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I am so blessed. So far, throughout this year, God has just
been showing me how much He has blessed me. Starting with the New Year,
remembering all the people who prayed for me and Jane while we were
recuperating and until now, all the people who continue to pray for all of us
like my parents, relatives, friends, pastors, and church members. I’m starting
to understand a bit more and more as time passes how great God’s love is for
us. I realize that if I don’t take the time to confirm the answers and blessings
that God has given me, I lose hold of how amazing God is and I forget all the
works He has accomplished in my life. Even now, after all the conferences are
over, I’m still here in Korea,
living at Chongshin and the place where they’re building the RUTC. Year after
year, I’m here at the RUTC. I get to see God’s plan being fulfilled first-hand.
So many people pray for this place, pray for the RUTC. I know I’m not that big
on living in the country but seeing these mountains everyday, walking around on
this land, it’s quite an amazing experience. I feel so foolish for not
realizing it beforehand. Regardless, I’m just so thankful. I’m thankful for
God’s perfect sovereignty and guidance that has led me to where I am now.
This summer, God has made me grow in ways I didn’t expect.
At times, it was frustrating and difficult, but I’ve learned so much. I see
that God has perfect plan for me and all I need to do is pray and follow His
Word. I honestly thought my French major would be useless. Who uses French back
in the States? Yet, I see now that all those years of French classes and going
to Paris so
many times were all part of His guidance. Many of my reasons for going to Paris last year were
purely selfish but even with that, God was perfect. I’m thankful that I can
give glory to God through the skills that He’s given me. I see how important France is and
how important the French language is. I’m so happy that I met Mihee, Jungmi,
Yunsoo, Taehee, Boram, and the entire French team that was here this year. I
loved the forum and time I spent with the French team. I’ll never forget our
times of prayer in that little translation booth. I don’t think I’ve ever
prayed that sincerely for God to guide us and use us for His glory. Honestly,
everything that happened this summer was by the grace of God. I see how lacking
I am and how I need to widen my vessel. I want to go back home and crack open
those French grammar books again. I want to better equip myself with the gospel
and the skills to serve Him. I’m excited to see where God leads our French team
in the future. I know He has amazing and surprising things planned for us.
I want to say thanks to all the people who encouraged me and
prayed for me this summer. I truly appreciated it. Thank you for asking how my
day was or asking how things were going with the French team. Thank you for
being there when I cried or when I just needed to vent. Thank you for listening
and thank you for talking with me. It meant a lot to know that you cared and
your words and prayers of encouragement did wonders.
I see how God is changing me little by little through His
Word. I’m excited for my senior year at UIC. I’m excited to go back and serve my
campus. I’m excited to see how God uses me and guides me.
“being confident of this, that he who began a
good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Phil 1:6
Pics:
watching the musical with the fam
the medical staff at leader's retreat
reunion of last year's forum group
waiting in line for wrc
with john and alex at the beach
the french team =)
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| So...in a couple of weeks, I will be running for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at U of I. What is Relay for Life? The American Cancer Society states "Relay For Life is an overnight event that brings our community
together to help support the American Cancer Society and its lifesaving
mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. The Society
works hard every day to prevent cancer and save lives by supporting
groundbreaking research, affecting public policies that protect us from
cancer, and educating people on how to prevent or detect cancer early.
The Society helps people with cancer right here in our own community.
And our efforts at Relay For Life can help the American Cancer Society
to keep working toward a cancer-free future." The money raised for the American Cancer Society goes to a number of different programs, like the wig bank and resources for cancer patients and survivors. I need to fundraise for this event, so if you could and would like to make a donation, please let me know. Any contribution would really make a difference, and bring us that much
closer to the National Cancer Institute's goal to eradicate cancer by
2015. Fighting cancer is a cause that really important to me and my friends so if you can contribute in any way, it will be much appreciated. Thanks guys!
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| so i'm back to the dreary life of school. i know there are people who
say that school is better than work, but i feel like id rather work. im
excited to go to med school, but as for now, undergrad is not that fun.
looking back on my posts, it's really hard to imagine that i am the
same person who studied abroad in paris. it's kinda funny how i
compartmentalize my life and how that part of my life passed by so
quickly. it meant so much to me while i was there, and it definitely
has changed me, but the feeling of it is so fleeting. i miss paris so
much. i miss the feeling of not being burdened with medical bills,
insurance, and whatever else life throws my way. the past month and a
half has been quite the roller coaster ride. but it hasn't been all
bad. i'm really grateful for the time i got to spend with all of my
family last week. we weren't meeting under the best of circumstances,
but it was nice to be together again. and i must say that i do like
seattle's weather better than chicago's. i know it's already february
and the new year has already passed, but i'm gonna make my new year's
resolutions now. i think i need to organize my life and have a fresh
new start. i didn't really have a chance to make my new years
resolutions on new years so i'll do it now. anyways.. im gonna post up
some pictures of last week because they make me happy. =)
my niece kayla trying to eat a plant
haha.. i just like this picture.. me and my cousin bobby
dash point, washington
bobby and daniel trying to feed a hot cheetos to a fish
they somehow shoved the cheetos into the fish's mouth. fish cruelty..
daniel, jane, and my cousin jae.
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| new year's this year has been quite a whirlwind already. i didn't
expect to count down to the new year lying in a hospital bed. not my
idea of fun. however, i'm just immensely grateful that me and my sister
are alive. on new year's eve, me and my sister jane were on the highway
headed toward church for service. we were only about 5 miles away from
church (which is what frustrates me). we were in the very left hand
lane before the tollway on I-294N when the car in my right lane didn't
see us and swerved into our lane. i tried to avoid it but the roads
were really slippery because it had been raining a bit. somehow our
cars crashed together and i lost control of the car. my car spun across
four or five lanes of traffic and we ended up knocking down an
electrical pole and then landed in a ditch next to the highway. luckily
i hit the pole on my side so jane wasn't hurt too bad. she ended up
getting some stitches on her foreheard. i got a bunch of bruises and
cuts and my face looks pretty awful from the airbag hitting my face so
hard. the only thing that the doctors are really worried about is my
eye. at first the eye specialist scared me by saying that worst case, i
might lose vision in my eye, but when i went back yesterday i can
finally see some shapes. it might not sound like much, but its a
definite improvement because right after the accident i couldn't see a
thing. he says i have a long way to go but i'm hopeful. =) the only
stressful thing now is insurance. they're trying to figure out if the
other car hit me first or if i hit the car when i tried to gain control
of the car. according to what they figure out, if the car didn't hit me
first when it swerved into my lane, then they say that it's my fault
and that my insurance has to cover the damages. unfortunately our
insurance hardly covers any of our medical bills so that means that my
parents would have to pay for everything and believe me, it's a lot.
they ran CT scans and EKGs and the whole works. it's a bit worrisome.
my parents dont want me to stress because they're just happy that we're
ok, but yet if insurance bites our butt, then i can't imagine how much
of a financial strain it'll be on our family. anyways.. im thankful
that God protected us and im thankul how minor our injuries were for
how bad the accident was. hopefully the new year can only get better
from here. thanks to all the people who prayed for me and my sister and
for all the calls. it really means a lot.. =)
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| alrite.. this weekend was insane.. i am in love with the south of france and monaco. i went to nice for the weekend with some friends and while we were there, we decided to head over to monte carlo for a day. i felt like i was in a movie the whole time i was in monaco. i have never been even close to seeing so many ferraris and yachts. we got invited onto a yacht but we didn't have much time so we declined.. now i wish we had gone on for even just a couple minutes.. the weather was insanely beautiful. it's been rainy in paris for the past couple days so it was nice to go and enjoy the beach. it was strange wearing t-shirts in december. im trying to write about my weekend.. but it's just too hard.. i'll just post some pictures.. 
nice, france 
sunset on the mediterranean 
a ferrari dealership (for all the boys) 
the harbor at monaco with all the yachts 
on our trek to monte carlo 
the casino at monte carlo alrite that's all for now.. must go back to writing papers.. | | |
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