Praising Fish

  I am a rose of Sharon,
       a lily of the valleys.

我 是 沙 仑 的 玫 瑰 花 ， 是 谷 中 的 百 合 花 。

--雅 歌 2：1

Back from China.  Quick trip; most time spent with families.  Moving to the Bay Area this Sunday, so busy packing now.  But I am recharged. :)

Here's the picture link.

33_Days_of_Glory

It started last night and it was AWESOME!

Worship was AMAZING!

Message was solid.

- Light casts out darkness. 
There's no such a theory that in order for light to get lighter, the dark will get darker.
Someone wants you to believe the dark will get darker.

- "If I don't kill my wife only because that violates the law, how many of you can tell there's a problem with my marriage?"
 BEHAVIOR modification does not make someone sinless.  God looks at the HEART.

- Loyalty is tested when there is disagreement.

- Wisdom is how God thinks. Prophecy is what God thinks.

- We cannot use prophecy to replace the effort of discipleship.

- Ministry is about "Reconciliation".


I wasn't there to take notes. :) Hope you get what I'm talking about on the clueless bullets above. :)  They are not ripples, just simple truth.  Good pastor challenges us to THINK, and to read the Bible as IT IS (not as who WE ARE),

Looking forward to more!  Please make time to come when possible, and to receive the "GLORY"!

伸个懒腰，我还活着。

爸爸在电话里说，好久都不写博了，是不是心情郁闷不想写啊。我说，爹啊，你又不是不知道我这半年有多忙，闲下的时间只能用来睡觉，勉强够用。

不过最近开始作些翻译，又甚感中文的美丽与美好，就叨咕一下舌头重新说话。

除了中文，就是自然之美好。

知道文很不对题；只是因为想不出题目，就想起为什么我还是这么喜欢LA——要是一不留神走了，也不遗憾从来没有表白过。

签证超级顺利，不敢忘本赶紧到未名上报告。又准备有空回家了！（没那么快，四五月份吧……）

TJ-F1-Feb 8 pass
Interview was very easy. Prepared bunch of stuff, nicely filed, but the vo
looked at nothing. Only question she asked verbally, "How are you going to pay
your tuition?" Answer, "My savings, my family."

A couple points for future pursuant:
1. I debated long time should I drive down or should I park and walk across
the boarder. Finally I decided to drive so that my friend could wait for
me in car and get some work done. However, the auto insurance selling place
didn't give us a good map and we immediately got lost after entering Mexico. In
that I had to hire a taxi to guide and it cost $10 (same as just ride it the first place).
I went to the old consulate and was told the address was INCORRECT. Thus,
PLEASE LOOK AT THE REGISTRATION FORM AND USE THE ADDRESS ON IT.
I ended taking another Taxi to get to the right place - the new visa
interview place.

2. No picture was needed. Picture will be taken at the consulate.

3. Forgot to ask if I could obtain the visa earlier. So watched a movie (there
's a very nice mall blocks away - ask about it) and returned at around 2pm.
(I was told to come back at 3pm). Passport was ready to be picked up.

4. As usual, driving through boarder takes LOOONG time, but the line to
change I-94 was not as long as I expected. However, I didn't anticipate to
be CHARGED FOR $6.00 TO CHANGE I-94. I heard some people who didn't bring
cash needed to use ATM or even go back in town to get cash. Hence, remember
to bring some CASH.

Didn't cross boarder until almost 6pm - quite late. Thanks a lot to all and blessings to all!

p.s. Stayed at Travelodge as recommended. Pretty good deal.

Merry Merry Christmas!!!
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing!

  O holy night! the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Savior's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appeared, and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn; Fall on your knees; O, hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ was born! O night, O holy night, O night divine.