great summer trip 1

Right now I am in the basement of the hospitality's home in Portland, Oregon. We went to the beach and hiked about three hours in the muddy trail. That was a lot of fun. Pictures will come later when I get back.

Hallelujah!

My brother Robert is baptized today. Hooray! Good boy. Well, it's sort of expected after all those miracles the Lord has shown to me and my family. The Lord did in one day what I lost for three years...

As it's written in Joshua 24:15, "And if it seems wrong in your eye to serve Jehovah, choose yourselves today whom you will serve, either the gods from across the River, whom your father served, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. BUT AS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, WE WILL SERVE JEHOVAH."

Lord, let me make a fresh consecration to your again. For me and my family, we will serve You for the rest of our lives. Our faith will be counted as righteousness in the eyes of Jehobah. AMEN.

It's not gambling if I know I am absolutely going to win, right? hehe...

hao hao xue xi

I will be free tomorrow night after the last final!!! Then I will play tennis, hit the gym and swim in the hearst pool every day until the great summer road trip. =)

Yeah!

But now is the time to hao hao xue xi.

kittens watching tennis or ping pong

hahahaha...

last day of class

I am finally done with filling out the tedious evaluations for professors and TAs. This semester goes too fast. However, I did many interesting and crazy things. hehe...

I cooked a house dinner tonight (mainly Mapo tofu and sweet sour spareribs). =) No one in the house showed up!!! One was out of the state. One was still at work. One was sleeping (7pm is like the middle of the night). One was in Fremont. One was writing a lengthy paper on campus.

anyway, yummy ribs in the fridge...

random photos

I am so cold!

outside world

two ways to look at the same fish =)

Could the Potter's hand upon the vessel
Ever leave the shaping of the work undone?

Lord, I remember Your promise. You called me out. Please be with me during this exciting journey.

last english class

We will watch the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" tomorrow in my last English class. Yeah!

In the mean time, I have to finish and edit my final paper due at the beginning of the class. Oops, I think I am three pages short...

a letter to God

Dear God,

Yesterday YOU gave me a golden opportunity to "sherperd" someone in a "special" way. I am sorry I hesitated it. I have been praying for this opportunity for couple times. Out of nowhere that happened. That really surprised me. Why am I surprised by my own prayer being answered? Out of YOUR merciful heart YOU have answered my prayers so many times. Praise YOU, Lord!

I am sorry I didn't responde to yesterday's situation, though the situation was exactly what I prayed for. What was I thinking? I was unsure at that moment, because I knew what I would have done is kind of unconventional and out-of-the-box.

However, I would have done it if YOU would give me a couple more minutes. So as I was deciding on whether I should act or not, the opportunity vanished right before my eyes. I regret it and I repent that I didn't respond.

Lord, YOU and I both know that this is not the end of the story. Maybe YOU will arrange similar opportunities in next couple days. May YOU give me the courage and strength when the time comes.

Yours Forever,
Richard

p.s. Lord, when I have a hammer like YOU, every problem becomes a nail. =)

Life is full of dramas. We all feel like we are outsiders. We all try to fit in. We all do things and feel things that are bizarre and unconventional in the eyes of others.

celebration meeting

Tonight's celebration meeting was so good. A new one that is with me commented that before he came, he thought everything is serious but he was touched by so many genuine sharings throughout the meeting. Everyone is caring for each other like a big family. =)

This is what church life all about. What a testimony for our dear Lord Jesus Christ! What a testimony against the dead religion! What a testimony against this corrupted and perverted world!