// Sunday, January 28
buy my tshirt!
we are fundraising for our grad show in april, and there are tshirts on sale! one of my designs was chosen yaaay. click here for the catalog! shirts are $15 each! my shirt is design number 3, and there are a number of colours to choose from. orders are due Feb. 2!!!
post urbana experience..
okay so i've finally been able to digest my experience, one month later =)
urbana was such an unreal experience. i was with a lot of my friends, in this random city in the states, participating in five intense conference days and trying to hear what God's saying in the middle of it all. so many things coming at you, left right and center. so it's taken a little while to really absorb and make sense of it all.
the worship was really amazing. i loved that there were all these multicultural worship songs. even though you didn't know exactly the words you were saying, it was still a response to God. and that's because worship is not just about the words we speak, but the heart that we give up to Him. the last night on news yrs eve, it was the free'est i've ever felt in worship God. and it was a culmination of all the five days. definitely a spiritual high.
most of the seminars i went to were okay. i really had to think and dig for things that i could take from some of them. one seminar about developing your giftedness urged me to really look into what my gifts are, and how i can use them for God's kingdom in an intentional way. the last seminar on the artist transforming culture really spoke to me. it reminded me of the power of arts in ministry, as well i believe it planted a seed for something much bigger in the future for the area of christian arts. more on that later..
ephesians was such a rich text to learn from. i thoroughly enjoyed the bible study and Ajith who spoke about it. living a life worthy of the calling. wow. that's a big thing. now we are continuing to learn from the letter of ephesians in cd-team which is nice. it will definitely be a rich saturation of ephesians.
i bumped into sooo many people at urbana. it was like a christian gta retreat in st. louis! but i especially enjoyed the company of my fellow rhcbc family. a number of us got together to pray during the busyness of the conference. it was a good time to quiet down, share and pray. it was good to bring things out into the open that have been on our hearts. among the things we prayed about was unity for the church, and leadership for the youth. i also had an amazing time with our girls small group - vinci, patricia and karin.
one big encouragement for me was the financial side of getting to urbana. at first it was a big mystery how i was going to get to urbana with a cost of about $500 for the trip. but in the summer God gave me a position at afc. on its own that would have been more than enough, but it also allowed me to have a (very generous) staff discount to go to urbana, since afc had affiliations with intervarsity. perfect timing! also a number of other very generous individuals helped to make the trip possible. i literally got all the money i needed to go to urbana two days before i went! so it was quite the testimony to how God works. you really have to trust him, and he will provide. he may not provide in the time that we would like, but he does in the end because he is very faithful.
now what?
after some reflection on what i've learned and what God has been speaking to me through the whole experience, i've decided and have applied to Seneca for a post-graduate certificate program on Events Management and Exhibit Design. after thinking about how to live a life worthy of the calling, i looked further into what gifts God gave me. the book Courage And Calling, (the first book of the day) was a good one that got me started. i found that it was in the area of encouragement and leadership that God gifted me in. i decided to apply to the program to further develop the leadership side, in an area that i enjoy. plus i had this God moment when i first found the program, and i truly felt that it was something from Him.
as for the future, it's still open! i'm taking small steps in this direction and we'll see where God takes me from here.
we are fundraising for our grad show in april, and there are tshirts on sale! one of my designs was chosen yaaay. click here for the catalog! shirts are $15 each! my shirt is design number 3, and there are a number of colours to choose from. orders are due Feb. 2!!!
post urbana experience..
okay so i've finally been able to digest my experience, one month later =)
urbana was such an unreal experience. i was with a lot of my friends, in this random city in the states, participating in five intense conference days and trying to hear what God's saying in the middle of it all. so many things coming at you, left right and center. so it's taken a little while to really absorb and make sense of it all.
the worship was really amazing. i loved that there were all these multicultural worship songs. even though you didn't know exactly the words you were saying, it was still a response to God. and that's because worship is not just about the words we speak, but the heart that we give up to Him. the last night on news yrs eve, it was the free'est i've ever felt in worship God. and it was a culmination of all the five days. definitely a spiritual high.
most of the seminars i went to were okay. i really had to think and dig for things that i could take from some of them. one seminar about developing your giftedness urged me to really look into what my gifts are, and how i can use them for God's kingdom in an intentional way. the last seminar on the artist transforming culture really spoke to me. it reminded me of the power of arts in ministry, as well i believe it planted a seed for something much bigger in the future for the area of christian arts. more on that later..
ephesians was such a rich text to learn from. i thoroughly enjoyed the bible study and Ajith who spoke about it. living a life worthy of the calling. wow. that's a big thing. now we are continuing to learn from the letter of ephesians in cd-team which is nice. it will definitely be a rich saturation of ephesians.
i bumped into sooo many people at urbana. it was like a christian gta retreat in st. louis! but i especially enjoyed the company of my fellow rhcbc family. a number of us got together to pray during the busyness of the conference. it was a good time to quiet down, share and pray. it was good to bring things out into the open that have been on our hearts. among the things we prayed about was unity for the church, and leadership for the youth. i also had an amazing time with our girls small group - vinci, patricia and karin.
one big encouragement for me was the financial side of getting to urbana. at first it was a big mystery how i was going to get to urbana with a cost of about $500 for the trip. but in the summer God gave me a position at afc. on its own that would have been more than enough, but it also allowed me to have a (very generous) staff discount to go to urbana, since afc had affiliations with intervarsity. perfect timing! also a number of other very generous individuals helped to make the trip possible. i literally got all the money i needed to go to urbana two days before i went! so it was quite the testimony to how God works. you really have to trust him, and he will provide. he may not provide in the time that we would like, but he does in the end because he is very faithful.
now what?
after some reflection on what i've learned and what God has been speaking to me through the whole experience, i've decided and have applied to Seneca for a post-graduate certificate program on Events Management and Exhibit Design. after thinking about how to live a life worthy of the calling, i looked further into what gifts God gave me. the book Courage And Calling, (the first book of the day) was a good one that got me started. i found that it was in the area of encouragement and leadership that God gifted me in. i decided to apply to the program to further develop the leadership side, in an area that i enjoy. plus i had this God moment when i first found the program, and i truly felt that it was something from Him.
as for the future, it's still open! i'm taking small steps in this direction and we'll see where God takes me from here.
// Monday, January 15
brrr its cold
this is so cute! but its also really funny looking. poor doggy. haha. i dont think sassy would wear this. but she would definitely keep warm outside.
this is so cute! but its also really funny looking. poor doggy. haha. i dont think sassy would wear this. but she would definitely keep warm outside.// Tuesday, January 9
random thoughts
iphone from apple--so wicked!
95 days until the ysdn grad show o.O
april 15 boys + girls, mark it down on your calendars!
anticipating the viewing of pursuit of happiness and freedom writers
tc rec no more this year. maybe tc coach? not sure yet..
i love my new glasses. so geekalicious =)
its weather like this that makes me so glad that i got my super insulated artic parka hehe.
iphone from apple--so wicked!
95 days until the ysdn grad show o.O
april 15 boys + girls, mark it down on your calendars!
anticipating the viewing of pursuit of happiness and freedom writers
tc rec no more this year. maybe tc coach? not sure yet..
i love my new glasses. so geekalicious =)
its weather like this that makes me so glad that i got my super insulated artic parka hehe.
// Wednesday, January 3
no words
i really have no words or fancy stories to tell from urbana. it was authentic and real, and i experiencee God in big ways. if you want to hear my story, you can ask me =) its too much to type.
the song playing on my blog right now is from 1 Litre of Tears, this japanese series that mike enlightened me with. its sooo good. bittersweet in every way, based on a true story and very inspiring. made me cry so much T-T but it was good still.
last semester of design is ahead of me. not sure if im ready for it.. but i know God will sustain me through it. i look forward to what is ahead =)
i really have no words or fancy stories to tell from urbana. it was authentic and real, and i experiencee God in big ways. if you want to hear my story, you can ask me =) its too much to type.
the song playing on my blog right now is from 1 Litre of Tears, this japanese series that mike enlightened me with. its sooo good. bittersweet in every way, based on a true story and very inspiring. made me cry so much T-T but it was good still.
last semester of design is ahead of me. not sure if im ready for it.. but i know God will sustain me through it. i look forward to what is ahead =)
