February 2012
1 post
If I had an iphone
I would probably put up an INSTAGRAM of my sad failed cookies to go along with this post. But I dont have an iphone so… just imagine some sad, formless blobs on a cookie sheet.
It was my first attempt at baking without a recipe. I foolishly got so pridefully confident in my own ability, that I threw out the wise counsel of allrecipes.com and went ahead on my own wisdom. “How hard...
January 2012
3 posts
What does love look like?
Love always looks like something. Love is conceptually simple but incredibly difficult to carry out. It is mostly subtle and therefore can easily be missed. But the opportunities are plentiful. Love looks like obedience. Love looks like smiling at strangers as they walk busily by and catching them off guard with a “hello!” or a “good morning!” Love looks like stopping for...
Testify! →
Thanks Christine Louie @ the Ark for featuring my story from Naos. PTL!
“The cost of disobedience is higher than the cost of obedience”
– Mike Bickle
December 2011
3 posts
Uh oh. Its 11:30 pm, on my last day of “break” at home and I just sent out my last ministry-related email of the day. I realize that I’ve spent the whole day working on church related stuff. Hope this doesn’t categorize me as a workaholic. Day one as intern…begins?
Boring Christians →
November 2011
3 posts
thats not my name
Apparently it’s really difficult for children to pronounce my name. The different variations of names the kids at work call me:
Monwella
Manjella
Domwella
and my personal favorite, “Willis” (Im guessing its a combination of Phyllis and my name)
and some kids just straight up call me Pauline sometimes -___-;
sigh…im gonna miss them so much!! T.T
update on the 180 DVD →
It’s gone viral folks. PTL!!!
September 2011
4 posts
“The threats of man don’t scare Him. The love of man moves Him deeply.”
– Misty Edwards
Lets be honest
God, lets just be honest here. I dont really have another choice. And what have I to lose here? I might as well go all the way now. God, lets just be honest here. I’ve already lost everything. So what have I left to give? A little pleasure? But, lets just be honest here, it’s not that pleasurable anyway. Only You are.
-Misty Edwards
6 tags
Watchjyu27:
South Korean Education System, Suicide, & Plastic Surgery
junebugkim:
absolute-best-posts:
In sixty short years, South Korea went from being one of the poorest countries in Asia to having the world’s 13th largest economy. Korean students have some of the highest test scores in the world, and a higher rate of acceptance into American Ivy Leagues than any other foreign country. But...
August 2011
7 posts
Refining relationship
me: i missed you yesterday
r: really?
me: no
r: i see. but i did miss you
me: liar
r: u liar
me: :P
r: and i hate you
me: good
7 tags
WitnessLA.org: Jesus Rocks Oprah →
lawitness:
God is moving in Hollywood, even in the most unlikely of places.
At a recent charity event hosted by Oprah, the presence of the Lord suddenly fell upon Gospel singers from both old and new generations, as spontaneous songs of worship broke out, and the power of the Holy Spirit brought…
Hmm…I wonder if this really was the “presence of the Lord” or if it was...
“Get a vision and go deep and search for treasure! Don’t come up with some...”
– Mike Bickle on “Encountering the Magnificence of Jesus”
“Some of the most arrogant people on earth are those who think they understand...”
– anonymous
Kim Jong-il Looking At Things →
remmus:
I want to marry the owner of this blog.
wow…this is…pretty funny in such a simplistic, inexplicable, oddball way.
July 2011
2 posts
What I learned this past week, in a nutshell
I was debating whether to post about my time in Kenya, and if so, how would I describe it? How would I even begin to put into English words, the things I experienced, learned, felt, encountered? But then as I read this devotional today, I felt it summed up everything quite nicely for me. This was pretty much the theme of what I learned in Kenya/London: how to be thankful and worshipful in the...
June 2011
2 posts
“If you think the red letters are legalism, you’ve got some serious...”
– Todd White
Countercultural life
From a blog I follow called “Becoming Minimalist.” Pretty insightful for a secular piece…
Are there steps that we can take to live countercultural lives?
First, we can admit that there must be more. We can come to a point where we realize that there is more to life than what the world is peddling. We admit that we have foolishly bought what the world is selling… and our...
Many tongues
Yesterday at the NAOS core leader’s meeting, we prayed in English, Chinese, Korean, French, and Spanish. It was quite lovely~
We are officially international :)
May 2011
7 posts
yum~
Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. NIV
Notice that first word, taste: “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” You realize, of course, that we are endowed with five physical senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. What is it that’s distinctive about the sense of taste? I’ll tell you one...
Waiting season
(During Pentecost)
The disciples may have thought, “It’s been nine days. Maybe we should go and get some work. How are we going to eat? We’ve been hanging out here for nine days already and no visitation yet. Perhaps we didnt hear right…”
My thoughts exactly, disciples, my thoughts exactly…
“Whats red, old, dusty, and will never be used again? ...”
– Mark Materum
Who's banana?
Me: Is there a banana in here? I smell it...
Pauline: (guiltily) I ate one earlier. Its in the trash
Emily: You should be ashamed of your banana and your sleeping!
Me: It's ok, you are redeemed by the blood of Jesus
Encounter
What does it mean to require His presence everyday? What does it look like?
April 2011
10 posts
my mom plays hard to get
me: I love you, Mom!
mom: my pleasure.
Top story in the U.S. today →
“April 2011 will almost certainly be the most active month for tornadoes on record, breaking the record of 543 set in May 2003.” (April 2011 has had over 800 tornadoes in America!!!)
Im literally getting too old for this
As I pull what is hopefully my last all nighter EVER for a project in college, I sadly realize that I am actually running out of juice. My youthful roommate Emily watches and mocks me as I struggle to stay alive, let alone alert, to finish my final project which is due in a few hours time. I can’t believe I knocked out for the past two hours… It is now 4 am, I wake up confused at what...
Spanish was so worth it
g: fue un gusto poder saber de ti...cuidate mucho y que Dios te bendiga.
te quiero mucho.
m: Dios te bendiga!
“Because when you speak, I will be reminded of Solomon’s wisdom. your...”
– I will wait for you, Jannetteikz
“Beauty is inextricably intertwined with eros, and … the best expression of...”
– Herman, Wounded Beauty
March 2011
4 posts
This is worth a million bucks
What's really going on?
it blows my mind how to us, its just something else to blog about.
another phrase to look up on the search engines: CNN. Japan. Fox. tsunami. MSNBC. earthquake. lakers. facebook. youtube. NCAA. Kristen Stewart. Alexandra Wallace. Egypt.
“10,000 death tolls” is mere numerical data that shocks us for about half a second…
…what’s for dinner?
we are safe.
we are...
Life is
pretty exciting right now. it’s a good time to be alive :D
“when the visions around you
bring tears to your eyes
when all that surrounds...”
– A, singing via ichat yet again.
he’s getting quite good at this.
justin timberlake, eat your heart out!
(via theklarissakhronicles)
This is just for you, Jamie Kim ;) Dont ever eat alone again.
Musings of a Christian Hedonist: Days off to such... →
dlchen:
Days off to such a good start. I woke up this morning super tired but in the shower I prayed God let me enjoy this day and glorify you. Also prayed to find my ID card so I wouldn’t have to spend 100$ on a new one and bus pass. I’m changing and bam what happens!? ID card in my pants pocket. These…
Adding yet another shout out to the Lord for giving me a great day full of grace...
“Life is made up of priorities. Since you can never do all the things you want to...”
– Chuck Smith
February 2011
14 posts
“Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too...”
– Chow Mo Wan (2046)
“life is so good, i cant even write poetry anymore :)”
– Kat S.