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-1 Corinthians 6:19~20-

Ladies and Gentlemen,This picture is very real and authentic.Never have I eaten something so fresh and THICK!Thank You Lord for the creativity that You've given to the Japanese people! Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea..."Now I finally have a deeper appreciation and...

Aren't they adorable?However they only got 48 points in one minute!Lord I really thank You for the most amazing parents in the whole wide world! They work wholeheartedly, and they sure can play hard too!Lord, I know You are working and moving Your hand within my family.Parents are the pride of their children.-Proverbs 17:6-John...

Below me is a part of Taipei City on a big screen. I am on 88th floor of the Taipei 101 looking down. The size of a car to me is like the size of an ant, then we are definitely much, MUCH smaller than an ant to the Almighty!I am looking over the English homework (and making corrections, of course) which people from Visualtech & MPD turned...

After doing a little GOOGLE-ing, I found out that Typhoons are actually named by numbers, and their names are simply for the sake of memorization.Guess what? Typhoons are all girls in the northern hemisphere and guys in the southern hemisphere! Why? Go GOOGLE it then. I think they're named after some animals/mythological names also. Anyhow,...

Phoenix: its name.It's causing the entire Taiwan to cancel work and school.It's you againCan't you seeYour tears are too much forThe twenty-three million peopleGosh I don't like typhoons. Pray for us!Jesus, would You make it disappear =)John...

We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.-Peter & John-Jesus, thank You for today. I got to hang out with my parents for late lunch / early dinner.I lay bare before You and ask You to cleanse me once again white as snow. I love You Lord. Please don't take this love away from me. I nee You more and more every day.Come...

These are my Grandma's stones inside of her gall bladder, which got removed completely (and successfully) two days ago. Look at these tapioca-looking stones; they look more like blueberries or mulberries to me! The diameter of the coin is about 1cm.In the future when your descendants ask their fathers,"What do these stones mean?"Tell them,...

It's the inside outside upside down KingdomWhere you lose to gainand you die to liveI want to be with YouWhere You areYou're the Servant of allBurn us upWe give upO King, O would You burn us in the furnace of Your desireWon't You throw me in the fireThis certainly is a Kingdom without logic and beyond understanding. But I want to grasp that...

FIRST OF ALL, ALICE IS ON THE IHOP ad FOR THEIR UPCOMING CONFERENCE!!! WOOHOO!!!!Grandma is doing very well after the removal of her gall bladder yesterday morning. I'll post a picture of these 6 HUGE STONES inside of her gall bladder (OMG those are pretty big!). Dad, Mom, and I gathered together before we left home to pray together for...

One of my favorite cakes from Hua-Lian made from Taro and Sweet Potato. I was so excited to eat them!!!! Whoever likes this can certainly be my best friend! The softness of the cake plus the sweetness of taro and sweet potato..... MMmmmmmMMMmmm~~I think I can eat this stuff for eternity!That makes me think about whether I can eat the Bread...

Hanging out with all these college kids brought me back to middle school again. We started to reminisce all the stupid and fun stuff we all did together individually and as a class such as: imitating teachers, cheating (Lord have mercy!), got cut by a knife, reading comics during class, being smacked by Bio teacher, and math teacher's unforgettable...

1. Love my God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength2. Love my neighbors as myself3. Repeat 1 & 2 over and over and over againDad's not home tonight. He's in Tainan and will be back tomorrow. I had a wonderful time with my middle school classmates. So many awesome and funny memories kicked us all back to TunHua Middle School. I felt young once again (haha)! These are really some good friends of mine and I really thank...

at Tabernacle Of David with the Hendricksons.It's a night I won't forget for sure!After dinner at 鼎泰豐 with the family and Jennifer (did I mention that she came up to Taipei?) and Isrella from TOD, I took Jen to go to Taipei Main Station to meet up with her cousin to go back south. I really love the metro system in Taipei. I spent almost 1 hour in the metro system--going to the train station and heading back to the station next...

Y'all wish you were here!From left to right:Johnny, Johnny, Debbie, Lydia, Mark,Luke, Alice, Jennifer, and Micha...

Love covers the multitude of sin.We are merely human, still learning to love and forgive.O God, my heart is steadfast.I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.My heart is steadfast, O God.I will sing and make music with all my soul.LOVE is what the world's been singing for thousands of years. Therefore love is so essential to a human...

Yup...me teaching english during the weekly meeting!It's actually really fun -- everyone has to repeat after me!I teach some practical words about selling glasses, duh.Thank You Jesus!John...

God, You are beautiful!John...

LET EVERYTHINGTHAT HAS BREATHPRAISE THE LORD!Got 4 baby swallows right outside of the optical shop. This swallow nest has been up there for years! Unfortunately one of them fell off the nest to the ground, and when we picked it up and set it back into the nest, the swallow mom kicked it off the nest! It was really sad >"<So we adopted...

第九屆.台北縣.貢寮國際海洋音樂祭.--- 海洋之星得奬樂團 ---怕.胖.團!!!吉他兼主唱 - 侃貝斯兼合音 - 孔鼓手 - 泡 (Paul)外加4位伴舞: 大寶.自閉.彥翔.強尼My friend Tommy's band--PA PUN--got 3rd place in one of the biggest (probably the biggest) indie band competition in Taiwan just tonight and I had the honor to be on stage with him to help him out with some awesome dance moves!Ho-Hai-Yan is the name...

Passed by a lotto scratching ticket gentleman on the sidewalk. He had a crutch with him. He showed me that he had a wooden left leg and how he still needs a crutch to walk better.Offered prayer and told him "Jesus loves you","Thank you, I know."He did not look at me, but I said to him,"There's a God who loves you and heals!"Just by walking around for 10 minutes running errands, I saw at least 4 injured people. I felt really compelled...

Yes, it's the beginning of the 4th week in Taiwan!!!Lots of fun stuff planned ahead of course.Signed up for Carnegie courses, I believe it's going to give me a boost in leadership and organizing area of my life.I hope that I can really be consistent at my parent's shop and be at their side. Just to be with them makes me happy. They are simply wonderful!Saturday I'll be going to a huge music festival in Taiwan where 10 underground...

Spent more than three hours with my cousin Kevin washing, scrubbing, and cleaning this huge range hood from my parent's organic restaurant, which they closed down a month ago. Gosh was it dirty and filthy! We just kept on spraying and scrubbing and spraying and scrubbing. It was pretty nasty for real; moreover, this ventilator is from an...

Still don't knowwhat heaven looks likemaybe it looks like this?No worries, just be with Him.I want that. ha.Nice sky in Taipei.Beautimous Jesus.John...

Lord, I so believe that Mom will be changed by Your love! Use me to influence my mom and would You soften her heart! Be her friend and lover! Draw my parents closer to one another and use my dad to influence my mom!Jesus, would You come into this household and wash us white as snow. We want to be a blameless and holy family before Your eyes...

This is the day the Lord has made.Let us rejoice and be glad in it!-Psalm 118:24- As for me and my house,we will serve the Lord.-Joshua 24:15-You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.All you have baptized into Christhave clothed yourselves with Christ.If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed.-Galatians 3:26~28-Mom,...

ATTENTION!!!MY DAD IS GETTING BAPTIZEDIN LESS THAN 13 HOURS!HE ASKED ME SUDDENLY TODAY TO GO WITH HIM TO CHAT WITH PASTOR LIU from Taipei Revival Church because HE WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED TOMORROW!!!That's like the best gift on July 4th!SOMEONE SHOUT HALLELUJAH!!!!JESUS, YOU ARE SIMPLY AMAZING!I love You!!Johnnyps. Please pray for mom. She is kinda "nehhh..yeek" when Dad and I invited her to the baptism ceremony! I really hope that...

For He shall give His angels charge over you,To keep you in all your ways.-Psalm 91:11-Lord right now I come before you once again and you to heal my Grandma and that there is not even one stone in her gallbladder when she goes to the doctor tomorrow morning. Lord I want to be so faithful and come before You and pray to You and praise You....

Q: What does it take to be called Friend of God?A: To have not only FAITH but also DEEDS. (James 2)Show me your faith without deeds,and I will show you my faith by what I do.-James 2:18-That's my verse during this trip, I believe.Be faithful in small things and big ones.To know. To Believe. To Act.Did a faith booster today at 台北地下街 - the...

Father, I adore You and worship You for all that You are.Where You go I goWhat You say I sayWhat You pray I prayCome and reign in my life, Jesus!I know You love me when I amstrong and weakup and downhigh and lowfaithful and faithlessI hold on to Your faithfulness, Jesus.Everything in this world can turn against meBut one thing I knowI love You, Jesus.John...