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| WORK has been overwhelming. Lots to learn but not many people who can train. Pray for guidance and help in this arena. Nevertheless, I'm thankful for the opportunity to even work at the company and for the certain patient and decent gentlemen who have helped train me throughout their busy week. I think my boss is a good person albeit a little STRESSED. My stomach was hurting all week due to stress... but after today it got better. yay!
The job makes me appreciate my weekends and any opportunity to rest. It
felt SO good to sleep in on Saturday with ZERO interruptions. I should
appreciate it now before I have to start working on Saturdays.
Other than that, I'm so happy to be in the Bay area. I am just different when I'm here. I feel free and more like myself. That doesn't mean I have been repressing myself in Orange County. I loved the fun times I had there and the people I've met. I am thankful for the friends at dance class, church, and in the education/mortgage industry I've been blessed to encounter. All the great teachers, pastors, and acquaintances... really got engrossed into the community that is OC. But I definitely am more at home here, for some odd reason. Can't really put my finger on it. It's just different but it suits me. I'll let you know if the opinion ever changes, he he.
Oh, I checked out a baptist church today in Fremont today. The English pastor gave a simple but powerful lesson on grace and how legalism can sometimes take away from grace. Here was a quote by Phillip Yancey that stood out to me from the paper handout.
"At first glance, legalism seems hard, but actually freedom in Christ is the harder way. It is relatively easy not to murder, hard to reach out in love; easy to avoid a neighbor's bed, hard to keep a marriage alive; easy to pay taxes, hard to serve the poor. When living in freedom, I must remain open to the Spirit for guidance. I am more aware of what I have been neglected than what I have achieved. I cannot hide behind the mask of behavior, like the hypocrites, nor can I hide behind comparisons with other Christians."
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| Quick update:
- Moving to Union City, August 8th, 2008. That should be a lucky day seeing as its all 8's and its the start of the Beijing Olympics. Maybe I should leave the house at 8:08 AM! Pray for my safety while driving, pray especially for any loved ones who drive up with me as I'd never forgive myself if something happened to them.
- Starting new job August 11th, 2008
Pray for courage and strength, ability to adapt and learn from the situation and to excel at Excel.
Pray for guidance and focus!
Nervous but grateful because God pretty much granted me exactly what I prayed for. Now the reality of moving is hitting and as always, I realized I acquired too much stuff in the past few years. I still have clothes I bought during freshman year of college. ?! What?!
I am going to miss my bears, Charlie and Jerry so very much. :(
Just thinking of it makes me sad. I get overprotective and always worry for their safety. Sometimes, I have to just not think about all the possible disasters that could occur and go on living.
Charlie freaked me out with scary stories of public transportation coming home.
- Amtrak derailment
- Grey hound, deranged man started hacking at a poor innocent passenger and sawed his head off.
CRAP! How am I going to visit after hearing those morbid stories?!
hmmm....
OH, cool news is that I'll be living 10 minutes away from the Union City Bart station, which is 5 minutes from my grandma's, and 15 minutes from work. Yay! Everything is so close by. I hope the place is as quiet and peaceful as my friend described it to be.
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| The Arizona mission trip renewed my faith in God, reaffirmed my interest in education, and put my life into perspective with God's plan and purpose for me. It was an intense process...but every moment, God drew me closer to Him.
How can seven days seem to last forever and yet also fly by so quickly?
Through the weeks of self-doubt and resistance before AZ to the physically-exhausting, spiritually-energizing, but incredibly well-balanced mission schedule... I realized that God's timing is perfect. He really did test my faith by making me look at my priorities, rebuke my hypocrisy by having me teach what I was resisting internally, encourage and comfort me by revealing His wisdom through the Bible, and showing me my purpose to glorify Him through building real relationships with the community of Winslow, AZ.
Wow... there's so much to share I don't know where to begin. Maybe another entry... or we can discuss it over a cup of boba.
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees
--Hillsong United
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| For those of you around in August...
Available Friday - Sunday
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3536
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| If you haven't yet, go see Wall-E! Wall-E was quite aww-inspiring. I love the scene where he sits in the little shuttle headed for earth waiting for Eve. Adorkable robot.
If you have the chance, catch Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl in August!
If you are in Vegas, watch Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian. You can get discounted prices at Tickets for Tonight. Phantom was by far the highlight of my trip and I was blown away by how beautiful the theater was. Raul was the best, followed by Christine, then Phantom. The Phantom in NYC was pretty hard to beat. Hugh Panaro's voice was pretty close to that of Michael Crawford's and he added a bit of sensuality into the character. He was also quite dynamic...loud and powerful during the theatrical intense moments but tender and emotional during the sad scenes where he sings snippets of "All I Ask of You" and "Masquerade".
Il Prato is an amazing shop in the hotel that sells Venetian masks, costumes, and other items that has to do with Masquerade. The masks are too pricy but quite lovely to look at.
Vegas trip was great because we stayed in a very cheap hotel, cooked some meals in the room, and split everything (room, groceries, gas). If I ever went again, I would definitely travel with a group of friends to save money. We also got into the Tao restaurant/club for free which was nice although I think I'm a bit too old for clubbing. I much rather prefer watching a show like Cirque du Soleil's O or a musical like Jersey Boys, Phantom, ect... Micah recommended Blue Man Group but that was a bit pricy so we opted out. The hotels are nice but it just makes me want to visit the real deal... Venice and Paris...
JJ and I found various ways to keep ourselves entertained during the ride home. We played cat's cradle, hangman, and MASH which was a flashback from junior high and high school...
According to the game, I'd be married to a friend with 4 kids, living in a house, driving a midnight-blue bus, with an occupation as a ninja.
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