A Sort of Homecoming ...

"Homecoming" ... our EM retreat is coming up July 11-14. Please be in prayer for that. The focus will be growing together as a we learn to care for each other. There will also be care group leadership training as well.

A couple of my Regent alumni friends will be the guest speakers: Walter and Toni Kim.

Pray that God would use them powerfully during our retreat and that they would have a restful time here as they take a family holiday as well.

And right after that we'll be having our JAMA Sr. Conference from July 22-24. A team from JAMA USA will be coming to lead this event.



Please pray God will use these events and the churches in Australia to bring about a nation-wide revival one day soon ...

Koorong

Yesterday was the first day of a week long Koorong Bookstore sale! Hermann and I stopped by and got some amazing deals on good books for as low as $0.95!!!!! Koorong is amazing ... I don't know how they do it ... but I do know WHY they do it ... to keep me coming back!

Allergy

Was it the cheese? Or the mushrooms? I had a weird allergic reaction a couple of weeks ago to something I ate and so on Tuesday I went in for some tests ... the results should be back in about a month or so. But I tell you, having Medicare is awesome now ... just give them the card and not worry about any bills ... that's how health care should be! =)

Golf Outing June 2005

The course ...

On our day off, some of the guys and I went out golfing ... I'm a big-time beginner (meaning I stink!) ... but the scenery was amazing. =) Both the sky and the ocean seemed so much bigger and closer that day.

Eddie Bang, Hermann "I'm Korean, not Vietnamese" Kim, and John Rhee at the Coast Golf Club ... it was a beautiful day for golf!  

My swing in front of an amazing view of the ocean!  

The dinner ... Hermann wanted some "native" cooking ...

U2 iPod!

This is the surprise graduation gift our care group leaders got me last Sunday =) And what a nice surprise it was ... something I totally wanted but didn't think I would ever be able to get .... thanks to those who gave this very generous gift!

50 Days of Purity

Our current series of 50 Days of Purity ... today's message was on "A Life of Pure Surrender", looking at Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac. When God asks of us to surrender something ... it's because He wants to make room in our hearts for something better ... for Himself.

I am amazed when I look at Abraham's complete trust in willing to do anything God asked of Him. It showed how much Abraham understood that God knows what He's doing in our lives ... and to trust and obey ... no matter what.

I'm reminded of the hymn ... "trust and obey, for there's no other way ... to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey."

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And this was last weeks message on the Tower of Babel ... "where is God in your plans?" was the key question of the day ... we so often plan our lives without even thinking about what God wants us to do ...



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And the first in our series of "50 Days of Purity" was "A Life Set Apart for God" ... and that's what each one of us are ... we have been chosen and set apart for Him. We are His ... forever.




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Work Station ... Play Station

This is Hyun's desk at her lab =) ... she recently got another one of her articles published in a major science magazine! I'm very proud of her ... I think she's one of the best researchers in her whole lab!




And this is my regluar place of work, prep and worship ... I think I need some more bookshelf space though =P

Sydney Opera House

Another very nice shot of the Opera House [photo by Eddie Bang]

What a beautiful city we live in ... this is a very nice shot of the Opera House that Eddie Bang took ... on one of his "tourist" days ...  

A Picture Is Worth ...

I'm only recently getting the hang of this blog thing as well as adding pictures. What a difference pictures can make.

This is one of Hyun's favorite pictures ... us at Koala Park in 2003 (when Eddie Bang and her brother Nal were here visiting).




And then our 1 year anniversary dinner at Darling Harbour =) October of 2002

Mission Teams

Wow, it's been over a year since I last blogged ...

Just found out how to post pictures more effectively ... so ...

Here's the 2003 Thailand Team at Krabi


Here's a picture of our 2004 Thailand/Laos Mission Team


The team at the high school we were teaching at in Chiangrai


The 2004 team at a lake ...


Just the guys during our debrief ...