Summer of Love " Day 1"

Haha I've already started posting late this happened yesterday but couldn't around to blogging last night due to medication. Anyways God is truly faithful to us when we are not faithful to him. I knew I was gonna meet with a bunch of people yesterday so I didn't know if I should start my summer of Love yesterday or wait one more week. That morning I prayed and asked that I would be able to share Gods love and that they wouldn't see my love through it but that they would see God's love through it.

So I hung out with Linda, and Kevin yesterday at the park and we decided to jam which was a lot of fun. I brought my guitar and melodica and we sang songs rapped for each other and just enjoyed the great weather. It was great because Linda brought her song book and so we got to have a time of worship as well. As we were sitting in the park I noticed three homeless people laying down just getting some rest. As time went on I wandered if I should buy them some food because we had already been there an hour and they weren't going anywhere however I began to wander if they would even take it.

As we continued to worship I laid on my back and just began to pray and I decided that I would step out in faith and hopefully once we came back they would still be there. So I rose up and told Linda and Kevin I was gonna head to Mcdonalds buy some food and then give them to the homeless people. We headed there and got to talk and laugh and once I got in line I decided to buy 6 hamburgers 2 for each person. Then God spoke to me and I realized there were three of us and three of them so i asked for 2 extra bags. I put 2 hamburgers in each bag and I told Linda and kevin that all 3 of us would give the bag of food to each person.

We prayed together on it before we headed over there, in hopes that they would receive it. Its funny because I always get anxious/nervous about this because I dont know how they will react so I told Linda and kevin to just say excuse me and if they dont wake up to leave the food next to them.

We each went to a person and once I got to my man I told him while I was playing guitar I noticed him laying down and wanted to give him some hamburgers. He smiled said thank you we shook hands and I told him God bless. I walked back and the three of us met up and they said that they too were able to give the food to them and they were awake when they did it. Truly God is amazing, and its crazy how everything worked out.

Through God anything is truly possible and it was a true blessing that he used all three of us to share his love. I am truly thankful and excited for this summer God has before me :).

And end to the Quarter but begginging of Summer

Hello, First of all I want to apologize for not blogging for awhile, I graduated and this last week was pretty hectic. A Quarter of Love was amazing, and I really enjoyed every step of it because God was so prominent and powerful through the whole thing. Yet it has come to and end but that does not mean I want to stop.

I actually am going to begin summer of love, but this one is gonna be a little weird. I say that because I leave for missions on the 18th and come back august 7th so it will be hard blogging all the time about it however I want to make this apart of my life even if I am unable to blog about it I don't want to stop sharing Gods Love!

So it Begins today, Summer of Love here I come.

Day 61 of " A Quarter of Love"

Well Today was my last day of school before graduation, and it was a pretty crazy one. I went with some friends to Radio Korea to Watch the Korea Game for the World Cup. It was a lot of fun and stressful at the same time but a good kind of stressful. Towards the end Korea scared us a couple times but they tied, so they will be advancing on to the next round :).

After this we headed to KBBQ, and just enjoyed each others company. We had a bunch of laughs, and it was an amazing way to spend the last day of school. Its funny because when the bill came, 3 of our friends forgot their money so some of us had to end up paying more than intended. On top of this we paid some more because of tip as well an this kind of through us all off yet we laughed about it on our way back to our cars.

Once we got back to our cars to our surprise we found parking tickets on mine and my friends car. This hit us like a brick wall. All that had happened today instantly shrunk as we all began to focus on money. We all sat in silence and then finally I said I was ready to leave to we headed out separate ways.

I continued on driving and was just thinking about how much money I spent today, until it hit me. It was ok, not only was it just money but this was possibly last time I would spend with these guys and I realized it was worth it. I praised God and thanked him for being with us keeping us safe and for allowing us to have such a wonderful time. I told my friends to cheer up and that it was all worth it and we all agreed that because we had a good time thats all that mattered.

Sometimes we spot our friends, or even have to fork over money on behalf of someone. However I believe God gives us these trials to see rather we will love our brothers/ sisters in these moments or focus on money, and how it may affect us. I easily could have gotten pissed over how much money I spent from gas money to the food to the ticket and yet It brought a smile to my face and will give me a definite memory of how we spent the last day of school.

Thank you Jesus for being with us and for truly blessing us.

Day 60 of " A Quarter of Love"

It was one year ago today, that I went to WPCA for the first time. I headed to church and one of my friends needed a ride so I was delighted to pick her up, and then we headed to church. We began praise practice and everything went smoothly amen. I set up power point very fast and we just continued to practice the set.

Finally the time came for worship to start, and we were all ready to go. Joey came to me to let me know this would be my last Sunday in YG and to enjoy it which was surprising. This made me even more excited and soon people started to walk in. We were about to pray and I look over and I see the screen blue, so I walked over to take the laptop off of sleep then realizing in our rush we forgot to get someone to do power point.

Worship was about to start so I just stayed and did power point. Yet I wasn't angry in any way but I couldn't stop smiling because I looked at the rest of praise team and we realized that we all forgot about power point. We began to smile about it and i think it really brought joy to our hearts for worship. Worship was great and God was truly present. Lately I've been feeling as if God has been leading me full circle for this year and just sharing so many different things with me and I am very thankful.

Sometimes we are eager to do things for what ever reason, and then at the last second it doesn't work the way we first expected. Yet if we take the time to look, God has a blessing for us that not only blesses us but the people around us as well.

Day 59 of " A Quarter of Love"

Lately there has been a lot on my mind. So many different things going on, and I'm about to graduate. Yet in the midst of all of this the world doesn't stop. It was a good day, worship was good, I decided not to go to baccalaureate, because I wanted to go to church.

God saw my heart, and he knows that even when I have a lot on my mind, he can make me laugh, smile, and really just speak with me.

It was getting kinda late, and Woojoo jdsn asked if alex and I could help her clean cm. We said yes and started to clean. I began to vacuum, and its a blessing that even when I may not be in the best mood, serving others, and sharing Gods love just refreshes me. Not only did I get to help clean, but I got to just relax, clear my head and spend time with God.

Sometimes we may have a lot on our mind, yet don't let that restrict you from God's blessings around you. He will provide you with a way out, just have to trust him.

Day 58 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today, I woke up about 20 times, not exaggerating but its because I didn't want to oversleep. Anyways I finally woke up at 3 a.m. got dressed and headed to pick up my friends to watch the Korea vs. Argentina game.

It was a very good time even though Korea lost :(, yet however Greece won which puts Korea in a better position to advance :).

Anyways it was a long and tiring day, however it was a blessing because God was with me every step of the way and he rained his blessings upon me. I had decided to write the teachers that have had an affect on my life a letter of my appreciation. A lot of times there are teachers we may not necessarily like, yet however there are always the ones that stick out and make a difference in our lives.

Yet how often do we really appreciate them and let them know that they are really doing a great job? Well I wanted to let the teachers know from 9-12 grade that meant a lot to me, how I felt about them and how they made a difference in my life. Teachers go through a lot and its not easy for them to keep it up all the time. So encouragement from time to time is a real blessing.

Yet God was not done with me yet. I was in ceramics, and I was coming back from the kiln and I saw one of my friends laying down outside. I asked him what was up and he told me he wasn't feeling so well. I asked him what it was an he said he was feeling very sore. We began to talk about senior year for a little bit, and then I asked him if I could pray for him, he nodded his head with a smile and we began to pray. Not only was he sore but he had a performance that night and so I prayed that God would be with him give him strength and that he would be able to have fun tonight.

God never seizes to give us opportunities to share love, yea some days we may share love in different ways or in more ways then others, however it doesn't make it any less. God is unchanging and his love never fails.

Day 57 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today, I woke up pretty weak, from lack of sleep and lack of food. Yet I was late for school so I hurried to get ready and headed out the door asap. At first I didn't even want to go to school but I urged myself to go anyways.

Once I was in my third period, I got a text from my mom asking if I could go out to eat on sunday for fathers day. However I knew I had church and then mission meetings, so i replied no. Yet I wanted to spend time with my dad for fathers day, so I began to think about what I could do with him. My stomach began to grumble at that moment and I thought about what I would eat once I got out of school.

It was then I realized I could take my dad out for dinner tonight. So I asked my mom if she was free tonight, and she told my dad and we made plans. We headed for red robin, and ate a good dinner and got to just share, laugh and converse. After we walked around the mall for a little, and then headed home.

Sometimes things come up, and we cant make the planned dates to spend time with the people in our lives however. Making an effort to still spend time with them, even if its on a different day is important and worth the attempt.

Day 56 of " A Quarter of love"

Today was a blessed day, after a morning of worship, a blessed sermon from James, and some Costco everything was really going great. I spent a good amount of time talking with Kris, and then working on my testimony as he played guitar. After awhile he went to another room and I just continued to reminisce on this amazing year I have had, and without God none of it would have been possible.

Kris came back a little after and we began to chat, and we noticed mission meeting was going to start in about an hour so we headed to Mcdonalds to grab some food. Once we arrived at Mcdonalds I noticed 2 homeless people laying on the grass, and I instantly knew I wanted to buy them food. So as I parked, I told Kristian that I was gonna buy food for those people and he smiled, and I could tell we were on the same page.

As we walked inside I began to get a little nervous/anxious because sometimes people don't want food given to them so I was wandering how i was going to approach them. Finally we got our food and headed outside. I told Kris we would pray at the car then walk over and if they were sleeping lay the food down but if they were awake to give them the food and hopefully pray for them. It was at this moment when we noticed one of the people was a lady and she was walking towards Mcdonalds. Which caught us off guard and Kris suggested we just go straight over to her, so I agreed and we walked over to the lady and told her we had extra sandwiches and was wandering if she would like one.

She said that she would enjoy having one so we gave her a Mcdouble. We asked if there was anyone else she knew of that might want a sandwich and she said there was another lady over there. After she began to tell us that her stomach had been bothering her and she didn't feel too well. We asked if we could pray for her, and she told us that she really had to go to the bathroom so we told her to have a great and blessed day.

After this we headed over towards the other lady but we also saw a man laying down. The lady had walked across the street and into a coffee shop by the time we got there and so we looked towards the man and decided to say excuse me sir but he was knocked out. So we decided to just go back to our car, pray for the three of them and then head to missions meeting.

Its amazing how God just wants to know if we are willing to step out in faith, and he will take care of the rest. He saw my nervousness and allowed the lady to happen to walk to Mcdonalds at the exact time we were leaving. He is truly amazing, awesome, and unchanging.

Day 55 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today was a good day, Korea won!!!!!! Also I got to spend the day with my youth brothers and Jacob. God was with us throughout the whole day and it ended with a BANG! ( not the game) but with me worshiping at home and just being in Jesus's presence. God never seizes to amaze me and he is with me every step of the way. I took today to pray for many of my friends and even some that I haven't even met yet during my QT.

Truly God is moving and I know that he will just manifest in all of our lives over this summer. God is just so mighty and amazing. I'm going crazy just thinking about how great he is. He is our strength, our foundation the driving force behind our life, and the SOLUTION! Thank you Jesus

Day 54 of " A Quarter of Love"

Well today was a good day, I was excited for kcc banquet and church. KCC banquet was fun, and had some good food mmmm L&L. Anyways after the banquet I had about 30minutes to get to church for praise team practice. On top of that we were supposed to stop by Yeo's house to pick up his guitar.

Then two of our friends asked if they could get a ride home, and I gladly said yes. I know how it feels to need a ride, and when someone gives you a ride it really brightens up your day. We were laughing and listening to nehemiah band while on our way to their houses. It was a true blessing for God to allow us to really have peace and joy, after having a lot of fun at the banquet.

Day 53 of " A Quarter of Love"

Well today I got to turn in another final project, and after not having much sleep this week I knew I was running on Gods love. Without him I would be a wreck and he truly is my everything. It was a blessed day and I had a lot of joy and peace in my heart and mind.

It was about lunch time and so they were selling senior sweaters in the quad. A lot of my friends were wanting to by them and they go on sale every Thursday. Well there is only one Thursday left of this year and so one of my friends wanted to get his now before it was too late. However he only had $5. I had a feeling even when we were talking about it to spot someone on a sweatshirt if they needed it. It was after this when he mentioned he only had 5$ dollars and he wanted to borrow the rest to pay for his sweatshirt.

I told him I would lend him the rest, and was happy to help, because he was made happy getting the senior sweatshirt.

Sometimes when we give its in a nice setting like this, and sometimes when we give its a rougher or more confusing setting. One that may try to steal the joy of giving away from us that God blesses us with. Yet it is in both times that we trust in God and know that he will be with us and that all things work together for Christ.

Day 52 of " A Quarter of Love"

I woke up this morning wanting to show love, and after being truly refreshed by the spirit of God, I was really hungry to be in Gods presence and to be used. I stayed up late last night with a friend preparing our senior project. Everything leading up to my senior project was very slow, however I trusted in God that he would be with both of us and that he would speak through us.

We had a good presentation, and we got a lot of positive feedback from it. All glory go to God for being with us through it all. After this there were know more projects today so we basically had free time. I noticed one of my friends just laying on the couch looking distraught and so I walked over wandering what was up. He told me how he hurt his hand the day before and how he was really tired.

I asked him if it would be ok to pray for him and he told me that it would, and so I prayed for him. I was thankful for God being with me and truly that he would heal him and return joy and peace to his heart. This jolted the rest of my day and I was just astonished at how God had been moving in my life in just the previous days.

After School I headed to church early for bible study like always. I arrived and met Joanne Jundo at the door with the warming smile that she always had. I told her about what had happened in the past days and how God has really been active in my life. However I could instantly tell she wasn't her normal self. So I asked her how she was doing, and how her week was. She shared how she was just tired, and how the flow of things had switched around for her.

After it got quiet as she worked and I played guitar and I just began to think, and God instilled in me the want to pray for her. At first I was going to wait for everyone else to arrive but then I realized I would rather just do it right there on the spot. I asked her if it would be ok if I prayed for her and she said yea. So we prayed and then after I went back over to the couch.

As I was sitting down eating chips a peace of chip fell to the ground and I looked down. It was then I noticed how dirty the floors were and began to notice dust, and stuff under the desk and chairs and such. So I picked up a broom and just began to sweep and clean up the floors. After that I emptied the trash in her room because it was full and then replaced it with a empty bag.

It gave me joy to just do something in hopes of raising JJ's spirits and something that can benefit everything. That along with praying for my friend although very different gave me great joy and really puts a smile on my face to be used by God in which ever way possible. I don't know if any of you have heard the song Give me your eyes by Brandon heath, but it truly speaks to me, and expresses what Love is and How God is the center of it.

Day 52 of " A Quarter of Love"

Day 51 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today School went by fairly quickly and I didnt get to show love at school, however God is unchanging and he can show love any many different ways inside and outside of school. So after one my friends actually showed love to me, by taking me to pick up my car then eating lunch with me, I headed home to get started on my project.

Once I was at home I begin to chat with one of my friends who had a final tomorrow, and asked if I wouldnt mind going with them to the mall. I agreed and headed to pick them up. We got the bond, and talk about our spiritual walks, and fellowship.

Its in our stressful times, and frustrations that God gives us ways out and allows us to fall upon each other for support. I am thankful that I was used to help my friend and that they helped me as well.

Day 50 of " A Quarter of Love"

This morning, I woke up and my mom took me to church. We began to talk about God, and Job and how Amazing God is. After being a little tired and weak I arrived at church and worked on my testimony. After about an hour it was time for praise practice and so we began to get ready.

Only problem was, I didn't have my usb with me so there was no way to transport the songs to my friends computer. I began to stress and I felt like the walls were closing in around me. I continued to pray and ask that God be my strength in my time of need. I began to feel as if I would have a heart attack yet continued to pray and work on power point. Thankfully not only did we find a usb, but we found someone else to work on power point.

I prayed with Joanne Jundo, and after I sat and waited for worship to start. It was at this point I felt very weak, yet I continued to pray and ask that God would be with me. It wasn't until the last worship song that God filled me with his strength and raised me up out of the pit I was in.

It was time to deliver my testimony and he was with me the whole way. A series of unfortunate events had taken place that morning and in the days previous. Yet pursuing and trusting in God that he would be with me allowed me to share my testimony with my Youth Group.

Thank you Jesus, you Came to my rescue and I want to be where you are.

Day 49 of " A Quarter of Love"

Hello :). Well I woke up this morning excited for my interview at Yogurtland yet at the same time was eager to show some love. I got ready headed to school, and went to first and second period then headed for my interview. It was at Torrance Crossroads and so I got there hoping to be the first one, but I was number 7. After waiting for awhile I saw a van pull up and a elderly couple stepped out.

The Wife was helping her husband who had a walker and they were moving towards Ihop. I motioned towards the Ihop door as they were still walking. Once they got a little closer and I was 80% sure they would be going to Ihop I opened the door and asked if they were going into Ihop. They got closer and nodded then continued to walk inside.

The door happened to be one of those heavy ones where you have to use muscle to open it, which made me even more glad to open the door. Afterwards I sat back down and awaited my interview, but with joy in my heart. I was thankful for God being present and allowing me to show love even in a small way like openeing the door for an elderly couple wanting to enjoy breakfast.

Day 48 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today I woke up, and it was my favorite weather overcast. Anyways I got ready for school and headed out the door. School was interesting, and due to finals and the school year coming to an end all we do is work in class with minimal free time. However that does not stop God from moving and the acts of love from flowing.

School went by rather quickly and before I knew it I was out of school and on my way home to get started on homework and projects. Before I got started though I remembered seeing a coming soon for yogurt land and wanted to look to see if i could find anything about it online. I found it located on craigslist and it turns out the date for the interviews were coming up soon. So I was excited and started filling out the paper work.

It was then when I realized not only was I looking for a job but a couple of my friends were as well. So I let them know about the job position and sent them the info for it. A job opportunity for anyone is very exciting, and important. I will continue to pray that God will move and if it is his will that me and my friends will get the position.

Day 47 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today, I woke up feeling a little under the weather but nevertheless I was excited for what they day held for me. Arriving at school I was eager to show some love, yet class was real busy with minimum free time. So I continued on sure there would be and opportunity.

At my 5th period I had to go to the restroom real bad, so I left to go. And you have to walk past the cafeteria to go to the restroom. On my way back I noticed a bunch of trash just left out on the tables where people eat and on the inside I saw the janitor cleaning.

So I decided to throw away the trash on the outside tables, to make the work load easier on him. A lot of time we don't realize how much the people who clean in our lives have to do. If they stopped it was have a large impact on us, so it was my pleasure to help out in that way.

Day 46 of " A Quarter of Love"

Well today was a good day, after having a three day weekend it was back to school. I woke up this morning wandering who I could show love to and went to school excited. The day went by fairly quickly yet, I didn't panic. I knew God would be with me the whole day and that I would be able to show love. I enjoyed doing my bible study, and talked about church a bit with one of my friends.

I was starving the whole day because I didn't get to eat anything, so I was wandering what I was going to eat. Well thankfully God saw my heart and after my 5th period I ran into one of my friends and he offered to by me lunch, for my past birthday. I waited in my car for him, and I just began to have a talk with God. Thats when I wandered about how my parents were doing and what kind of day they might have been having.

So I decided to text both of them a little message of encouragement and letting them know that I loved and cared about them. I realized over this three day weekend that, a lot of times we neglect the people that are real close to us. Showing someone you care can completely change their day, or their life. So I was thankful I was able to share with my parents the Love that God has given me.

Day 45 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today I woke up and began to get ready to head to a friends house to do a video project for school. I then realized seven dollars not in my wallet but in my pocket and remembered I forgot to give my bible study teacher his change for when we went to Mcdonalds.

So I texted him up and told him that I had his change, and he replied for me to keep it and that it was a donation to the act of love fund. I thanked him and then continued to work on our project. After we finished up, we headed out to meet up with the other guys because we were going to have a guys day out.

God blessed us with a wonderful day to play outside so we took advantage of it and played football, it was fun and competitive yet we all left with smiles. We were all thirsty afterwards and headed to seven eleven. One of my friends had no money so I spotted him the money for a drink, while we were at seven eleven. After we went to CL and I spotted another friend $2 to play. Finally after finishing up, one last friend of mines didn't have his wallet on him so he asked if he could borrow money to eat with and I told him yea.

The money that God blessed me with from my Bible study teacher was used to help 3 other people. God works in amazing ways and his blessings multiply beyond our imagination. I thank you God for being the driving Force in our life and I pray that it is your love that people will see through these acts of Love.

Day 44 of " A Quarter of Love"

Well, today was a blessed day. It was also really hot, and there wasn't much we could do to escape the heat. Sundays are normally filled up at our church now because we have service in the morning then vbs and then missions meeting.

So as the day went on we finally arrived in missions meeting, and I realized the way the room we have our meetings in is positioned, no air can get in. So its real hot and stuffy but it gives us training on how things will be in Korea. We started out with worship and I was dieing, not from the heat but from dehydration. I really wanted some water yet I just endured and didn't focus on it until worship was over.

I then went down stairs to get a cup of water since we had a couple minutes before the meeting would start. Once I got down stairs, I decided to get everyone a cup of water because I know if I was hot an thirsty everyone else was as well. So I poured 11 cups of water and headed back upstairs.

A friend of mine saw me doing this and he said that really made him feel good and think about showing love to people as well. So I went up stairs and handed out water, so we could commence our meeting hydrated and happy.

A lot of times God gives us opportunities, to share his love by just thinking of others when we are going to do something for ourselves.