Our In-Progress Website

I was chatting with a dear friend and somehow told her about my in-progress wedding website for her personal viewing. I only tell about this website to few people because it is still under construction. But somehow, I just told her today.

Minutes afer that, she called me. And she asked me if she can share my testimony related to 1 Cor 13 for her sermon on Sunday about Richard, when he was hospitalized just 3 months after we started dating. And then I thought to myself, did I write that thing on "our story" page. Because as far as I remember, on my story page, I wrote about how we met at work and Jeremiah 29:11.

I asked her what is her topic for the sermon. And it is taken from 1 Corinthians 13. With that, I suddenly realized that it is the verse on the homepage that she is referring to and she recalls how I, without fail, took care of Richard when he was at the hospital for 2 weeks. When I put that verse on the homepage, I never thought that it could be such a blessing to one person. And hopefully, through her sermon, people will be blessed by our testimony and this verse.

By the way, click here to listen to her sermon about love in practice.

This is the screen shot of the homepage

"Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, love still stands when all else has fallen."-- 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

ALCF Marriage Fundamental class

Usually, I go to Indonesian Evangelical Church at San Jose every Sunday. But one day, I woke up a little bit late so I thought I'll go to my sister's church at ALCF. As I attended the sunday service, I read through its announcement that there would be a pre-marital class for engaged couples from August till November. So in my mind, I thought that this is a perfect class for us, plus, the timing is also right, just before we get married. Hehehe

We hope that we'll get as much advice and knowledge on how to become a couple that pleases our Lord and glorify His name.

Jakarta Bombings

What to say....?? 2 bombs exploded in 2 prestigious hotels, the Ritz Carlton hotel and JW Marriot on July 17.

It is saddening to see the people from my own nation did that to innocent people. Why? Are they stupid?Are they heartless? Please stop terrorism!! Stop killing and hurting innocent people!! What reward are you going to get, terrorists? You will end up in hell.
Let us make this world a better place to live in, respecting each other's race and faith without prejudice.

World Peace!!

iPhone

Just bought a new iPhone 3GS yesterday. It is my first PDA phone and the best phone so far. My previous cell phones were the old Nokia ones.. So I am very happy that I got my new toy. It is very convenient, mobile 24/7, many applications to be downloaded...


Very very satisfied. I think I'll be online all the time + play games if I am bored (^_____^)

Grace v. Mercy

Taken from today's sermon at ALCF:

Grace is something we get that we don't deserve.
Mercy is something we don't get that we deserve.

We are saved because of God's grace and mercy.

A day at Napa :)

Finally..the long awaited weekend is here. Richard and I decided to go to Napa Valley to see vineyards and wineries since I have never been there before. We went to Sterling Vineyards on Friday. It was pretty cool that we can view the beautiful wineries and scenery as we rode up using an aeral tram :) It was a self guided tour so we can walk at our own pace. In between, we were offered some wine tasting. Personally, I am not really fond of wine, so cannot really appreciate its smell and taste.It was a beautiful, sunny day. What a perfect day to date!! On the way back, we visited Vacaville Outlet and ended our day with a sushi buffet at Davis. hehehe
Can't wait for another long weekend..which will be on Labor day in September :P

Prewedding at SF

Last Saturday, we did our pre-wed pictures here in SF. Our two dear friends, San2 and Aldo were kind enough to take our pics for free :P

There are a lot of good spots to take around SF, but of course, we don't have time to take pictures in all places. So we basically filtered to 5 spots: Pier 39, Palace of Fine Arts, Ocean Beach, Baker Beach and Pier 7.

My make up artists were my darling sister and the super talented photographer, San2. She can do both photography and make up and hairdo!! Amazing :) We headed to SF from around 10:30AM and went back home until 12AM the next day. Yes, for 12 hours!! But there was so many breaks and eating in between. HAHA..

We were very lucky that the weather was so perfect, well too hot and sunny at noon, but at least it was sunny and the sky is clear blue. hehe.. I was happy that the golden gate bridge could be seen clearly during the shot at baker beach. I can't wait to see the pics. :) I'll definitely post the pics here or in our wedding website!

Check it out here for our pre-wed pictures by San2.

Marks of the True Christian

⁹Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. ¹⁰Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. ¹¹Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. ¹² Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. ¹³Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. ¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. ¹⁸If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. ¹⁹Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." ²⁰To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." ²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:9-21

Making it a Habit

When I was in Beijing, I commit myself to read the whole bible for the one full year. I managed to read the Gospel all the way (Matthew to John). Everyday, I never fail to read the Bible and eventually it becomes a habit. I thought to myself that once I read it daily for a week, it is so easy to make it a habit.

But as I came back to US, it seems that my school work and other activities "hinder" me from reading the Bible.. well, I guess I become lazier and uncommitted. And so, I started from reading it daily, to once a week, once a month and finally did not read it at all :(

Last week, I commit myself again to read it again. I have been far away from God and I need to build that relationship with God back. So I started to read the book of Romans. Today I read Rom 3-5 and was reminded again:

⁶You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy.

Final Exam

I can't wait for next week... Thursday to be exact because I will be done with my final.. yayyy
It means that I am done with half of my master's program!
My fiance is done with his final so it's good that finally he has some break to enjoy and relax.
We are working on our wedding website. Hopefully it will be done and go live by August!

I just realize that this year many of my friends are getting married... This year, if I count correctly, there are seven couples who have or will tie their knots this year. Awesome!!!