that nagging message

before i moved back to the US, i knew that God wanted me to spend more time in prayer.

well... since i am writing this, it means that i've not really done much of it.

so last week, i just searched online and found the vineyard church nearby. the pastor preached on james 5 (the last portion) on prayer. that night, there was also a prayer meeting at the church. since i am visiting churches and am not very sure where i'll end up with. i obviously didn't go back last sunday night. i think the thought to pray more slipped my mind as the week went by.

so this morning at Lake Avenue, guess what? the pastor preached on a sermon from romans 12:11-12. it's a message about christians keeping spiritual fervor but the last point was on prayer again.

so when i heard this morning's "reminder" again... i just knew that i need to do it.

sigh... pray that i'll be able to set aside time and set my heart to pray more...

counting my blessings

just some things that i've noticed these few days... counting my blessings

1. it's so easy to do laundry. just throw them into the washing machine and then the dryer. can be done within a couple of hours.

2. there are good music in churches

i went to visit Lake Avenue Church this morning. i think it's one of the biggest churches in the Pasadena area. the music was simple, a mixture of traditional hymns, contemporary praise choruses, pipe organ, hand bell choir, etc. in the short 1-hour service, i got to enjoy it all.

last night i went to a chinese seminary's 10th anniversary concert. it was held at a local presbyterian church. and they have their own pipe organ too! i was pretty amazed at the hardware of the church.

last sunday i went to visit the vineyard church at glendora (a pretty good church so they say). and a simple band of guitarist/worship leader, 1 female vocal, 1 bass guitar, 1 electric guitar, and the drums. it was also pretty awesome...

whobody???

got a call yesterday evening. thought the guy was calling from india... (because of the accent) asked about our home mortgage. tele-marketer.

when i told him that i know nothing about these things because this is my parents home and that my parents are not available, he asked.. "then whobody would know?"



whobody?

that's the first time i've heard this word... maybe i should look it up in dictionary.com