p.s. i wrote this about 3 days ago... just got around to posting it.
*beach days*
i've been at repulse bay everyday for the last 3 days. not a bad way to spend my days - not bad at all. it's been great... on sunday our church had our legendary ( i think it's legendary anyway...) baptism at the beach. it's our third of the year i think. another gorgeous day of sun and dunkings and pizzas and joanne's house :) i'm amazed every time at the way the lives of people in our church change. i think i'm a metamorphosis junkie. i'm coming to terms with it. i just love being a part of and seeing people grow in their understanding of who God is and who they are in His eyes. people like cleo, gabby, mark, dan, joe, fion.... the list goes on. these are only some of the people i can think of off the top of my head. our church is into changing lives. no wait, that's jesus' job. our church is just into encouraging people as much as we can. and i love that God would let me be a part of it sometimes. derek was saying a few weeks ago how sad he was to see mark leave, because we've both invested so much into his life. but i'm excited when people leave this place. i would rather them go and continue with what God has called them to do than to stay here with me. in a way, i think that's how we can go into all the world, without even leaving our own home. what we have invested in mark is with him, and he is using it to impact other people's lives. derek and i have an impact in the u.k. because of mark. we have an impact in hawaii because gabby is there. i had a lot of impact in cebu last month eventhough i didn't actually go, because i had invested in the people in the team and they have gone to impact others. and that's how GOd's love and grace and forgiveness and joy touches people today, through us. we love because he first loved us.
so monday was derek's birthday (yes he is now at a ripe ol' age of 24 - woohooo). we had dinner at the hong kong golf club at deepwater bay with his family. he's got funny brothers :) so since quitting his job, he has conveniently aquired a load of electronic toys. his boss gave him a 30geg ipod and he got a 4.0mp ixus powershot. but, as my friend criket pointed out, he doesn't have a working webcam. the funniest was when the waiters came in with the cake - trying to sing 'happy birthday'. the problem they were so quiet we couldn't here them at all. and then we discovered the cakeshop spelt his name wrong. so anyway, happy birthday derele heehee
i took the day off on tuesday, and we took off to the beach (again). we hardly ever get any time together, and it was sooo nice to be alone for once. even though we see each other often, we are both always busy with other things and other people. we got a picnic, planted ourselves under a perfectly shaded tree, and laid there for 4 hours. and it was perfect. when you see him, commend him on his lovely tan :)
so 3 straight days at repulse bay. i'm looking forward to more days like these once i finish my job at the end of the month. ahhhg... speaking of which i have many things on my mind -- but that's for another time....
*beach days*
i've been at repulse bay everyday for the last 3 days. not a bad way to spend my days - not bad at all. it's been great... on sunday our church had our legendary ( i think it's legendary anyway...) baptism at the beach. it's our third of the year i think. another gorgeous day of sun and dunkings and pizzas and joanne's house :) i'm amazed every time at the way the lives of people in our church change. i think i'm a metamorphosis junkie. i'm coming to terms with it. i just love being a part of and seeing people grow in their understanding of who God is and who they are in His eyes. people like cleo, gabby, mark, dan, joe, fion.... the list goes on. these are only some of the people i can think of off the top of my head. our church is into changing lives. no wait, that's jesus' job. our church is just into encouraging people as much as we can. and i love that God would let me be a part of it sometimes. derek was saying a few weeks ago how sad he was to see mark leave, because we've both invested so much into his life. but i'm excited when people leave this place. i would rather them go and continue with what God has called them to do than to stay here with me. in a way, i think that's how we can go into all the world, without even leaving our own home. what we have invested in mark is with him, and he is using it to impact other people's lives. derek and i have an impact in the u.k. because of mark. we have an impact in hawaii because gabby is there. i had a lot of impact in cebu last month eventhough i didn't actually go, because i had invested in the people in the team and they have gone to impact others. and that's how GOd's love and grace and forgiveness and joy touches people today, through us. we love because he first loved us.
so monday was derek's birthday (yes he is now at a ripe ol' age of 24 - woohooo). we had dinner at the hong kong golf club at deepwater bay with his family. he's got funny brothers :) so since quitting his job, he has conveniently aquired a load of electronic toys. his boss gave him a 30geg ipod and he got a 4.0mp ixus powershot. but, as my friend criket pointed out, he doesn't have a working webcam. the funniest was when the waiters came in with the cake - trying to sing 'happy birthday'. the problem they were so quiet we couldn't here them at all. and then we discovered the cakeshop spelt his name wrong. so anyway, happy birthday derele heehee
i took the day off on tuesday, and we took off to the beach (again). we hardly ever get any time together, and it was sooo nice to be alone for once. even though we see each other often, we are both always busy with other things and other people. we got a picnic, planted ourselves under a perfectly shaded tree, and laid there for 4 hours. and it was perfect. when you see him, commend him on his lovely tan :)
so 3 straight days at repulse bay. i'm looking forward to more days like these once i finish my job at the end of the month. ahhhg... speaking of which i have many things on my mind -- but that's for another time....
posted by jana* at 12:01 PM
