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| Grand Canyon & Las Vegas & Hoover Dam I had a great time in all these places; it was a man-made marvel at Vegas and a God-created marvel at Grand Canyon. I was extremely blessed with a smooth trip as I had some money troubles in the beginning but that got resolved in no time. God was so good to us at Grand Canyon, it was only 50~70 degrees Fahrenheit while me and Grace were there. It could not have been better as the weather there is usually in the hundreds. We got to hike down to about 1/3 way to the bottom of the canyon before having to come back up. It rained on our way back but it was such a blessing to me. It was really peaceful to hike in the rain and it made it so that we didn’t feel hot at all. We made it to the top of Grand Canyon in about the same time it took us to go downhill. Praise God for helping us see the blessings around us even though hiking in rain might have seemed to be a bad thing. I really enjoyed having Grace as a companion on this trip. She never complained and because we’ve known each other for a long time, our relationship flowed in harmony as we talked and went about our vacation. Praise the Lord for such godly sisters in Christ, it really opened my eyes. She prayed for our trip out loud continually throughout the trip and I really admired her heart for prayer. Doorae Community At first I didn’t know if I should go on this mission trip but once I found out Grace was going to be in LA also, that gave me the go signal as there was no reason not to go if I was going to be in California anyways. I felt that it was the way God was telling me to go. The reason I really pray about if I should go is because after reading Heidi Baker’s book “The Only Necessary Thing,” it convicted me to only move when God says to move and that you know for sure that God will be with you there. Yes, it says in the Bible that God will be with you wherever you are but the key here is are you going where God wants you to go, it is much more of an impact if God is blessing your every action. If God wants you to be there then there will definitely be an impact to the place you’re going instead of you trying to do what you can. I was extremely surprised that I got so much encouragement on this trip. I felt that I haven’t done anything special but lived as I had any other day. I remembered that God called every single one of us to live a life glorifying to Him. This has been on my mind for quite a while and I try to please God as much as I can and to do my best, I ask God often to mold me into his likeness. It was all God, I have to really point that out, that I was able to tell Leo how awesome the Word of God is, to talk and pray for a team member about their future, and to minister to both young and old living at the farm. I hope all the people there may be healed and that God would draw them even closer to Him. Seeing the smile on Joshua’s face for a whole day made me remember how awesome and how compassionate our God is and that miracles really do occur. I dearly wanted to stay for the full time this missions trip was allotted but I had to leave early due to other obligations. When I found out that I had made the huge mistake of misreading my flight time causing me to miss my flight, I thought maybe God wanted me to stay. But really, I think God wanted to test my faith and to humble me. I panicked as soon as I realized I wouldn’t make my flight and I called the airline to find out that as long as I still went to the airport they would put me on a waiting list for no charge. Even though I knew I prayed throughout the situation, I realized how weak I was and how I still didn’t have the faith to completed trust in Him. I thank God that I made it on the first available flight while being on a waiting list and that I made it back in one piece with my luggages. In the end this trip was awesome and I love God even more.
Rest of the pictures: http://blessedndeed.myphotoalbum.com/
Doorae community 
Las Vegas 
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| This time going back to Taiwan was an awesome experience. Before going back, I was really praying that this trip would not be for myself, but for the Lord. Even though it was very difficult for me to tell my friends about Jesus, God let me through every step and I didn't necessary have to do anything, they would come asking me about God. Some highlights by the strength and mightiness of the Lord:
- I was able to mention something about God to almost all my friends.
- I learned that living the Christian life every second of the day should come as something natural. Read the Bible whenever you need to, pray when prayer is needed, integrate the things you usually do in your quiet time into your daily lives. I wanted to read the Bible before going to bed on a trip with my friends, they saw me reading it and the next day, one of them asked me about it, that opened up a door to share about my faith.
- On a train ride, I happened to sit beside a lady that does sorcery by changing your name for better luck and things like that. I sat down and started reading the Bible, when I was done, she asked me if I was Christian and she shared about what she does and I got to share with her about God too. I pray that she may turn to Christ and stop her actions immediately. One thing she said alarmed me, she said that Christians go to her shop to get their names changed too, because somehow, life got better for them in some way and they think it "works." I will tell you right now that it is the work of the Devil. Our faith should not be based upon something that "works," but on God whom we cannot see, that is true faith. Do not be tempted, you will regret it. I have seen it happen to many people.
- One of my friends that I talked to about God back in Taiwan recently started instant messaging me asking me about God. Mormons invited him to their church to learn English and he started becoming interested in God. Praise the Lord, let's pray for his salvation. According to research I have done, I do not believe the Mormon bible is truth so I naturally pointed him to a church I trust in. No church is perfect but I believe my friend will be pointed in the right direction by the Lord himself.
- I was extremely blessed by my home church back in Taiwan, it opened my eyes to the intense spiritual battle there and to the love of Christ expressed through our actions. God blessed me with many good messages and I learned a great deal, especially on the topic of the sabbath day.
- My grandfather(dad's side) had intestine cancer and I got to visit him at the hospital after the surgery, he is absolutely fine now. I am so grateful to God that through this event, my grandfather is much more acceptable to the Lord. He actually allows for people to pray for him now and I was really glad I could pray aloud right beside him.
- It was also a blessing to see my mother and father to seek after God more and more, learning of His way and applying it to their daily lives, I love my parents and I look up to them. I say this because it wasn't always like this. There was a time when they were not saved and they almost divorced, but God kept our family together.
Here is a few pics of my trip, the other photos are in my photo album.
 My friends came to visit me and this was our final chilling place for the night.
At the subway station, note the direction of the train and the streaks of light, can someone explain this to me? 
Young's birthday, it was in the same role of film so I thought I'd post it. God bless you bro.
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| All I can say is......God is good.
The Lord is with us every single day, but why does it seem like only at retreats, conferences, or other events that God appears? Well, that's not really the case. I believe God is right beside us, even carrying us everyday without us noticing. The reason? We are so busy, or so out of tune with the Spirit that we are blinded and deaf to the billions of blessings happening all around us.
These are the things I prayed about for the retreat and all of them were answered:
1. True worship onto the Lord, with all of our hearts, mind and soul.
2. The Lord to heal His children both physically and spiritually.
3. That this wouldn't be like any other retreat, that God would reveal his Glory and miracles.
4. Safe travels.
5. Our hearts to continue to seek the Lord even way after the retreat.
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you realize that the retreat was just a starting point in living a life worthy of the salvation you have received. The real retreat starts now! Please keep seeking your heavenly father, he loves you.........
And to these two, congratulations! May the Lord always protect you wherever you are. May the Lord keep your steps steady and always heading toward the cross, not leaning to the left of right. God bless, amen
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| I prayed to God that my fall break would not be just a fun weekend, but a time where I can spend time with God. God totally answered my prayer by letting me attend a bible study, youth group, church, and many Christian discussions.
I briefly stood in the back of the children's service while at church and it was amazing, tears were starting to come out. It was always hard for me to understand why God loves children so much and how to be like a child. I got a little revelation as I was watched these children dance and sing and high five each other in praise and worship that God simply loved them the way they were, loving them for simply who they were. There is much hope in them, hoping that they would follow God all the days of their lives. Love and patience.
Today during worship practice, I kinda was watching over the praise team members children while I was doing sound. God reminded me of these verses:
Matthews 19:13~14 which says,
"Then little children were
brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them.
But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there."
The disciples tried to make the children go away because Jesus was working, but Jesus wanted to see the children. I needed to concentrate on mixing sound but the children were up on the chairs messing with the knobs on the mixer board , it was then that God reminded me of these verses. It is important that we show love to these little ones as often as possible and to be patient, ministry is not more important than these children that God loves so much.
Couple of more verses for you to meditate on:
Matthew 18:1~6
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And
he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like
little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But
if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it
would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck
and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Pictures for you to enjoy:
 "Faith will give you wings to soar."
 Teresa and Mr. Bear  Cascades group picture
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| Saturday at Followers of the Way meeting was one of the most blessed moments I've ever had. God showed me in the most random time what it's like to worship him when we are in heaven, I had never wanted to worhip and praise him like yesterday. I was so in awe I could barely stand in the presense of the Lord and actually I had to sit down.
After the meeting, I talked to a friend that I've known since freshmen year who goes to Impact fellowship and invited him to go to Dwelling Place. We had not seen each other for a year and he quickly agreed to come. He was so blessed by the Lord at church and the message was perfectly for him. The sermon was on if you were truly baptized with the water. Not to go into too much detail, there was something going on in his life and he decided he should get baptised again so he is getting baptised this coming Sunday! There are also many other blessings, but I want to keep it short so everyone would read it and be encouraged.
Two words,
Awesome GOD
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