Wow, its hard to believe this trip is already over.  The past few weeks have been a blur of blessings… seeing friends, visiting fellowships, intense times of prayer, fun games with the family, and a whole lot of American food.  Its been great!  I gotta praise God for all of it.    I’m ready to go back though.  I miss the kids.  And its time for the next phase… really learning Korean, building the orphanage ministry, and preparing for the future.  I’m excited! 

Here are some pics of my past week… including seeing different relatives, visiting Tech for an awesome win over Clemson (thanks again for the ticket Paul!), and visiting JMU and speaking at ACF.  My mom joked that its hard to tell whether I’m still in Korea or not, since nearly all my friends are Asian.  Funny mother.  Enjoy the pics!

With my cousin Joe and Tammy, their kids, Uncle Jim and Carol, and my parents (my parents are on the left)

Pre-game at the Tech – Clemson game

With CCFers

I lost my voice a little, and had to speak at JMU the next night… woops (but it gotter better in time, phew! )

My 3rd time rushing the field at Tech (previous were for Miami and West Virginia)

Another field pic… this might have been my last football game at Tech… it ranked #3 all time behind the hurricane game (Texas A&M) and the upset of Miami… I had a great time!

We even got to run through the players’ tunnel afterwards!!!

With my friend Lisa at JMU… Lisa and I go back to freshman year in high school (1996… i feel old)

With some CCFers who came up to JMU… thanks for the support guys!

JMU friends

At lunch today with cousin Antoine (Jessi’s husband), Grandma, and cousin Jessi

Little cousins Morgan and Lauren whispering to my sister Laura

Family picture

Now time for some chicken soup with my parents.  Then a little rest and I’m flying home to the orphanage.  Please pray for my health, I’m worn out and getting a little sick.  I had an awesome trip and I’m thankful for every moment I had with friends and family.  I’m not sure when I’ll be back for another visit, but it will likely be a long while.  So come out and visit me, okay?  God bless you all!

Chris Tomlin – Enough (acoustic version)… we truly have more than enough in Him, praise God!

Speaking at JMU at Agape Christian Fellowship this Friday at 7:00… directions below
Speaking at Central Christian Church in Springfield this Sunday at 10:30am… directions below
Flying back to Korea early Monday morning (Oct 30)

This past week I met up with different relatives and friends.  I also spoke at ICF at George Mason and at GCF at UVA.  I had a blessed time at both places.  A few pictures from the past week are below…

Grandma Jean and me

GEM2003 friends who came out to GMU… it was great seeing you guys!

My two best friends are both named Hong… one Hong was in the previous post, here is the other

Uncle John, Grandpa, and me

Younger sister Laura and me

Richmond and 757 friends who also visited UVA last Friday… I’m glad you guys came out!

Harry, Patty, and me

Playing Super Smash Brothers Melee with John D, Jonathan, and Andy last Saturday… this pic is for Kat and TC, I finally got to play with your friends!  And they beat me well.    It was fun though!  Go team systems!

At New Life Church on Sunday with some Virginia Tech sisters…

And now with some Virginia Tech brothers… Pastor Sang holding Pansy’s new kitten

With my family’s dog Scout

Directions to ACF at JMU (Harrisonburg) this Friday at 7:00 (directions from Northern Virginia)…

Take I-66 W toward Front Royal.
Take I-81 S via EXIT 1A on the LEFT toward ROANOKE.
Take the PORT REPUBLIC RD / VA-253 exit- EXIT 245.
Turn RIGHT onto VA-331 / PORT REPUBLIC RD. (This is where JMU is.)
At the intersection of PORT REPUBLIC and SOUTH MAIN, turn right onto SOUTH MAIN.
Turn LEFT onto GRACE ST.
Turn RIGHT onto WALNUT ST.
Go to the end of the street, then turn right into a parking lot.
The building next to it is the place.  The entrance is on the left side.

Directions to Central Christian Church for this Sunday at 10:30am in Springfield (Northern Virginia)…

From I-495 —  Take I-95 south. Take the Franconia Road (Route 644 east) exit. Go approximately 3/4 mile past Springfield Mall where the church is on the right.

Chris Tomlin – Unfailing Love

Speaking at George Mason this Thursday at 7:30pm… information and directions are below on my last xanga post
Speaking at UVA this Friday at 7:00pm… directions are at the bottom of this post

This past week I spent some blessed time at Virginia Tech and then traveled and stayed with my sister and bro-in-law in their small town of Low Moor.  Both these visits were full of prayer, fellowship, and food.  Praise God!  Here are a few pictures, all except the last were taken my last day at Tech… and if you ever see white people in my xanga posts, odds are they are family. 

With Kat… not pictured was some of the bubble tea she had made for Hong and me… thanks Kat!

With the CCF co-rec football team

Outside Home Place with Jiae and Jina, who both helped me brush up on my Korean a little over dinner

With Hong and Jiff… thanks for letting me crash at your place!

Home Place action shot…

Some of the food (all you can eat)… can’t get this in Korea… my mouth waters just seeing the picture…

With Alex and Hoon

With some of the sisters (Jiae jumping in the back to get in the shot)… funny, most of the shots taken had to be taken again because my head kept getting cut off…

With Sung and Chan… I’m proud of you guys, keep serving Him!

With my sister Katie and bro-in-law Todd at their house in Low Moor

I was blessed to be with my brothers and sisters at Tech.  I miss you guys already, keep strong in prayer, in the Word, and in fellowship!  It was also great to be with Katie and Todd on Sunday.

Here are directions for where I’ll be speaking at UVA on Friday…

Ruffner Auditorium (Curry School of Education bottom floor)
virginia.edu has a map

From NoVA —
  take 66 West, go past Manassas
  get off at Gainesville Exit 29 South
  Stay with 29 South for about 1 hr 30 min until Charlottesville.
  Stay with 29 south towards UVA.  (Do not get onto 29 south Bypass in Cville)
  The road kind of gets narrower into 2 lanes.
  You then see UVA indoor arena (John Paul Jones arena)
  And then UVA tennis court, then Memorial Gym.
  Just after that, turn left into the UVA Visitors’ Garage.
  Park there….any floor.  Go up to the main floor and turn right and walk towards the pedestrian bridge about 100 yds away. 
  Use the Pedestrian bridge to go across;
  The first building you see is Curry School of Eduation (Ruffner Hall)  (it’s by the outdoor basketball court)
  We meet downstairs basement level. 

Kristian Stanfill – Jesus Paid It All (from the Passion – Everything Glorious cd)

I’m in Northern Virginia now.  This past weekend I went with my family to our cabin in Pennsylvania, we just got back home a couple hours ago.  This Tuesday I’ll be driving down to Virginia Tech.  I feel like I’m in another world right now.  Going from living with 82 kids, eating my meals (Korean food) with them, speaking Korean… and now back with my family and my old life… its strange.  Another world.  I’ve been sleeping a lot, but my time has been good so far.  I’m looking forward to seeing my Virginia Tech family. 

If you are planning to attend ICF when I speak at George Mason University on October 19th, please e-mail Kon Yi [wwjd703@gmail.com] and let him know you will be coming.  There is a shuttle service for people without GMU parking decals, it will be at 7pm at the McDonalds at University Mall on Braddock Road.  The fellowship meets in Student Union Building II (SUBII) meeting room 5, 6, and 7.  Here are directions… http://www.gmu.edu/welcome/Directions-to-GMU.html. 

Again, my cell phone is 703-930-3907.  My speaking schedule is below (on my last post).  God bless you all!

Virginia visit!

In a few hours I’ll be flying to Northern Virginia.  I’ll be in Virginia October 4th - 30th.  Long trip.  Here is my speaking schedule…

Oct 10 – 14… Virginia Tech, speaking at CCF Oct 13 (Friday)
Oct 15 (Sunday)… speaking at my sister’s church in Covington, Virginia
Oct 19 (Thursday)… speaking at ICF at George Mason
Oct 20 (Friday)… speaking at GCF at UVA
Oct 27 (Friday)… speaking at ACF at JMU
Oct 29 (Sunday)… speaking at Central Christian Church in Springfield (my home church)

You Nova people, please attend ICF that Thursday night if you can.  Here is my temporary cell phone number…

703-930-3907

God bless!

During my Indonesia trip we traveled to Manokwari on the island of Papua (half of it being Papua New Guinea). Most of the people on the island come from tribes scattered among the jungles and mountains. My church is one of the main sponsors of the Bible college we visited. They were very happy when we arrived. The welcome was totally unexpected…

The “Tribal Happy Dance.”

Here is a picture of our keyboardist for the welcoming service at the Bible college

Here is a picture of the team (Pastor Tandi is on the left, darker skinned with glasses), the guy on my right is a Bible college student

I’d post more pictures, but I’m really tired.  The people doing the “tribal happy dance” were alumni from the Bible college.  They don’t normally dress like that, they just dressed up for the occasion.  For such formal occasions, we wear tuxedos.  They wear body paint.  Good times

Please read the stories below if you haven’t yet.