happy belated, glo! our big "baby" for all seasons... she continually reminds us of complete trust & innocence, contentedness in simple joys & pleasures.
we had an opp to be on set for one of the sessions of filming our church is doing for a full feature flick, documenting with stills and footage of behind-the-scenes that will likely be rolled into a "the making of" documentary later on. so exciting! but we also witnessed it's insanely hard (and sometimes very tedious) work, what with take after take after take after take in the quest for perfection in too many facets -- scripting, actors, dialogue, movements, make-up, wardrobe, lighting, sound, etc, etc. much respect! it was also incredibly encouraging to see the majority of the crew being unpaid volunteers/church members and the Body using the gifts & talents (esp. in the arts!) He's blessed us with to make His name more famous. continuing to pray for the project; can't wait to see how His kingdom will be furthered in and through it.
we'll call them divine appointments but He's also allowed us to be involved from the ground up in several very cool soon-to-be-launches in the areas of online/social media, design, interactivity, and even telecom for ministry. stuff that makes us stay up late at night and smile big. :) more to come! always in awe of His perfect timing and doors that He opens at just the right moments.
congrats, nelly & brian! another cool couple joined by the wild reins of youth ministry... :)
and was also so good catching up with people. been quite awhile for many. younguns grow/change so quickly... some were almost beyond recognition!
we do miss seeing familiar faces week in and week out but can't deny that He is working and moving where we feel He has called us to be now.
praying for our sisters and brothers on summer missions trips...
we lazed around independence weekend ... catching mucho zzzzz's, meeting up w/ friends here & there, and embarking on some biking expeditions w/ the kao bros testing out their new rides. :) got rained on a couple of times, though the watering is much needed. heh, and nothing can beat the ms-150 soaking last year...
spontaneously got our fireworks fix the weekend earlier, after going for our lena's ice fix. :P the gal we've gotten to know there told us the owners were manning a stand at celebrate allen '10 at the fitting (and oft frequented by us) celebration park, which we had no idea about. speed cycled on over, just in time for the fireworks show, which we both deemed the best either of us have seen anywhere. tooled around afterwards for some exploring & people-watching...
even so, y couldn't resist an invitation from his old sg kids (adults now!) for some pyro-shooting on freedom day. still love hanging out w/ our yesteryear youth; thx for still asking us out to play. :)
sunday, we got to hear from k.shackelford from liberty institute for some really good info/discussion on religion, the church, government and citizenship.
