i really miss home.

from now on, unless i want to make an exciting announcement, this livejournal will be viewed by friends only. if you're not on my friends list and would like to be added, just let me know. =)

haha silly me, i made a mistake when i wrote the entry about korea. the koreans raised 4 MILLION, not billion. for some reason, i really thought they raised 4 billion...oops. it's million...MILLION

tonight, my heart breaks for the girls and the women who can't see how precious, unique, and beautiful they are. i am angry at the media and the people who keep on telling our women these lies, and also at people who try to define women and girls by the way they look or their achievements. no one has the right to tell someone that they're not ( Read more... )

just got back from cm2007 in busan, korea. 20,000 christians from all over the world gathered there to praise God and pray for the nations. all the hotels in the area were booked. the koreans spent 3 years praying and preparing for this event, and raised 4 million US dollars for it. we had performances from all cultures, world renowned speakers, ( Read more... )

so here i am, sitting in my hotel room in seoul, korea. i'm flying out to busan for cm2007 tomorrow morning, where i'm going to meet 20,000 other chrisians from all over the world! the hotel room is really nice, it even has a computer with internet access in each room! haha there's a crib in my room too ( Read more... )

each time i return to taiwan, i am reminded of how broken the world is, and how urgent it is to save souls. i am reminded that suffering is common, and to use every opportunity i have for His kingdom and glory...to not look at my own wants and needs, but only to the cross. God recently gave me the chance to reach out to some people in hsinchu, and ( Read more... )

new lesson ( Read more... )

  The 30 hour famine materials just arrived yesterday (a pretty heavy box), and with it came a DVD about problems in Africa, such as AIDS, drought, famine, poverty, slavery, rape, and child-soldiers. My heart broke and I wept for the people in Africa. There are many 2 year olds who are less than 15 lbs, and because of the malnutrition, they have ( Read more... )

can i be even dumber? i *just* found out that i took 3 classes that i don't even need this semester! i already fulfilled the requirements and yet i still registered for those courses. and i didn't find out until NOW, when it's wayyy too late to change anything. because of my stupidity, i now face the possibility of not being able to graduate on ( Read more... )