* God has been a good God to me. I want to be a good daughter to Him :)
* i really really like my RHET class. even though cho and choe seem to hate it.
* my sleeping schedule is about to get messed up. a big UH-OH
* i'm still in the process of copying down my OIL notes to my real QT notebook.... and i'm so lazy. anybody wanna do it for me? i'll swipe you in twice.
* i glanced at my wall just now and saw Dowoo's note saying "ahn nyong, dowoo HYUNG ee yah!" -_-
* me, esther, and anna had job interviews yesterday for America Reads. we'll find out tomorrow whether we got the job or not. a guy from CFC interviewed me. He roomed with Kluv for 2 years. what a coincidence!
* it's still cold.
* i'm loving the unnies that take care of me here at U of I :) i LOVE it when older people take care of me :D
* i'm addicted to MTV and VH1 (not VHR, or VHS. :P).
* i love NEWYORK is the trashiest show but i love it to death. HEAT is so hot.
* i'm thankful for the life i'm living..
* i miss snowboarding =/ only went once this winter. booooooo.......
* me, unji, and anna decided to work out in the morning on mon, wed, fridays. woooot!
* i need to return my book that i borrowed from the library ASAP. or.... $50 bucks AHHHH
* somebody wanna give me good musics? i formatted my computer and i have ZERO songs on my computer!
* i love taking notes in class :D
* PS, ASTRO, and MATH are just simply B to da O to da R I N G !
* i need to go to walmart. im going tomorrow with my roomie.
* JOSH is back. sad to admit, but sg felt kind of empty without you josh. welcome back :) [arent i so nice? ;)]
* me and my girls are more than just friends. we're SISTERS. amen? :) thank you for being such an encouragement to me.
* i'm so excited for Heejung!!!!! :) she's gonna visit me soon. yayyyy :D
* UICers, visit!!!!!!! =)

monopoly.... self-explanatory.

we WON :D sacrificial attitudes brought us success.. moahhahahaah

with my TRE 4 boys ;)

the love of my life! =)

christina unnie, we'll miss you lots and lots =( good luck with student teaching!!!!

secret santa part II. love my girls.

=) love you friends!!!

boys are so gay...

but girls are fun!!!! xD amen?!?

love love. missing janey.

i'm kind of strong :)

with the smallgroup men! dusty and minsoooo

our pimp dadddayy. joe joe.

you suck at taking pictures.

with my brother. and milk de chocolate

GO BULLS.

and BEARS.

"Kingdom Revolution" [OIL 2007]

God told me....

-again, to surrender everything to Him. give Him the "slinky". even when all is good, surrender everything to Him.
-to pray through and by the scripture.
-to fight the battle daily.
-to not be a dog that returns to its own vomit; to lay down my old sins completely.
-to continue praying not only for myself but for the whole world.

Thank you....

-Pastor Seth. you helped me understand the in depth concept of kingdom resolution which was quite confusing for me in the beginning. "we have the access and the annointing to reveal God's glory..."
-Pastor Young. you gave me a better view of some of the important characteristics of God. "our foundation shouldn't be based on experiences but more on the character of God..." Also, you helped me understand that our sins can never be bigger than God. "Nehemiah focused on greatness of God when he prayed. this can help realize that God is bigger than our sins..."
-Dr. J Robert Vannoy. by your careful observations of the bible, i was convicted to not just read the words but consume the meaning behind the scripture. "we should attempt to understand the faith of David and fear of Saul..."
-Rev. Peter Kim. God used you to convict me to live by the correct theology starting now. "only with a correct theology we will be able to make it to the end..."
-Dr. Patrick Johnstone. your compassionate heart for the world challenged me to start praying for the different nations. "we cannot understand everything that is going on in this world. but when we obey Him, He will take care of all situation...."
-Dr. Charles Zimmerman. you gave me a wake up call, helping me to realize that God is the center of everything. "Gaze upon Jesus, glance at yourself.. this will bring changes..."

-Pastor Dave Alas. you put desire in my heart to keep the great commission the main thing. "you must keep the main thing the main thing! stop, drop, and roll..."
-Pastor Min Chung. best sermon i've ever heard, i couldnt tell the time flying by....your sermon rebuked me and made me realize how much of a selfish sinner i am, but also gave me hope that our God is a Redeemer. "we must have holy addiction for God..."

-Pastor Paul Kim. you have comforted my heart that was challenged and rebuked by telling us that we are made exactly how He planned to make us. "it's about Jesus, not the donkey!....He made us who we are and He made us well..."
-Praise Band. i remember my youth pastor telling me that praise band is like a straw that leads peopel into the spirit of worship. you guys fit the description perfectly. your passion for God rebukes me...
-Jiwon. i couldnt have asked for a better smallgroup leader. your humbe heart of servitude was so evident and i was blessed by it.

Commitments....

-daily scripture reading (1 year bible reading plan)
-memorize verses (not sure about specific plans yet)
-pray for North Korea (God's been convicting me hard core to pray for NK for some reason... i dont know why. what a funny God He is =] )
-keep the girls accountable (you know what i mean girlies)






i'm so excited.

i've never felt so excited to walk with God through in my daily life.
i'm excited to see what He'll do with my life during the 2nd semester
and i'm excited to fight for Him.
i'm excited to read His word and i'm excited to communicate with Him.

i just hope this fire wouldn't die down so quick.




i know im going to fail,
but i'm going to try as hard as i can not to let Him down.

and even if i fail, my God will pull me right back up....



some verses that convicted me muy hard core during OIL...















what an awesome winter break.
what an awesome way to end and start out a new year.

what an awesome God.

    

"The Life You've Always Wanted"
06 KCC YG winter retreat
Guest speaker: Pastor Billy Chung

*i dont usually write long long entries with my inner feelings and all that stuff. but i feel like i really really want to share the blessings i got out of this retreat with yall... so read if you want to=) if you dont want to, that's fineee!*

before going to the retreat.
didn't expect much, wasn't that excited, wasn't looking forward to the emotional high, had low expectations, kind of didn't want to go through that roller coaster ane experience the downfall after the retreat.

but.
God broke the heart that wasn't ready...

this retreat was by far the best retreat i've ever been to in my whole entire life. every single sermon was exactly what i needed. i couldnt even fall asleep even though i was dead tired cause if i missed those sermons, i knew i'd regret so much. the sermons were amazing. bearing fruit, God's love, service, obedience, submission.... they were the topics that i needed to be reminded of.

i've been involved with so many christian practices but i realized that i barely bear any fruit. no results. no growth. no nothing. what is this? i had a good look back at myself and was ashamed.... need to start bearing fruits for His kingdom...

neway. the biggest thing i got out of the retreat is that...

i really need to learn how to surrender my every part to God.
i love people. i love having fun. i love shopping. i love sleeping. i love computer. i love all these things that distract me from God. and to be honest, i didnt even think about surrendering these things to God cause i felt like i could handle christian life and the "worldly" life at the same time. but no.... God convicted me to try to surrender every.single.part.of.my.life to God.

more time with God than with people...
more joy from God than fun from friends...
more money to God than clothes...
more quality talk with God than sleeping, doing computer, etc...
more God, and less of me.

something i've always heard of.. this SURRENDER business. but i've never really thought of putting it into action. but i think God's telling me to try now. actually try to give up myself, die to myself, resist my temptations and do what God wants me to do.

it's gonna be tough... but please keep me accountable =)

so these are the 2 biggest commitments i've made.
-no cursing. (James 3:10 - "..out of the same mouth comes praise & cursing...this should not be..")
-tithes & offerings. (Malachi 3:8~12 - "...will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. but you ask, 'how do we rob you?' In tithes and offerings....")



so just to wrap up this long long never ending entry..
-retreat was a great blessing.
-i need to start bearing fruits as a result of christian practices.
-God told me to surrender every single part of my life to Him and die to myself.
-my commitments are : no cursing, give tithes and offerings.



special thanks to pastor Billy for the amazing sermons. =)
and to pastor Sebastian for giving me a great opportunity to serve God through being a subcounselor!


and special thanks to God for loving me unconditionally and pouring down His blessings on me.....





here are some pictures.....
yea yea i used photoshop cause my camera's not as cool as danleedotcom or kennykimdotcoms.....
but here they are. i have other sg/skit/random pics too so ask me for them! and if you leave me your email address, i'll send the original copies to you!

 


<3