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I have been thinking that it is about time to update all of you with things that happen in this part of the world. The weather has been so hot, but then it can rain all of a sudden, so a lot of people get a flu and some people in our church caught some of that. But praise God I am staying healthy and still as great as I was yesterday. Working has been going really well. Like I mention in my previous blog that I am currently working at Starbucks. There has been a few challenges but God is so good, He always there to give me the strength I need. I don't really like coffee to begin with but when you went to college and then work in the coffee shop, you gotta love coffee! And now I am a big fan of it. Yeah. Someone said to me, and I forget who said to me but when they prayed for me, they got the word: Coffee. They said that people would find coffee wherever they go. Coffee is received, accepted in all around the world. Rich or poor, no matter what race, what kind of background, what ki...

Hello again. A quick updates from me! Well I got accepted at Starbucks nearby. It is very close to my house and I have been working for the past week. And I am loving it! If you know me, you know how much I love meeting people, being active and making coffee. Yes, coffee. I have been converted to be a coffee lover, and I also drink it black sometimes. But anyways, because of that life has been busy and tiring. I worked 9 hours a day, 5 days a week with a salary less than 200$/month. And I am super thankful. I know that sounded really small to some of you but, let me share with you one thing about this job. Status is a very big thing around here. And me, being educated overseas and had a lot of experience with languages and people have a pretty high status. So it is kind of surprising for a lot of people that I would go and work at a coffee place. I can get so much more than that... and around here, people kind of look down to people who work like this because you have to wipe down tabl...

Wow, I haven't updated this blog since forever ago. I am deeply sorry. Since I started my new photography blog, my travel blog is forgotten. But I am back to keep you updated about what is up lately. Ok, just to run it quickly. I went home last January and has been really enjoying it. The transition back home is not as hard as I thought, I fit back in almost completely and I have been so thankful, that I have a great community of believers here. And I am able to get plugged in to ministry in my home church. It has been a huge, huge blessings. (me in the dance team one Sunday, I love being able to dance again!) I am having a great time catching up with family... we went to Jogjakarta couple of weeks ago and just enjoy each other company. I love being together with my family, sometimes it is kind of hard to get together because of our busy schedule, but we manage to have a family "vacation" in the midst of our hectic time. It...

Hello, just some quick updates. My parents was here last weekend and we had a blast!! Seriously it was a great blessings to see them again and for them to be able to see what I am doing here in the field and be able to bring a glimpse of home to me. Ohh... just realizing how blessed I am to have parents like them. They love the Lord, so so much and they bring not just love but also encouragement and support. I know it is very hard for them to see me being away from home, but I appreciate their hearts that are obedience to the Lord. We went up to the temple up in the mountain for fun, but they were all praying and speaking prophetically for the city. They love this city! And that of it self, speak a lot for me. It speaks more than just "I love you" or "We are proud if you", it speaks to me that they are putting God as their priority and really loving the very thing I love, the very thing God loves. Again I say, I am so blessed to have parents like them. To be able to...

There is nothing better than food from home, right?? I am craving it real bad now... so I am gonna share with you what kind of food is my comfort food is... :) Ok, I think I've had enough before I literally kill myself of craving.... Thanks!

I have always love to work with young people. So, some of you probably know that my ministry focus kind of shifted a little bit after the new year yeah? I am now full time working at the coffee shop and doing friendship evangelism with the young people in the university. and it has been a heck of fun, I have to tell you. There is nothing better (except maybe revival broke out and people are repenting in a massive scale) than working in a coffee shops, talking and sharing stories with young people my age, making friends, play sports, hang out, and have the chance to meet teams from all around the world. Yeah, that sounds really fun isn't it?? But I have to admit again, that there is some challenges here and there. If you have received my newsletter regularly, you probably know about my struggles and prayer requests. But I just want to say it again here... that I have HOPE! and hope is not disappointing because the love of God has been poured out for us!! There has been some signific...

hey, it' s been a while. I am so sorry that I am doing a pretty bad job of updating my blog! but here is a new entry about what I feel and experience here living in Thailand. I don't want to leave. It's not that I don't want to leave Thailand... but there is another reason to it. Last night I was at the youth gathering and we were singing and worshiping together. It has been a while since I go to a youth gathering like that, since our church doesn't really have a youth gathering. This is a thing that they did once a month and I was able to go this time. We were praying and gathering for a camp that will be held in Mae Jo next week and they are expecting about 5000 people will show up. And we were worshiping God and we were singing this Thai song that I know, titled "I will love and adore (translated)". I mean, I sung this song many many times before that I memorized it in Thai. And I do love it. But last night, they were putting the English translation to...