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Interests: Water: oceanography, estuaries, rivers, streams, canals, fluid mechanics, swimming, water polo, sailing; Walking with greater faith -- taking the OTC. Diversions: photography, cooking, gardening, listening to music
Expertise: wanna-be jack of many trades, but certainly master of none
Occupation: Other
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
4/9/2006
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| even amidst complications, time away from home and Cindy i can see that God is faithful and good
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
* Cindy : her humility, love, perseverance, recognition of God's grace
* time with Cindy before i left for WA
* brunch at Country Inn and Jamba
* BBQ to send off Aaron to college and celebrate many birthdays with so much good food
* time with Elaine and Paul
* lessons in humility and how to be a loving leader
* learning to love Cindy as much as i love myself
* learning to understand Cindy as much as i understand myself
* endurance in the presence of not enough enough sleep
* Slow internet : realizing how good my normal DSL and office access is, less time fiddle on the internet and more time to do more time worthy things.
* Time in the Word regrounding me.
* my portable french press and caffe umbria to wake me from my sleep deprived state
* Airborne and God's protective hand over me
* sunshine and views of Mt. Baker as we struggled to get Nemo and company to cooperate (and yes, we named him before the movie!!)
* a few hours of sleep after some brutal all nighters
* SBE37 not being flooded and actually alive and collecting!
* MBP13 as a traveling computer
* RW: his enthusiasm, can do attitude, and gratitude
* NN: his sense of humor under pressure and cooking for us so many evenings.
* GW: reminding me that it is fun being a geek and i haven't forgotten everything about makefiles and c-preprocessors
* SG: her hardworking ethic
* staff at ESD: their cheerfulness, yogurt, fruit, and a smile at 4:30am for us
* great pollo en mole at Tacos Guananomos
* a good salad at Solid Rock Cafe
* a moment of peace and ease eating pizza and watching the USC-OSU game
* Lincecum and Zito keeping the ray of hope alive and keeping September meaningful for us masochistic Giants fans.
* dabru and his great photographic skills and care for us
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| first day back at work and with gmail down and little used direct server to work flaking out, time for a well served break of frantic email catching up after being away for two weeks.
time to check in on blessings...(surely, i can't remember them all though!)
* Cindy: inspiration, fun, love, companionship
* church at the beach!
* PR: his care for us, his enthusiasm in things small and great
* GA: his hard work to make church at the beach a great experience
* SM peeps: great fellowship at the beach
* JW's: looking forward to our small group
* WaFi: great time in the mountains & his concern for my well being
* climbing to and descending from Grant Lakes: beauty, conversation, exercise, and humility
* catching and cooking so many lovely wild trout
* peppered beef jerky
* swedish fish
* cold, clean, filtered water
* caffe umbria coffee at 9500 ft
* mint chocolate chip it's it
* mtn mike's pizza
* speedy healing
* sweetheart cafe
* orange tree treat
* cindy's family
* HKFL and the amazing giant clams
* safe driving
* 40 mpg
* fellowshiping with Tumb
* GBC, bottled coke, and cupcakes
* tummy cold pasta and short ribs
* creamy(!) Yogurtland
* air conditioning
* miguel's
* the Del and hot sands
* the cliffs
* La Jolla shores
* the cove
* sushi in PB
* extraordinary desserts
* Priceline
* cafe 976
* Phil's ribs
* gaslamp
* Bella Luna
* disneyland!
* water when we need it most
* short lines
* waiting in line with Cindy and enjoying it ;)
* soaring!
* incredible fireworks
* mint chocolate sundae at a reasonable price and a table for two!
* Tumb housing us and showing care for us
* PL and K&A buying us lunch
* the spectrum
* new pinkberry flavors
* ice cold fresh lemonade
* REI comes through again!
* sunglasses
* din tai fung
* great deals and shopping sprees for Cindy
* Sendai sushi
* Garmie leading the way proving so useful :D
* peppered salami (so unhealthy, but oh so good!)
* carmel: wandering, laughing, smelling, tasting :)
* vicolo's chowder house
* ghiradelli sundae
* stranger taking our picture
* ants only being in the garage (hopefully this will continue)
* getting a new car battery
* satisfaction of changing my own oil
* car is clean again
* two weeks without email
* being at home and sleeping in my own bed
* great bible verses coming my way every day
* Relationship Principles of Jesus
* recognizing my own spiritual bankruptcy
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| to say i'm thankful for...
* Cindy -- her care, diligence in wedding planning, and soft heart and 19 amazing months!
* finishing grading (and having a great TA to help me)
* A/C
* heading out into God's beautiful creation
* vacation time
* quality time ahead with Cindy and amazing adventures next week
* great sermons when i need them most
* WaFi -- some friendships are meant for a lifetime
* God giving me adverse circumstances so i can laugh
* Relationship Principles of Jesus
* Priceline!!!
* Restaurants.com
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| and Ten more...
* Cindy -- her humility, her desire to become an excellent wife, and her selflessness towards others.
* MC -- the best bro and accountability partner ever!
* Pastor Ed -- filling big shoes with such Godly wisdom
* meeting Danny
* hanging out with the Chengs
* hanging out with tumb and Danny
* Red Mango
* Macaroni Grill
* Frozo's
* SS -- fabo TA
* No wonder they call him Savior
* 40 days of love coming up!
* ES -- her care for us
* the new red prius -- go Cardinal! 
* finally getting a little sleep
* running the lower Dish after so long and surviving it
* Daniel and Christine's wedding and meeting tons of Cindy's friends
* BY's care for us and the guava cake and peacemaking coffee
* Getting our wilderness permit early
* hanging with the TRM & getting sushi/sashimi
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| PR was away on vacation today, but i heard a very convicting sermon from Pastor Ed who preached on Ephesians 4 this morning. his sermon spoke directly of church unity and how our differences can make us stronger as a body and grow us into living versions of the Gospel. yet, i felt God speaking to me on another front :it also spoke to me about unity in my relationships -- Cindy, family, brothers and sisters at SM and elsewhere, and even strangers.
What is living the Gospel about? Two things...
1. Living out the two greatest commandments: loving God and loving others.
2. Fulfilling the great commission.
how do we do this and what gold standards do we need to aspire to? we need to adopt and continually refine these five virtues in our lives:
1. humility
2. gentleness
3. patience
4. forgiveness
5. love
after being very moved by the sermon, Pastor Ed cut straight to my heart with his final message: how do we respond to each other?
"When we talk to each other, we see Christ in the other person...Christ is in all of our brothers and sisters. so if somehow, the person you are speaking to is hurting you, you still speak to them as if you were speaking to Christ."
what a challenge! yet, it speaks so much direction in how i need to conduct my life. what would my tongue and words look like if i saw myself speaking to Christ when i spoke to Cindy, my parents, family and fellow brothers and sisters? | | |
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