So, I'm so close to getting a computer that actually works that I can taste it. I saw it yesterday but there was something wrong with the screen, so we had to send it back... ugh!
I have successfully made it through my first birthday away from NE Ohio. Aimee actually came down to visit me from Seoul. Amazing, I know. :0) We had a great time together. I showed her around my area and we even went into Pyongteak to do sticker pictures (which I will scan an post when I get my computer- they are really cute). She finally got to go to the House and meet all of my friends that I've got down here too. She bought me the sweetest necklace too. It says 'chingu' (in Korean) which means friend. My roommates bought me a practice pad (a nice one- complete with stand), so I think God may be using His 2x4 again.
The weekend after Aimee was here I went with a group of friends to Suwon. We went to dinner at the Outback Restaurant. I've never been to a place that serves you food while you wait; especially one that serves steak bits with rice. That was interesting. There were actually 12 people who showed up to help celebrate (or maybe they just wanted Outback).
After dinner we went upstairs in the mall to Spice (the arcade). We managed to shove 9 people into a sticker picture booth, that was total craziness (I'll put those up too when I get my computer). I got whooped up on by Em in DDR (Dance Dance Revolution - at least that's the American name). I played some Tetris - crazy Tetris- with Matt who proceeded to beat me in that and in the car racing games. I've come to discover that one of my favorite games is one that simulates WWR. You sit in a 'raft' with a paddle with someone else in front of this gi-normous screen. It actually almost feels like you're rafting. I would love to raft again, that would be great.
Almost time for lunch duty. Until next time...
Friday, February 24, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
Some Verses on My Mind
There are so many times in life where hindsight has makes our inadequacy in the Lord's eyes shine back in our own. I was really hit with some verses last night at the chapel service. These are verses I grew up knowing, yet I didn't listen. I am stubborn enough to think that I could do things on my own, without God or anyone else. Man was I wrong.
Proverbs 31:25
Strength and dignity are her clothing,And she smiles at the future.
Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
2 Corinthians 6:11-18
11Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
12You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
13Now in a like exchange--I speak as to children--open wide to us also.
14Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are he temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord."AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;And I will welcome you.18"And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.
I am very thankful that I am not the only person who was foolish and did not follow this. Although unrealistic, I hope that I am the last person to have done this as well. I let the very core of me almost totally die away because I was too busy being selfish and not caring about what God had for me.
Praise the Lord we sometimes get in situations so deep where all we can do is take it to Him. All we can do is tell Him that we cannot continue the way we are, yet we are not strong enough to end it, and that we give it to Him. God is just, merciful, and loving. The moment we recognise that, He says 'Okay' and it is done. That's how it was for me.
Many people have been asking how I ended up in Korea; so here is the story.
I had gotten to this point in my life that I just wrote about. I was in a situation so deep, and I knew it was not a productive or Godly situation, yet I didn't have the strength to continue it. I was standing in church on May 22 (mind you, this was probably the third time I had been in church in about two years consistently), I do not remember the message that was being preached, because God was working on a totally different area of my life; my heart. I got to the point that morning where I broke. I was standing in the pew in church praying and I told the Lord that I didn't have the strength to continue on in my situation. I couldn't go on, and no matter how much I knew I had to, I couldn't end it either. I just wasn't strong enough. I told Him, to take it and do what He wanted to do with it. I knew what I thought I wanted with it, I wanted to keep myself in the situation, but God didn't want that. Not even 24 hours later, around 8:30AM, May 23, my situation was resolved; it was over. That was all God, there's no way that was anything else, not a coincidence, just the grace of God.
After talking with Aimee about the time I was having job hunting, she told me that the school she had been offered a job in had a High School English position open and that I should apply. I tossed it back and forth in my head for a while and I finally applied. By the time I was done with the application process, the position had been filled.
Mr. Peterson (my principal) had called my parent's house and my cell phone twice each on the night of June 6 to set up an interview with me. My interview was the next day, June 7 (which was a significant date with situation that I was previously in, you may ask for more details if you are curious) , I was offered the job two days later and accepted the position on June 10.
Honestly, God grabbed a hold of me on May 22 when I walked into church. I was not expecting to have some sort of major God-experience when I went to church. It was truly God at work that morning. He was doing something major to get me where I am today, where I should have been a long time before now.
Praise the Lord for His graciousness and love. Praise the Lord for the strength He gives me when I am weak; for in my weakness, He is made strong. Praise the Lord for the trials he has put in my path to refine me and renew me daily. Praise the Lord!
Proverbs 31:25
Strength and dignity are her clothing,And she smiles at the future.
Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
2 Corinthians 6:11-18
11Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
12You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
13Now in a like exchange--I speak as to children--open wide to us also.
14Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are he temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord."AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;And I will welcome you.18"And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.
I am very thankful that I am not the only person who was foolish and did not follow this. Although unrealistic, I hope that I am the last person to have done this as well. I let the very core of me almost totally die away because I was too busy being selfish and not caring about what God had for me.
Praise the Lord we sometimes get in situations so deep where all we can do is take it to Him. All we can do is tell Him that we cannot continue the way we are, yet we are not strong enough to end it, and that we give it to Him. God is just, merciful, and loving. The moment we recognise that, He says 'Okay' and it is done. That's how it was for me.
Many people have been asking how I ended up in Korea; so here is the story.
I had gotten to this point in my life that I just wrote about. I was in a situation so deep, and I knew it was not a productive or Godly situation, yet I didn't have the strength to continue it. I was standing in church on May 22 (mind you, this was probably the third time I had been in church in about two years consistently), I do not remember the message that was being preached, because God was working on a totally different area of my life; my heart. I got to the point that morning where I broke. I was standing in the pew in church praying and I told the Lord that I didn't have the strength to continue on in my situation. I couldn't go on, and no matter how much I knew I had to, I couldn't end it either. I just wasn't strong enough. I told Him, to take it and do what He wanted to do with it. I knew what I thought I wanted with it, I wanted to keep myself in the situation, but God didn't want that. Not even 24 hours later, around 8:30AM, May 23, my situation was resolved; it was over. That was all God, there's no way that was anything else, not a coincidence, just the grace of God.
After talking with Aimee about the time I was having job hunting, she told me that the school she had been offered a job in had a High School English position open and that I should apply. I tossed it back and forth in my head for a while and I finally applied. By the time I was done with the application process, the position had been filled.
Mr. Peterson (my principal) had called my parent's house and my cell phone twice each on the night of June 6 to set up an interview with me. My interview was the next day, June 7 (which was a significant date with situation that I was previously in, you may ask for more details if you are curious) , I was offered the job two days later and accepted the position on June 10.
Honestly, God grabbed a hold of me on May 22 when I walked into church. I was not expecting to have some sort of major God-experience when I went to church. It was truly God at work that morning. He was doing something major to get me where I am today, where I should have been a long time before now.
Praise the Lord for His graciousness and love. Praise the Lord for the strength He gives me when I am weak; for in my weakness, He is made strong. Praise the Lord for the trials he has put in my path to refine me and renew me daily. Praise the Lord!
Sunday, February 05, 2006
It's dead...
So, I thought the laptop recovered, but it was a false recovery. It is as Charles Dickens puts it in A Christmas Carol "dead as a doornail." Man, I've been struggling with electronics lately. So frustration, but the Lord is good and is bigger than any computer problem.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
The Lord is AWESOME
Those of you that I have talked to over the past weekend know the issues I was having with my laptop. For all intensive purposes it was dead; never to be powered up again. I explained the situation in an earlier post. But last night about 11:30 I was sitting in bed thinking, 'I really should give this one last try and see if it will work.' So I said a quick prayer (yes about the computer working) and pressed the power button. Much to my surprise it went past the two start up screens into a system check. It ran the check, then turned on! It is still a little picky with things so I have to be careful, but at least it works! The Lord is awesome.
Attached as well are some pictures from STOMP this weekend. (The guy in the picture above to my right - with the mohawk- is one of the musicians from STOMP. He has been performing with the group for ten years and is currently retired from playing. He said the retired group gets together about three times a year and performs all around the world.)
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