Category: Visits

This morning, I had breakfast with couple of guys (one from Southland and other from HMCC) who are trying to look into the possibilities of a future business venture in Vietnam. They were updating me on some of the meetings that they had yesterday with some of the business people in this country. God really […]

Yesterday was an incredible time of teaching on various levels. First of all, I don’t think I have stood up for 7-8 hours to just teach … but talking for 7-8 hours, I have definitely done that before 🙂 We start at 8AM and end around 4:30PM with a break in between. The age range […]

I finally landed safely in Vietnam right around midnight. I was warmly greeted by some familiar faces from my last trip in November 2006. They had flowers and warm smiles when I came out of the airport… it was truly humbling to know that they went out of their way to welcome me here. The […]

We finished our Board of Directors meeting yesterday night in Chicago and we drove through the night to get back for our Sunday Celebration. It was good laying down some of the foundational pillars for this year of transition. It is always energizing for me to in environments where high level discussions are happening for […]

Our kids are on Spring Break right now. We drove to Chicago right after the Easter Celebration in Ann Arbor. After some time in the Chicago church (they even had an Easter Banquet), the kids were dying to see their grandparents. We will be here throughout the week. The schedule is already all pack with […]

When I stay in Chicago until Monday, I try to use these opportunities to spend time with my parents and meet up with various people. There are still a lot of people that I need to/ want to meet up with (sorry it is taking so long). This morning I met up with a pastor […]

We finished off the retreat well. There is a whole generation of college students that are willing to use their degrees and talents for the building of God’s Kingdom. It was encouraging to see many of these Purdue students surrender their futures to the Lord. I was particularly encouraged by one student who came up […]

It was a long drive from Ann Arbor to the retreat center near the Purdue University campus. I was going to fly in to Indianapolis, but the cost of the flight was ridiculous. Therefore, I decided to drive down with the worship team. It was good spending some time with them. Since the retreat is […]

I will be heading down to Purdue University on Friday with the worship team for a two day retreat. After many invitations, our schedules finally came together. God is truly doing something on college campuses all around the United States as well as in other nations. A lot of history’s revolutions have been started in […]

I went to Josiah’s and Elliot’s school today. As some of you know, they are at a Christian school. Christina and I had debates about whether to send them to a Christian school or to the public school. We came to the conclusion that in these formative years, it is more important to focus on […]

The retreat finished off well. I couldn’t help but to go through memory lane as I was reflecting on our first retreat in this Chicago church plant. It is hard to believe that it has been close to 10 years since the first retreat in Ann Arbor. God did some great things with the small […]

This morning there was a special visitation from the Lord during our opening morning worship. I really sensed that the Holy Spirit was working in the hearts of people as we were singing some of the songs. We just naturally busted out in some time of prayer and allowed the Holy Spirit to minister to […]

We finished off our first night. It was encouraging to see various people come out for this retreat. In the beginning it was a bit of a slow start, but towards the end of the night we pressed through. I think the breakthrough moment was when we had people break up into pairs and speak […]

I flew directly from LA to Chicago and got in last night around midnight. I hung out with some of the HMCC of Chicago guys at Peter’s place (our semi-church office and semi-hang out place). Then afterwards, I talked with Pastor Jimmy… I didn’t get to sleep until really late. But it is always worth […]