Thursday, August 5, 2010

Galveston Short Term Mission Trip

Two weeks ago, together with MYAF, we went to a short term mission trip @ Galveston. The trip was fruitful, it gave us a chance to learn a little about the life story of brothers & sisters and an opportunity to learned how blessed we are. I believed the message from Pastor Huang and the sharing from Xin, James & Joey were truly an encouragement and inspiration to everyone at Galveston Chinese Church as well as brothers & sisters from MYAF. God is faithful and awesome, it is a blessings that God used MYAF for this mission trip, even it may not have been in the way we expected but in the way He intended.

Some of the photos taken during this short term mission trip:

1. Rooftop of Galveston Chinese Church


2. Worship team doing a final rehearsal before the evening event starts





3. Mark - our videographer setting up the camcorder..


4. Wen Chi - reviewing the small Evangelical booklet.

5. Both Cindy & Michelle were enjoying their cup of coffee.. perhaps tea..




6. Bibles on one of the bookshelves at GCC.









7. Wild Flower at front of GCC



8. GCC brothers serving dinner.. Cherry: Yummy~~





9. Xin - Accepting a plate of dinner with a grateful heart & humble smile





10. Both James & Guo-Shi were chatting with church members during dinner session..





11. Praying session just before the evening event starts.





12. Full house on Saturday evening event.





13. Paul praying silently before the event starts.







14. Worship team lead the 1st song of the night.





15. Guo-Shi solo moment..



16. James starts his first sharing of the night with a moment of humor.







17. James share his story







18. Xin share her faith journey of accepting Christ as personal savior.




19. Joseph Solo moment.. "給我一個機會"





20. Pastor I-Ming Huang sharing a short message..



21. Expression from Pastor I-Ming Huang...



22. The message of the night: "尋找一個機會"



23. Andy - Moment of Praying..



24. Brothers & Sisters were praying after the short message by Pastor Huang.




25. Esther ~ An excellent shot by Cindy



26. Hsing ~ Another excellent shot by Cindy...





27. Joseph ~ Shot by Cindy




28. Sisters posting.~



29. Aunt Rose & Tiff.




30. Paul ~ Having smile of a child..





31. Saturday evening group pictures...






Day 2 - Sunday Morning......






32. Kan observing the switch board...






33. Xin ~ million dollar smile





34. Sunday morning worship...



35. Patrick sing praise to the Lord.





36. Camcorder recording the practice







37. Pastor I-Ming Huang featuring his "SAX" melody..




38. Sunday service message: " 恩典之路"



39. Cindy listening~



40. Joey sharing moment...



41. Xin taking pictures on two little girls..



42. Two cute little girls posting ~ Shot by Xin He





43. Agnes is teaching Sunday school after the morning service.




44. Drawing by Cindy: "Garden Menu"



45. Group Pictures~




46. Red



47. Walking toward “The Strand"



48. Building



49. I want that one~



50. Excited~



51. Matching colors~



52. Ice Cream Galore~









Friday, July 16, 2010

Watermelon

We have our first ever homegrown watermelon harvest today... yeah.. our little watermelon finally ripe.. Both Cindy and I were really excited....




.. after 60days... 1 ripe watermelon... ~3.5 lbs




It is time to cut it.....  We were very curious how good it is inside.. :)



Here we go....



Chop.....


Ta...da....Wow....



Closer Look...Not bad at all..



Ready to serve!!


The overall taste were really good, very sweet and great texture. Since this is a total organic, my only complain will be too many seeds in there, yeah. I know.. being spoiled by the genetic altered/hybrid seedless watermelon in the market...

We looking forward for couple more watermelon harvest in next few weeks.. 

Watermelon vertically hanging on a vine...



Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy July 4th!!

While July 4th is the great opportunity to enjoy the parades, festival and fireworks shows going on around the areas, sometimes staying at home just to relax ourselves during this long weekend is not a bad thing to do at all.
It's the 2nd year we watch the fireworks from our backyard... here are some of the pictures taken....

Happy July 4th!!!






Durian?