don't get any rest in this life doing his will, how great will my peace and rest be in heaven once I'm done? How worthy would be the price of the tears that I've cried in this world so that I may cry many more tears of joy in the next? I can't wait till I go to heaven...-_-

Anyway pleaseeee pray for my friend and I. I'd really appreciate it. :D

hey guys!
its gina, i finally found the blog T__T.
a lot lot lot of backtracking of emails involved!
so sorry sarah for not posting this before!
here it goes;

people live a thousand lives in one body.
how many of those reveal our true identity?

(i love this color so much)

ive been thinking about it ever since
i got the email, and i think i sort of get what
it means.. still thinking though.

really, all i ever look foward to is fna, meetings and
church. i really have no life. like john said, i love the
weekend cause friday is fna, saturday is meetings and
sunday is church once again!
how lovely.

anyhow, im so excited for the summer and i hope
everyone else is too!
people i know in other groups are constantely saying
how our group is such a "perfect" group, and it made me
feel so happy, i love our group too :)

whooo fna tomorrow!

i have a question. are we still meeting on sat. at 1:30?

oh yeah! lets try REALLY hard for the skit guys :)

"and i simply come"

awesome QT kristie :) and i think you're totally right dan. :) hi guys!!
well i ride the stupid cheese bus and i was thinking about something i haven't been thinking about lately. God's grace hit me and i was pretty vulnerable too =P
anyway, God is just so GOOD, you KNOW? :D
i got home and randomly singing a song, and i stopped to think about what i was singing ;D
"when the music fades, all is stripped away, and i simply come."

Just a thought. You know how we sing that line of a praise song "I would run for a thousand years if I knew every step would be getting me closer to you"? I was like hmm I sing that line so passionately but then I realize that often times my life doesn't reflect what I sing or say what I would do.

I tried changing that line from a metaphor to a fact. "I would read the bible, pray and worship all of my days if I knew that every second of it was bringing me closer to you." It kind of got me thinking how I don't spend enough time with Him you know? This fasting has gotten me to realize this.

Anyway I hope you guys are enjoying school. I know I'm enjoying not going to school but hey...thats life haha Ill see you guys xD

hey guys. here's the link to the lifehouse skit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA

God’s Grace Was in the Beginning

Grace has been defined as the second chance we did not expect.

Picture this: We hang our heads in shame because we know we blew it. We missed our opportunity to be the best. So, here we are, stuck with being second best, a far cry from what God intended for us. Yet it is with uncontrolled delight that we see God coming down the street to dry our tears and to encourage us to get back out there. He still believes in us.
What a feeling that must have been for Adam and Eve, the first people to experience the inexplicable grace God has for mankind! There they were, planted in the middle of paradise with the most perfect communion with God. They only had one rule—yet they found a way to break it.

But God is not interested in excommunicating us. Instead of getting upset and declaring the end of the world and starting over, He pursued the hearts of Adam and Eve. In the midst of their sin, God sought their hearts. And He has continued His pursuit ever since.

Many times when we sin, we wonder how God could ever love us again. However, it is the grace of God that gives us a chance to repent and to find new life. God’s grace is not a pardon; rather, it is a measure of forgiveness that gives life to the broken.

As we grow in our relationship with God, oftentimes we are surprised by His love for us. But even more surprising is the amount to which He pours out His grace in our lives. When we sin, God does not cast us aside. Instead, the compassionate heart of God meets us where we are and goes to great lengths to mend our hearts and to restore our relationships with Him.

Prayer: Lord, show me Your grace today in my life.

God raised us up with Christ... in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace (Ephesians 2:6-7).

hey guys. this is kristie again...
GOOD JOB RUNNING THE 5K!!!!
im posting up a random verse again... so here i go..

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." -Joshua 1:9

This verse just came into my head too because for me, i think i back out on street evangualizing to quickly. Like at the FUSE Outreach, it was hard for me to approach people and if they didnt accept the water bottles or whatever we were giving out, i kinda gave up. But then i just remembered this verse and i guess it sorta inspired me to take a step foward and be strong and courageous because I knew God was there with me through it all. And since we're going to be doing a lot of outreach during our missions trip, lets not lose strength and lets not get discouraged, but lets just step up and keep trying without giving up.
yea.. see you all tomorrow.. or since its like 2:57 am.. i guess ill see you guys later today. haha. ok bye for now!

lol seriously I'll stop calling you dongsengs...-_- i was joking around but I guess I pushed it too far haha.



Well it's really good to hear that God's presence is really strong in our group. :D I really think God blessed our group and brought the right people together. Really no joke. I completely agree with you that God's presence is really strong in our group. That's really encouraging. :) Don't get discouraged by ANYTHING guys. God is on our side. :D

Well I guess we will all see each other tommorow. bibi lol

I'm loving the white btw...so pure...

peaceful

wow. i feel so peaceful right now. :) my, i love walking home. T_T but i moved a bit closer so the walk is shorter.
it feels so calm. im very excited about doing this ^_^ even though the run was kinda killing my legs. rofl
let's just pray that we won't be discouraged if we don't see anything happen, because in the Bible, lots of people made crazy changes, but most of the changes didn't happen while they were alive. i feel like God's using us to shake the ground of these people. shake their beliefs of what life is and who God is :)
and let's not call each other dongsengs >.> and then the other side will stop call them unnies.
wanna know something really weird? not like the average weird ^_^
i can kinda feel that God's presence is so strong in our groups :D i love it!!

weekend!

ah, my favorite day of the week has arrived... friday! for many reasons. i don't have to make the long commute to work, it's right before the weekend, and i get to start off my weekend with FNA! heck yeah.

so, it looks likes a few of us don't ever check emails. when we meet up for the 5k run, please be sure to encourage the remaining few to keep checking. they've missed out on so much already!

i am so encouraged with this team already. you guys are like a breath of fresh air after a week of staleness. i thank God everyday, and ask for perseverance just for the opportunity to fellowship with you all in preparation of this summer. i hope you've been able to raise some funds for this upcoming run. if not, it's ok. as kristie's QT post said, God will provide at the proper time. let's not be discouraged at how seemingly little we may have raised, but instead remain encouraged that there are still people out there who are willing to give up a little of what they have!

on a more personal note, if you guys could pray for me. not just as a leader, but as a student. for those of you who don't know, i started going to seminary a couple of months ago, but i fell way behind due to all this new work and stuff. but before it gets too late, i scheduled my first exam tomorrow. that means i'm left with today to do a review. it's been too easy lately to fall asleep because i get tired, but just for this one last push, pray that i can find strength.

alright, back to work.

man, did i mention how EXCITED I AM FOR THIS SUMMER? you guys have no idea, really. expect GREAT things.

GLORIA DIOS!

hey guys! first post. haha. this isnt gonna be long though like everyone elses, because im not really the writer type..maybe i am.. haha. but this verse was kinda in my head all week. i added this verse to my first prayer letter and bryant shared this with my small group, so here it is:

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." (Galatians 6:9)

yea. this verse is pretty straight foward and i like this verse, so i decided to share this...haha. But basically, during missions training and all that, let us all not get fustrated or tired, but put in all our effort because amazing things will happen if we dont give up. And let's be nice to everyone, especially to those in our church. haha. im kinda literally putting this verse into my own words, but this verse really just hit me. like BAM.

so yea. this isnt crazy deep like everyone's posts, but this was really something in my heart this week. =) have a good rest of the week guys! FRIDAYS TOMORROW!!! and then the 5k run. good luck getting sponsors. i really need it. haha.

hope and faith

hope without faith is hopeless, faith without hope is helpless.
...... i hope that makes sense.