Rocky

I have been quite pleased by the response to my first giveaway post! (Should I capitalize that? Is giveaway connected to post considered a proper noun? Meh.) I now have several ideas for posts thanks to your lovely responses! I worry that I won't be able to deliver what has been asked but I can certainly try. For starters here are some photos I took this past week.  The Farrums and I went hiking near her stomping grounds, Diamond Bar. For some reason some of the water was orange, like really really orange. It was weird. Usually I go to the morning service but this past Sunday the Farrums and I decided to go to the night service downtown. We went to special Faith Conversation discussion afterwards to boot! I was very excited to hear that the Jesus Culture Conference was going on in LA, and was even more excited when I heard Reinhard Bonnke was coming to speak. Also was pleasantly surprised to see Sean Smith up on stage! Too good!  Sadly I could ...

Up to me leaving for Kansas I had been (well, still am) quite the busy bee. I went to bed at 3am and got up at 7 or 8am many ah times this week. Design work, troubleshooting, dental appointment, dinners, meetings, Christmas partays and galavanting across Diamond Bar, etc. It has been a fantastic whirlwind (well, not the being sick, but the rest of it I have loved). So many things to do, so little time. With World Mission Summit up around the bend and Christmas time drawing nearer, I don't foresee things slowing down any time soon. Before leaving to visit my family, I was able to meet up with several friends and students. Thursday night one of my Chinese teachers, Eric wanted to treat Sara, Citrin and me to dinner at BDC Tofu House in Koreatown. While I am in Kansas he will be traveling to Chicago and then New York City and later to DC and won't be back till March, so it was a great last hurrah or more like a 'see you later' kind of dinner. I am loving the barley t...