Entries for April, 2004

April 1st, 2004

you know, in the past i use to hate reading the bible. i always thought it was so boring and irrelevent to my life.. but lately, oh man! i have been sooooo hungry for the word. it's crazy! whenever i have some free time - or make time by missing some select classes - i love diving into the word. im currently reading through romans, and there is some good stuff in there. if you would like to read through it with me, we can discuss how it relates to our lives and what we can learn from it.

ok, so im out hanging out and what not. and all of a sudden this girl turns to me and says, "lets arm wrestle. i think i can beat u." the saddest thing was that she was dead serious. this short korean girl really thought she could beat me in arm wrestling! i mean, i admit i've got some girly wrists and i have lost to a girl before in arm wrestling (ages ago people, let that stuff go!), but daaaaaaaaaaaang man.. just kills a man's pride.

so im on a killer winning streak in tennis..
i've beaten: han pyun (easily, btw ), soober (boy surprised me), and sammy (my first career ace! lol, thank u wind)

those still on my hitlist: (no particular order)
eurie (im gonna make u run like a monkey)
sun (prepare for a power battle, buddy)
china (im expecting an easy win here )
pastor gus (if i lose, i know hes gonna bring it up in his sunday sermon)
gloria (my 14 year old girl cousin)
andy roddick (winner gets mandy)

if u want a chance to play thor and his mighty hammer, just gimme a call. i'll see when i can schedule u in.
Posted by sj at 12:11 AM | 4 epoops

April 4th, 2004

lately, i just feel agony in me. I'm sorry if i seem like im out of it, or mad. I'm really not and i apologize if i was rude to u.

this pain i feel is overwhelming me. Every large group, small group, prayer meeting, sunday worship, and even during fellowship i experience my father's love for me. I remember where i was, where i am, and where i am going. Nothing can seperate me from his love. and having felt this, it hurts to know that there are people out there that don't know God and have never felt the love of their father. That there are those that never will.

our prayers are getting more and more dire. i pray, my brothers and sisters, that you will throw away your pride and hardened hearts and accept the love of Christ. God loves you and so do i.

Lord let the waves of salvation crash over our campuses.
Posted by sj at 02:38 PM | what now?

April 7th, 2004

everyone wish soober a happy birthday. its this saturday, the 10th. and don't forget the birthday punches

man, i have been feeling so old lately.

3 signs that sung is old as dirt:
1. i play dominoes (yes its true, i promise)
2. if i try to stay up past 12, i cease to make sense and just end up embarrassing myself.
3. my body is hurting after running only 4 games of ball

i think im too competitive for my own good. even in gym volleyball, i get way too worked up. we were having a mini-tournament and my team was stinkin it up. i got so frustrated that when someone set it for me i spiked the ball alot harder than i needed to and hit this guy in the face. i knocked his glasses off. man, it was just like that scene in "meet the parents." i felt so bad..

welp, im tired. i think ill hit the sack..and its only 11:30. where did my youth go?
Posted by sj at 11:25 PM | 1 epoops

April 11th, 2004

for kicks and giggles

i finally got around to cleaning and restringing my guitar, juanita, today. she purred like a kitten i forgot how much fun it is to play/learn guitar. the strings are nice so they dont hurt the fingers much, and i remembered alot more chords than i thought i would. i have trouble switching chords smoothly so that i dont have to stop the song to make sure my fingers are in place, but i think its coming along well. i gave soober, roy, and alex a taste of my skillz. they promptly asked me to stop and that we leave for dinner cant wait to play for our small group, haha.

kmartshopper1282: do college guys lose points for wearing alot of old navy gear?
kmartshopper1282: cuz i just realized most of my closet is old navy
Iadie eve: i personally dont care what they wear
Iadie eve: as long as they wear something that looks good on em.
kmartshopper1282: yea..
kmartshopper1282: i mean who cares about the clothes
kmartshopper1282: as long as the clothes hanger is a super sexy beast
kmartshopper1282: am i right, or am i right?
Iadie eve: youre right but youre not relevant to the situation at hand.
kmartshopper1282: lol

my cousin is a riot.

i was telling pastor gus about how i beat damaris in arm wrestling and how we should announce it in the church bulletin. his response:

GusKimAgape: I bet you feel like the MAN....beating a sister...a freshman sister

heckz yea, i do!
Posted by sj at 12:34 AM | 1 epoops

April 14th, 2004

my volleyball team won the little tournament we had in gym class. champions of 2004, awww yea~ Our team name was the "intimidators" and before every match i would give the other team a peak of the gun show- it was game over after that

i think God has a sick sense of irony though, because some jerk spiked the ball and hit me on my ear in the championship match! i tried to play it off like it didnt hurt.. but inside, i was crying like a little girl!

im so excited about this summer. i just cant wait for it to finally get here! haha, its gonna be an experience living with the soober for a month or so. can u imagine soob with morning hair? LOL. leadership training is gonna be intense too- all for His glory, wahoo~
i wonder what my future small group is gonna be like? im hoping they will be 4 ballers so we can go to the gym after our meetings and rule the courts. actually 5, since im gonna be an old man- we need a sub. kidding kidding, of course all i ask is that they have a sincere hunger to seeing God's glory being lived out and a passionate heart for praise and worship. basketball skills would just be icing on the cake

is it just me, or do girls bring up the most random stuff ever?
Posted by sj at 12:34 PM | 1 epoops

April 18th, 2004

been a busy weekend :D

i woke up today, sunday, an hour before the time i set my alarm for. if u know me, u know that that is an amazing accomplishment. when i woke up, i knew it was going to be a great day. the air smelt sweeter and the world looked so inviting.

today at church, it was really intense. lately i've been struggling with my calling and wondering if it was God's divine plan for me to stay here involved in campus ministry or my own selfish desire to stay here and become a leader. during worship today, we had a time to really pray and i felt like God really answered me.

i realized that i don't want to stay. everytime i invited people to come out to a large group meeting, i opened myself up for disappointment and pain. i've been hurt alot this semester. when i first heard the Lord's calling to stay here, all i could think of was a lifetime of rejection and pain. i didn't want to open myself up for that kind of pain anymore. i wanted to stop caring.. if they dont want to hear about God, their loss.!But then today as i was praying, i felt the Lord's presence come and i heard the High and Mighty Lord, the creator of heaven and earth, asking me if i would open my heart for his precious children.

that moment. that instant. my heart was broken anew. As we closed in praise, i felt freshly energized for the first time in a long while. GLORY BE TO THE KING!

the Lord answers prayers and provides for his sons and daughters. all u need to do is ask.

p.s. i am now officially the soccor mom of agape harvest church.
Posted by sj at 10:14 PM | what now?

April 20th, 2004

305 lewis

i know alot of u guys often ponder.. what goes on in a guys triple dorm?

well, im gonna share a moment of the randomness that goes on at 305 lewis dorm. sorry roy- i just gotta share this with the world

i came back from small group tuesday and was just hangin out till my interview for dick's at 7. i was just chatting on aim and reading people's away messages when i came across russ' away message that said: try to lick ur elbow.

of course, i immediately began trying to lick my elbow. roy sees this from across the room and asks "what the heck are u doing?" i calmly explain to him that i am trying to lick my elbow.

fast forward 3 seconds. we're both at our respective desks trying desperately to lick our elbows! ahhhhhh its so annoying, cuz ur riiiiiiiight there.. but u just cant reach!

edit* if u can lick ur elbow.. i want photos! prove it!

while im embarrassing people.. i might as well embarrass my old boss, Paris! haha. so i told her i was quiting and was planning on working at dicks for the summer and she yells out "I LOVE DICKS!" Well, her cubicle is surrounded by other cubicles and well.. everyone got a good laugh about that

guys, as finals approaches- remember to look to Him for strength. do it, hey.. do it!
Posted by sj at 05:51 PM | 2 epoops

April 25th, 2004

POOP POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP !!!

today at church, it was my turn to watch baby sean for a bit during service. anyways, we're having a good time playing with the legos and what-not, when all of a sudden he comes up to me with a scruntched face and says boo boo. i knew he wasn't hurt, because i didn't see him hit anything, but i was even more certain that he didn't mean poo poo!

so i just continued playing ball with him. but once in a while, he would keep making that face and say boo boo. fast forward a bit and Gina comes out and relieves me of my duties so i can get back and listen to the message. she immediately went to sean and when she was giving him a hug.. she said she smelt something funny. she asked me if he went poo poo, and i told her- in my most innocent voice -that he said something about boo boo, and he could possibly, maybe, perhaps meant poo poo. of course it turned out he did go doody in his diaper. imagine my surprise!

pastor gus, if ur reading this- im sorry.
Posted by sj at 09:46 PM | 2 epoops