Come ON!!!!
I have 1 more exam left.... and 2 more assignments due until the end of my semester which officially finishes on the 16th of December!! I feel like I'm in high school! And even my high school never finished that late! I feel like I'm in primary school...... except we never had exams or assignments then. I need some sort of boost to stay focused while everybody else is relaxing or locating themselves overseas!!
oh mannn...................
Here's some random facts:
- I've never tried a rib off a rack of ribs before.
- My mum did my first assignment for me in Year 3. It was about the Australian figure skating team to which my mum said there was none.
- My sister said today she wanted to be twenty so she could get married.
- God puts special people in your life for a reason and I want to celebrate some of them who are leaving Sydney for a short while here:
To Africa...
Sarah Yun
Interesting character this one. I tell this story to just about everyone except she denies this really happened. I met Sarah in Year 6 when Saesoon was still at Cheltenham Girls' High. I went out to the field and I met Tina,Julie and Sarah. They were all extremely friendly and so I was feeling quite comfortable (no nervous laughter) until Tina and Seunghee made a plot to runaway from Sarah! Upon hearing this, I thought that I must defend and stand by my new found friend! And when everyone else ran away from Sarah, I couldn't leave her by herself!
Just like our first meeting, I hope that I can be a friend that always stands by you and is your right hand no matter what happens in this world. So Sarah, you're probably not reading this but I want to send you off to Africa with as much love and support I could give you and just know that I'm there with you in my prayers and in my thoughts. Stay strong and be courageous! Your heart is beautiful and I'm so proud of you!
To China...
Eunice Oh
When I first met Eunice, it was in Year 8. She came with Lois and they were sport replay models. Eunice always wore a red sport replay jumper and a white bag which she still has! I didn't want her to forget my name so when I met her I told her my name was like hers, Danni...Uni... so she could remember. Eunice is going to go to China next year and I'm so happy about her decision. She has a gift with children and being accepting of all people, she has gifts that I know God will use to impact the lives of many people she encounters in China. Eunice, thank you for being bold and courageous (and wild! at times). You always seem to impress me with that. I'll be praying for the orphans and for you while you're there. Through the communication means we have while you're away I hope you can keep sharing with us how God continues to bless China. So know that I'm totally behind you and one day I'd love to come along with you! One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these." [Matthew 19:13-14. The Message].
I love you! You are so special to me and so I'll be praying harder that God will keep my precious sister very safe in his arms of love. You go girl! =) I'm so proud of you!
And... to Canada...
Jihyo O
It's going to be sad not seeing Jihyo onni every Sunday. Just seeing all PG 1 Praise team including Jihyo onni each Sunday really blesses me. If I was at her birth, which couldn't be possible since I wouldn't have been born yet. But.. if I was there with her parents to name her and her parents said I could name her, I would have named her Davida... or Davidette... or Davidessa... any feminine form of David. David- was man after's God heart, which Saehee onni adores. Here is a woman after God's heart. I see a worshipper not only on Sundays but in aspects in the life she leads and it is so encouraging and inspirational to watch esp. as she is for me an older sister in Christ. Thank you onni for leading me in ways you wouldn't even know you have. Thank you for your desire to give only the purest part of your heart to God and thank you for reflecting this to people all around you. I believe the Canadians are waiting for you. And maybe this is your time to share God's truth and love with the Canadians at your campus? I'll be praying for evangelism there. Sending you off with lots and lots of love! xoxo
And those of us... still in Sydney, I think our harvest is here. We have our own Summer mission to prepare for and be a part of.
I'd like to share a testimony which is still in the process. I have a lot of Aussie friends and they're not Christian. Basically all this time, I've been so scared to even bring up God in any of our millions of conversations. I've been soo scared and not bold or courageous because I didn't want to make our friendship weird or have them feel like they can't relate to them. I didn't have enough trust in God to do his work. I can't describe though how I've been feeling. I had an urgent sense of knowing that I had to bring them to Christ, if I loved them I remember once Steve saying... if you love your friends then you want them to spend eternity in Heaven with you. But still, I couldn't build enough courage.
Through uni though, there was this leader of a Christian group and she kept pressing this with me. At first I didn't really like hearing it. She said.. why do you come to uni? Why are you friends with your friends? She kept pushing that uni was a mission field and it's not just out in the lands of third world countries. She was pushing at something sensitive for me because I had this urgency to bring my friends to Christ but I had no courage.
So.. she encouraged me to begin praying for them and so I've put them close to my heart. especially one friend, who i've been friends with since i was in yr 2 and we've been at the same school, primary, high school and same university course even! I believe that there is God's purpose behind our friendship. It is so rare and special.
So this friend shared with me which I think a lot of aussie people feel that if she ever became Christian she would have to give up partying, drinking and that part of Australian Culture we see so evidently when we go out on fri, sat night.
Anyway, we had some developments as she seemed quite accepting whenever I began talking about God. And it even got to one point where she decided that she needed to become spirtually healthy so she said she might begin bible study in the holidays because she said whenever we talked about God she felt a sense of calmity.
Last friday, I drove her home from uni and we got onto the topic of religion. God gave me more courage slowly and he gave me the opportunity to share with her from us being created in God's image through to Isiah, prophesising Jesus Christ, to Jesus' resurrection and what his death on the cross means for us, Paul all the to Constantinople and the invasion of Britain and why there is a Christian influence upon Western Society. I really didn't think I knew much about this, but God really helped me that day to just have knowledge flow that I could provide her. She wanted to know, and I had to tell her but I really really didn't know I knew all that until it just flowed out and it was making sense to me while I was telling her.
She said to me that she wants to try other forms of being spiritually well such as borrowing principles from Christianity, and Buddhism etc. She said she didn't like how Church is like strings attatched and she felt burdened by the thought of it. I told her that I love her and I asked her if she could give me a chance to share my faith with her and my God with her because it is so special to me and so because she's one of my best friends, it'd be so sad if she didn't let me share with her first.
My mum called during this time to tell me to get take away pizza and I told her what I was doing briefly. She told me later that when she hung up, she looked at her phone and she saw an opened Bible and a red cross on her screen.
When I heard that, I was really so glad that God would work in my friend's life through me. I can't give much and I don't know much and I have still so much to grow but God in his majesty and awesome power would still do great things through the friendships I have.
So I'm still in prayer, and I know I need to prepre more esp. since I've asked her to give me a chance. So if you've lasted up to here and read all of this, please pray for me and pray for her. Please.
I'm realising how great God is lately. And I think if you're reading up to here already then you'll know what I'm talking about. I think the next chance I get to share with my friend, I want to share about his character. You know that for a long time, I'd been satisfied with knowing God... except I don't think I really knew him because I'll never know God completely. He is so far beyond our comprehension, so much greater and I could fall flat on my face coz he is so way above my head! I want to know him more so much and be fuelled by the awesomeness of his love, mercy and grace. I love him because even if the world condemned me, because of his mercy and grace he has not condemned me anymore, but given me new life in him which noone can take away. He accepts me as I am and this love, this love is indescribable and can only be given by Him.
It makes me really sad to see that sometimes church is for holy people. That really makes me sad that people can't be themselves in fear of being judged. It makes me sad that people are continually judged by their old selves and not allowed to shine their new life in Christ because people don't give them a chance.
I know that I'm generalising but I do really pray and hope so much for a new look in church, a place that my aussie friends are happy to go to because they know that they don't have to be holy to go there but they're there to be healed, to hear the truth and to seek after the bread of life at whatever level of faith they're in and they know that church is full of loving, mature, faithful Christians who will provide them a new family of brothers and sisters.
I hope we can pray and hope in God for this sort of place for Sydney. It's through our attitude and change in our hearts and maturing in the truth to start forming into this kind of beautiful church. Let's keep it real and think eternally... life's too short to think for the here and now.
So Sydney is our mission field and if you've lasted down to here, we're on the same team. Keep me in prayer and I'll be praying for you that we will be prepared and ready when God calls us to his people here.
Have a beautiful week and wherever you are thank you for reading.
oh mannn...................
Here's some random facts:
- I've never tried a rib off a rack of ribs before.
- My mum did my first assignment for me in Year 3. It was about the Australian figure skating team to which my mum said there was none.
- My sister said today she wanted to be twenty so she could get married.
- God puts special people in your life for a reason and I want to celebrate some of them who are leaving Sydney for a short while here:
To Africa...
Sarah YunInteresting character this one. I tell this story to just about everyone except she denies this really happened. I met Sarah in Year 6 when Saesoon was still at Cheltenham Girls' High. I went out to the field and I met Tina,Julie and Sarah. They were all extremely friendly and so I was feeling quite comfortable (no nervous laughter) until Tina and Seunghee made a plot to runaway from Sarah! Upon hearing this, I thought that I must defend and stand by my new found friend! And when everyone else ran away from Sarah, I couldn't leave her by herself!
Just like our first meeting, I hope that I can be a friend that always stands by you and is your right hand no matter what happens in this world. So Sarah, you're probably not reading this but I want to send you off to Africa with as much love and support I could give you and just know that I'm there with you in my prayers and in my thoughts. Stay strong and be courageous! Your heart is beautiful and I'm so proud of you!
To China...
Eunice OhWhen I first met Eunice, it was in Year 8. She came with Lois and they were sport replay models. Eunice always wore a red sport replay jumper and a white bag which she still has! I didn't want her to forget my name so when I met her I told her my name was like hers, Danni...Uni... so she could remember. Eunice is going to go to China next year and I'm so happy about her decision. She has a gift with children and being accepting of all people, she has gifts that I know God will use to impact the lives of many people she encounters in China. Eunice, thank you for being bold and courageous (and wild! at times). You always seem to impress me with that. I'll be praying for the orphans and for you while you're there. Through the communication means we have while you're away I hope you can keep sharing with us how God continues to bless China. So know that I'm totally behind you and one day I'd love to come along with you! One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these." [Matthew 19:13-14. The Message].
I love you! You are so special to me and so I'll be praying harder that God will keep my precious sister very safe in his arms of love. You go girl! =) I'm so proud of you!
And... to Canada...
Jihyo O
It's going to be sad not seeing Jihyo onni every Sunday. Just seeing all PG 1 Praise team including Jihyo onni each Sunday really blesses me. If I was at her birth, which couldn't be possible since I wouldn't have been born yet. But.. if I was there with her parents to name her and her parents said I could name her, I would have named her Davida... or Davidette... or Davidessa... any feminine form of David. David- was man after's God heart, which Saehee onni adores. Here is a woman after God's heart. I see a worshipper not only on Sundays but in aspects in the life she leads and it is so encouraging and inspirational to watch esp. as she is for me an older sister in Christ. Thank you onni for leading me in ways you wouldn't even know you have. Thank you for your desire to give only the purest part of your heart to God and thank you for reflecting this to people all around you. I believe the Canadians are waiting for you. And maybe this is your time to share God's truth and love with the Canadians at your campus? I'll be praying for evangelism there. Sending you off with lots and lots of love! xoxo
And those of us... still in Sydney, I think our harvest is here. We have our own Summer mission to prepare for and be a part of.
I'd like to share a testimony which is still in the process. I have a lot of Aussie friends and they're not Christian. Basically all this time, I've been so scared to even bring up God in any of our millions of conversations. I've been soo scared and not bold or courageous because I didn't want to make our friendship weird or have them feel like they can't relate to them. I didn't have enough trust in God to do his work. I can't describe though how I've been feeling. I had an urgent sense of knowing that I had to bring them to Christ, if I loved them I remember once Steve saying... if you love your friends then you want them to spend eternity in Heaven with you. But still, I couldn't build enough courage.
Through uni though, there was this leader of a Christian group and she kept pressing this with me. At first I didn't really like hearing it. She said.. why do you come to uni? Why are you friends with your friends? She kept pushing that uni was a mission field and it's not just out in the lands of third world countries. She was pushing at something sensitive for me because I had this urgency to bring my friends to Christ but I had no courage.
So.. she encouraged me to begin praying for them and so I've put them close to my heart. especially one friend, who i've been friends with since i was in yr 2 and we've been at the same school, primary, high school and same university course even! I believe that there is God's purpose behind our friendship. It is so rare and special.
So this friend shared with me which I think a lot of aussie people feel that if she ever became Christian she would have to give up partying, drinking and that part of Australian Culture we see so evidently when we go out on fri, sat night.
Anyway, we had some developments as she seemed quite accepting whenever I began talking about God. And it even got to one point where she decided that she needed to become spirtually healthy so she said she might begin bible study in the holidays because she said whenever we talked about God she felt a sense of calmity.
Last friday, I drove her home from uni and we got onto the topic of religion. God gave me more courage slowly and he gave me the opportunity to share with her from us being created in God's image through to Isiah, prophesising Jesus Christ, to Jesus' resurrection and what his death on the cross means for us, Paul all the to Constantinople and the invasion of Britain and why there is a Christian influence upon Western Society. I really didn't think I knew much about this, but God really helped me that day to just have knowledge flow that I could provide her. She wanted to know, and I had to tell her but I really really didn't know I knew all that until it just flowed out and it was making sense to me while I was telling her.
She said to me that she wants to try other forms of being spiritually well such as borrowing principles from Christianity, and Buddhism etc. She said she didn't like how Church is like strings attatched and she felt burdened by the thought of it. I told her that I love her and I asked her if she could give me a chance to share my faith with her and my God with her because it is so special to me and so because she's one of my best friends, it'd be so sad if she didn't let me share with her first.
My mum called during this time to tell me to get take away pizza and I told her what I was doing briefly. She told me later that when she hung up, she looked at her phone and she saw an opened Bible and a red cross on her screen.
When I heard that, I was really so glad that God would work in my friend's life through me. I can't give much and I don't know much and I have still so much to grow but God in his majesty and awesome power would still do great things through the friendships I have.
So I'm still in prayer, and I know I need to prepre more esp. since I've asked her to give me a chance. So if you've lasted up to here and read all of this, please pray for me and pray for her. Please.
I'm realising how great God is lately. And I think if you're reading up to here already then you'll know what I'm talking about. I think the next chance I get to share with my friend, I want to share about his character. You know that for a long time, I'd been satisfied with knowing God... except I don't think I really knew him because I'll never know God completely. He is so far beyond our comprehension, so much greater and I could fall flat on my face coz he is so way above my head! I want to know him more so much and be fuelled by the awesomeness of his love, mercy and grace. I love him because even if the world condemned me, because of his mercy and grace he has not condemned me anymore, but given me new life in him which noone can take away. He accepts me as I am and this love, this love is indescribable and can only be given by Him.
It makes me really sad to see that sometimes church is for holy people. That really makes me sad that people can't be themselves in fear of being judged. It makes me sad that people are continually judged by their old selves and not allowed to shine their new life in Christ because people don't give them a chance.
I know that I'm generalising but I do really pray and hope so much for a new look in church, a place that my aussie friends are happy to go to because they know that they don't have to be holy to go there but they're there to be healed, to hear the truth and to seek after the bread of life at whatever level of faith they're in and they know that church is full of loving, mature, faithful Christians who will provide them a new family of brothers and sisters.
I hope we can pray and hope in God for this sort of place for Sydney. It's through our attitude and change in our hearts and maturing in the truth to start forming into this kind of beautiful church. Let's keep it real and think eternally... life's too short to think for the here and now.
So Sydney is our mission field and if you've lasted down to here, we're on the same team. Keep me in prayer and I'll be praying for you that we will be prepared and ready when God calls us to his people here.
Have a beautiful week and wherever you are thank you for reading.
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