Sunday, June 13, 2010

Going to Kyrgyzstan/China for V-SET

Twas "confirmed" tonight (what that means).

And PRAISE THE LORD!!! As of last Saturday, I have officially met my goal of fundraising $3,400 and EVEN fundraised extra!!! The surplus will be going towards other team members who are still short of funds. I have truly witnessed the perfect and bountiful provision of my Faithful Father.

WOWZAAS, ain't our God just sooooooo super amazingly gracious?!?

Leaving for Alpine Camp tomorrow for V-SET training and flying off on Monday, June 21 wayyyy early in the morning.

V-SET... HERE I COME! :D


Song of the Day: I Can Only Imagine - MercyMe

Friday, June 4, 2010

GOD IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!

Yesterday I drove to Ms. Helen's house (she was my teacher for a long time at my home church and also at Chinese school when I was little) to pick up two sponsorship checks for V-SET: one from the Mission Task Force from my home church (Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit) and one personal check from her.

When I got home and opened the envelope, my jaw dropped and my eyes popped open. The two checks amounted to $800 total!

WOWOWOWOWOWOWZERSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

God is soooooooooooooo sooper dooper amazzzingly awesome and good and faithful!!! He really does provide and He answered my prayers, even before I had prayed them outloud again after I realized I was so short of funds. I feel so undeserved yet soooo blessed am I!

Now I'm only $190 short of my goal but I have NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER that my God will surely meet my needs, as He already has been doing all along.

WHAT AN AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME GOD I HAVE!!!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

$990 SHORT!

As of tonight, I'm $990 away from reaching my VSET fundraising goal! =(

Slightly disappointed because I thought I was only a couple hundred dollars away, considering I've been fundraising really hard and for quite a while now =/ Didn't realize I was nearly a thousand bucks away...

Well, just gotta keep PRAYING HARD and BELIEVING that God is my Faithful Provider and that the funds will come! One more week left... God, you got this!

Thanks a bunch to ALL who have supported me (financially and through prayer) thusfar! I surely appreciate it and am grateful to you all. Please continue praying for me and the rest of our VSET 2010 team. I know I will be! :D

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

June First Two Thousand and Ten

Today is June 1, 2010. Already. In less than half a month I will be serving the Lord overseas in Kyrgyzstan and China. Will I die? Will I get arrested? Only God knows...

Yesterday I officially moved out of my apartment and left Berkeley and moved back home to San Francisco. Twas quite sad. Bittersweet ='(

Went to the ortho today to check-up on my retainers. After that, walked down Polk Street to the Geary bus-stop. Thought of my Berkeley ICA peers. I went to Forever 21 (hah I wish!) to buy a few tank tops to wear underneath T-shirts. Figured that I'll probably be needing them on V-SET.

Then I went into Sephora, this huuuuge glamorous make-up store. Can't believe I'm saying this but I actually wanted to by some MAKE-UP! (Hey, every girl wants to be beautiful!) Went to the BareMinerals section. Had no idea how to apply that make-uppy powdery foundation stuff nor which ones you put on first second and third nor which ones I should buy nor which ones matched my skin tone and yadayadayada... Tried putting this pretty gliterry eye shadow stuff on my eyelids. WHOA BABY, I think I messed up.

Doode. I'm 22 and still never bought or owned my own make-up before. Nor do I know how to put make-up on. Kinda sad. Or maybe not.

I still believe that natural beauty is the best.