Yeah... Dreamin... Love that triumph rat bike.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
What is in a name...
While I was at Yale in my postdoc, my friend RJ told me that this was my name is in Chinese. He said it was a good name. So, i guess that can't be bad. So I wouldn't loose it (not that you can loose a name, but loose in the sense I would forget which symbols they were) he and I sat down and went through the all the characters on the computer until we found the three that were my name. I sort of lost them in digital world amongst files upon files... But I just found it. so shall place it here so I don't loose it again.
高江伟
高江伟
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Texas Wedding Day and Sunday
For the Wedding day, I think the pictures speak for themselves. It was beautiful. Lots of colors.
Included in the wedding party was the MOST BEAUTIFUL bridesmaid (NO I am not biased at all... the others were very beautiful to but... )
Of course a Messianic Wedding isn't complete without the blowing of the Chaufer to call the Holy Spirit to be present
and of course the ceremony was under a hoopa
Hey Like I said, ALL the bridesmaids looked beautiful!
Lets just say it was a small wedding party
At the reception we quickly made lots of friends
and said hello to the newly married couple
But Susana was busy during the money dance counting up all the cash they made by dancing the night away with each other.
The party lasted deep into the night, but not too long. Before we left we worshiped with a former Redeemer pastor!
Randomness of randomness.... Incase you decide... hmmm I really could use a new cell phone while I am traveling. Have no Fear Motorola in DFW airport has you covered!
If you read this far... thanks for looking! We had a great time!
Included in the wedding party was the MOST BEAUTIFUL bridesmaid (NO I am not biased at all... the others were very beautiful to but... )
Of course a Messianic Wedding isn't complete without the blowing of the Chaufer to call the Holy Spirit to be present
and of course the ceremony was under a hoopa
Hey Like I said, ALL the bridesmaids looked beautiful!
Lets just say it was a small wedding party
At the reception we quickly made lots of friends
and said hello to the newly married couple
But Susana was busy during the money dance counting up all the cash they made by dancing the night away with each other.
The party lasted deep into the night, but not too long. Before we left we worshiped with a former Redeemer pastor!
Randomness of randomness.... Incase you decide... hmmm I really could use a new cell phone while I am traveling. Have no Fear Motorola in DFW airport has you covered!
If you read this far... thanks for looking! We had a great time!
Thoughts from am reading
This is what my view was this morning...
as I read the following:
Psalm 20, 21
Acts 8, 13
Judges 9
Jeremiah 22
Mark 8
Easily what set my heart ablaze today was the second line of psalm 20 (which is one of the last things I read)
NIV
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
or NASB
1May the LORD answer you (A)in the day of trouble!
May the (B)name of the (C)God of Jacob set you securely on high!
It is simply the NAME of the Lord, the NAME of Jesus that will protect you/set you securely on high. Talk about power... Talk about being steadfast. In Acts, people were baptized in the name of Jesus, Philip preached JESUS to the Eunich on the road. What power and glory has his name. reading this brings me back to using the name of the Lord in vain... obviously one who's name holds so much power aught to be held up on high. Also, if simply his name has that much power... He gave us not only his name but he gave his life, his righteousness, his all just for us. When we discard his covenant with us (OT readings) we easily see that the wages of sin are death. But all the judgment upon the people of Israel was only ever to bring them back to him. Justice, but in Love for their final good. Pain and suffering, but for his glory and their ultimate salvation. The temptations of this world are prevalent, but we have the NAME of the Lord written upon our hearts that provides us strength and refuge from all wickedness. Psalm 21 - He is strong, the King, our King trusted in the Lord his Father and so must we as he did even when the pain seems unbearable. Even if we never know why it is for his glory.
I am thankful to the Lord for my challenges, and I MUST boast in him for his deliverance from my own sin and brokenness. I am truly blessed and all my blessings have been from him. It is to HIM I give thanks and in his NAME that I BOAST and TRUST.
as I read the following:
Psalm 20, 21
Acts 8, 13
Judges 9
Jeremiah 22
Mark 8
Easily what set my heart ablaze today was the second line of psalm 20 (which is one of the last things I read)
NIV
Psalm 20
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
or NASB
1May the LORD answer you (A)in the day of trouble!
May the (B)name of the (C)God of Jacob set you securely on high!
It is simply the NAME of the Lord, the NAME of Jesus that will protect you/set you securely on high. Talk about power... Talk about being steadfast. In Acts, people were baptized in the name of Jesus, Philip preached JESUS to the Eunich on the road. What power and glory has his name. reading this brings me back to using the name of the Lord in vain... obviously one who's name holds so much power aught to be held up on high. Also, if simply his name has that much power... He gave us not only his name but he gave his life, his righteousness, his all just for us. When we discard his covenant with us (OT readings) we easily see that the wages of sin are death. But all the judgment upon the people of Israel was only ever to bring them back to him. Justice, but in Love for their final good. Pain and suffering, but for his glory and their ultimate salvation. The temptations of this world are prevalent, but we have the NAME of the Lord written upon our hearts that provides us strength and refuge from all wickedness. Psalm 21 - He is strong, the King, our King trusted in the Lord his Father and so must we as he did even when the pain seems unbearable. Even if we never know why it is for his glory.
I am thankful to the Lord for my challenges, and I MUST boast in him for his deliverance from my own sin and brokenness. I am truly blessed and all my blessings have been from him. It is to HIM I give thanks and in his NAME that I BOAST and TRUST.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Cattle Drive in Fortworth-Day 2 of texas adventure
Ah Yes... A new day. Friday 6/29/07
Both Susana and I had nice lazy mornings sleeping in just a little bit, not too much though. Due to the difficulty in checking in (none of the keys they gave us seemed to work, many attempts at making digital keys were attempted) we were given coupons for a free breakfast at the Buffet. Much to the chagrin of our waitress I must say. At every turn she was questioning if indeed we deserved the amenity grated us.
But in the end I think our smiles won her over.
We were able to make our own blueberry Belgian waffles
and we had a HUGE buffet of food to choose. From. Our appetites were surely satisfied! Thant the Lord for providing another money saving option.
After a glorious breakfast we were off to Fort Worth Texas to see the infamous cattle drive at the Stockyards.
In case you were wondering what you just watched... I am sure this will explain it all.
This was one of the most interesting sights I think we saw... Kids don't try this at home.
and of course a cattle drive isn't complete unless you are enjoying a cup of shaved ice (coconut-mango, eat your heart out Mom!)
As many of you are now guessing... yeah we were hungry but... for TexMex we thought this was just a little bit odd
So we simply passed and tried to take as many cowboy-cowgirl pictures as possible. Hey, never know when we will have another chance to take advantage of the authentic background with our Roper's on
After lots of silly pictures it was back to Dallas for the wedding rehearsal.
I spent some time, but realized my time would be better spent preparing for teaching. We split up for the night. Susana spent her time with the girls of the bridal party and I prepared for teaching.
Both Susana and I had nice lazy mornings sleeping in just a little bit, not too much though. Due to the difficulty in checking in (none of the keys they gave us seemed to work, many attempts at making digital keys were attempted) we were given coupons for a free breakfast at the Buffet. Much to the chagrin of our waitress I must say. At every turn she was questioning if indeed we deserved the amenity grated us.
But in the end I think our smiles won her over.
We were able to make our own blueberry Belgian waffles
and we had a HUGE buffet of food to choose. From. Our appetites were surely satisfied! Thant the Lord for providing another money saving option.
After a glorious breakfast we were off to Fort Worth Texas to see the infamous cattle drive at the Stockyards.
In case you were wondering what you just watched... I am sure this will explain it all.
This was one of the most interesting sights I think we saw... Kids don't try this at home.
and of course a cattle drive isn't complete unless you are enjoying a cup of shaved ice (coconut-mango, eat your heart out Mom!)
As many of you are now guessing... yeah we were hungry but... for TexMex we thought this was just a little bit odd
So we simply passed and tried to take as many cowboy-cowgirl pictures as possible. Hey, never know when we will have another chance to take advantage of the authentic background with our Roper's on
After lots of silly pictures it was back to Dallas for the wedding rehearsal.
I spent some time, but realized my time would be better spent preparing for teaching. We split up for the night. Susana spent her time with the girls of the bridal party and I prepared for teaching.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Day 1 continued...
Adventures at Southern Junction:
Susana and i arrived just a little bit late for the lesson. they were about 20 minutes or so into the explaining the two step. We quickly placed out food and drink orders and jumped on the floor to learn and try our hands at it.
Needless to say it the lesson entailed a lot of laughing and and stepping on each others toes and general nonsense, but we had a great time doing it.
Meanwhile our food arrived. I ordered the all you can eat steak, and Susana ordered the all you can eat ribs. We decided we would just share. What we didn't anticipate was that the grill closes early... ugh. By the time we sat down to eat, they were closing up shop. The one piece of steak I got was all that I got. But we did manage to convinence the waitress to bring us as many ribs as she was willing to give up. Seeing that we were having a lot of fun making fools of ourselves, she was gracious enough to bring us a HUGE plate of Ribs. (See the post below for the plate o' Ribs)
Obviously my eyes were much bigger than the my stomach. In an attempt to not waste food (you know the whole starving children around the world issue) I asked the kind family in back of us if they wanted some. The gentleman kindly helped us out and saved me from sheer destruction by the mound o' meat.
The act of rib giving (no not like Adam did for Eve) created a nice kinship with the family. We spent a good amount of time talking to them and it was a great opening to share our experiences with them. We even took pictures of them on the bull!
Stay tuned... Next - Texas Day 2: Putting the FW in Fort Worth.
Susana and i arrived just a little bit late for the lesson. they were about 20 minutes or so into the explaining the two step. We quickly placed out food and drink orders and jumped on the floor to learn and try our hands at it.
Needless to say it the lesson entailed a lot of laughing and and stepping on each others toes and general nonsense, but we had a great time doing it.
Meanwhile our food arrived. I ordered the all you can eat steak, and Susana ordered the all you can eat ribs. We decided we would just share. What we didn't anticipate was that the grill closes early... ugh. By the time we sat down to eat, they were closing up shop. The one piece of steak I got was all that I got. But we did manage to convinence the waitress to bring us as many ribs as she was willing to give up. Seeing that we were having a lot of fun making fools of ourselves, she was gracious enough to bring us a HUGE plate of Ribs. (See the post below for the plate o' Ribs)
Obviously my eyes were much bigger than the my stomach. In an attempt to not waste food (you know the whole starving children around the world issue) I asked the kind family in back of us if they wanted some. The gentleman kindly helped us out and saved me from sheer destruction by the mound o' meat.
The act of rib giving (no not like Adam did for Eve) created a nice kinship with the family. We spent a good amount of time talking to them and it was a great opening to share our experiences with them. We even took pictures of them on the bull!
Stay tuned... Next - Texas Day 2: Putting the FW in Fort Worth.
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