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I hope these are enough pics.

On Sabbath, Judy will be 7 months.  As you can see, she is
starting to show.  She’s been spending a lot of time thinking
about baby names. 

Introducing Aroe.  He’s the oldest of all our pets and requires
more sleep than the others do.  Even though he’s the oldest, he’s
the omega pet.

Chance and Aroe are eating together.  Look at Chance’s
teeth.  They can break through bone.  Sorry, Judy, no pics of
Chance by himself.

Although Bentley is the Alpha pet, he doesn’t look too bright in this pic.  But at least he looks cute.

Jen is NOT one of our pets.  She’s just holding one of them.  Thanks Jen!

When Ms. Kim came over to visit.  She is having a deep discussion
about questionable exercise methodology with Jen (but people call her
Moo-Moo).

Thanksgiving Lunch with DKAY (Pastor: Justin Kim).  Pastor David
Shin from Berrien Springs and Jen came to visit.  Joe Lee drove up
from Ohio and Sandra and Dave came all the way from NJ.  Julia,
Arnold’s g-friend visits from Canada.  Pastor JK stands at the
back as to not be contaminated by the crowd.  He’s got a nice hat
though.  Yoonie thinks I’m the pope and he’s trying to kiss my
hand.

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Justin, Judy’s younger bro and John Yoon (but people like to call him
Yoonie) come over our place sometimes.  Here are a few pics of
them.  Justin is wearing a little sticker on his shirt because
they donated blood that day.

Yoonie didn’t know that we were going to photograph this event so he’s a bit surprised at first.

Justin in a pensive mood.  Perhaps reflecting on the events of the day.  He & Yoonie donated blood.

The flash on our camera acts up sometimes.  I think it’s too bright.

Justin covering his eyes…just being funny.

The color of their mask is similar to the color of the baby room.

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This is Jen busting out some Karate


This is Jen saying “Oh! Stop it!  Get outta here you silly goose”


We promise that Jen is not on drugs

And I’m tempted to post more pics like these but I’ll stop before she uses that one Karate move on me next time she sees me.

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Jen & David Brave a Storm!

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I ALMOST forgot to mention that last week, Jen and David risked their lives to come spend Thanksgiving with us last week!  Yes, they drove all the way to Ypsi from Berrien Springs in the horrendous weather conditions on that Wednesday…yea, they even suffered a thorn in the flesh when David’s car stalled after an hour of driving!  God worked a miracle to make the car work again after they prayed.  Also, on the way back, the Lord brought them all the way to Berrien Springs because right when they got into town, David’s car died again!  So, mad propz to Jen and David, our faithful friends ’til the end.  We had a blast…(even though the shopping was a shame).


And right HERE, I’d put a picture of us, but Israel has all of them downloaded on his computer.  Maybe next time.     

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Still Waiting…

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I’m still waiting for my wonderful husband to put up some pictures since, after all, we’ve upgraded to premium.  However, this unit in my Bible class, I’m teaching my students about patience, so I should try to be more patient about this one.  Israel downloaded close to a hundred pictures onto his computer from our camera, so hopefully he’ll put some good ones up soon.


Last weekend, Sandra, Hyun, and Charles came to visit from NJ and that was a lot of fun.  We had our annual DKAY brunch grill-out.  It was nice to hang out with all of them.  It’d been a while.  I wish we would have taken more pictures!  Sandra and Hyun also gave us our Christmas presents early…a bunch of baby stuff!!  It’s been really exciting to get so many presents for the baby.  It helps make the experience more real…for me at least. 


This Christmas is my dad’s 60th birthday.  We kids are trying to come up with something special to do for him.  Any suggestions?  My sis suggested a cruise and we’re researching that one.  We’re thinking about sending my parents to the West Caribbean.  Hopefully something nice works out. 


The baby is kicking like crazy.  Especially in the morning!  He has such a definite sleep/wake cycle that even if I sleep in for even 10 minutes, he starts wiggling in utero and he moves so much against my bladder that he forces me to get up and use the bathroom.  Of course after I get up, he stops moving and is calm again.  He probably goes to sleep after that.  I can see how selfish babies are already!  It’s been a lot of fun though.  The kicking and moving isn’t uncomfortable…yet.  It’s actually very reassuring to me that he’s still alive and active.


Well, I think that’s all for now.  I need to get going because a police man is about to come and talk to my kids about safety…and I can hear that the kids are now done with P.E.  God has been so good to us and I’m so thankful for the many ways that He watches over us.  There is really nothing to complain about.  I hope all of  you are doing well.  Let’s remain faithful to Him always!   


       

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Going Premium…

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We’ve finally given in and we have now upgraded to Premium.  We hope to put up pictures soon with “my” camera that Israel got me for my birthday last year.  I say “my” in quotations because he begged me to let him buy me a digital Rebel.  (For those who haven’t caught on…HE wanted the camera and used my birthday as an excuse to buy it so he could use it!)  I’m not bitter though.    Anyhow, we haven’t used it much because we lost our battery charger for several months…but Daniel & Kerri so graciously let us charge our battery with their charger so, now we can use our camera!  Hopefully the upgrade will inspire us to take more pictures with Israel’s — I mean — MY camera. 


On being pregnant…I’ve been getting random calf cramps in my legs when I stretch in the morning.  Just one of those pregnancy symptoms that seem to have no apparent correlation to growing a baby!  Anyhow, I weighed myself this morning and I have succcessfully gained 10 lbs since pre-pregnancy!  I think that’s pretty normal weight gain for a first time mother.  Usually first time moms take longer to get big.  I am in my 23rd week, which means I’ve entered into the 6th month.  The baby is moving around so much.  The movements are getting stronger that Israel was able to feel the baby move the other morning.  Maybe Israel can give you guys more commentary on that experience.  The baby is still small so the bigger movements that we feel are when the baby actually does somersaults.  Feels like a fish squirming around my bladder. 


On baby room preparation…a big THANK YOU to John Yoon and my bro, Justin for finishing up painting the baby’s room.  It is a color called “soothing aloe”.  It looks really nice.  We didn’t get a chance to put the room back in order last night, but it will be nice to finally have that room available to use.  Israel and I started painting it maybe like 3 months ago and we haven’t used the room since then!  Now, for all of our over-night guests (like Jeannie & Jen this weekend!!) you’ll be able to sleep in a bedroom and not on the office floor…at least until the baby comes!

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Forgetfulness is a common symptom of pregnant people.  It must be true…So, today is my little brother, Justin’s birthday.  I decided to email dksda@umich.edu which is the list serve for all the youth at Detroit Korean SDA Church.  It was a one liner, “Happy 19th Birthday, Justin!”  My intentions were good.  I wanted everyone to know so that they would wish him a happy birthday.  Soon after sending out the email, I get an email back from Justin.  It reads, “it’s my 18th…18th, but it’s the thought that counts.”  What a horrible sister!  Actually, I’m not all that horrible.  It boils down to the root of the problem.  What is the root of the problem you ask?  I honestly thought we were in the year 2006.  I know my bro was born on Oct. 27, 1987.  That would make him 19.  Don’t ask how in the world I thought we were in the year 2006.  On my chalkboard at school, I change the date each day (with magnetic numbers) and I see that it’s 2005.  And THIS, I blame on my pregnancy.  Happy 18th Birthday, Justin! 

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Fall GYC BOD 2005

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We had a GYC Board of Directors meeting this weekend.  It was good
to see all these people whom I respect and admire so much.

A powerful thought was shared during one of the sermons presented.

Humans are so selfish.  We even tend to be selfish in the way we
approach salvation.  Don’t get me wrong, we should love salvation,
cherish it.  Saying that “it’s the best thing in the world” is an
understatement.  But at times, we love ourselves more than we love
salvation.

Think of this:

Moses and Paul were willing to give up their salvation for the people
they were ministering to.  That’s how much they loved
others!  That’s almost a powerful thought!  But it’s too hard
for us to fully comprehend.

Try this:

Jesus was not only willing to give up His salvation–He DID.

He, of course didn’t need saving.  But Christ is SO unselfish that
He–in reality–gave up His eternal life.  The constant thought
running through His mind, perhaps from Gethsemane to Calvary, was that
there was no human way He would survive the death of sin resting on his
shoulders.  It was too great, too offensive.  Faith surpasses
reality. And faith was the only thing that allowed the thought of a
resurrection being possible.

And He decided to die anyway—eternally!

That is unselfishness.  And I am not synonymous with that!

Too often, we just care about our salvation.  Maybe it’s time that
we start caring about the salvation of others.  Maybe that is what
true religion is all about.  Maybe our salvation remains most
secured in seeking to secure the salvation of others.

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Even So, Lord Jesus

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Last night, I heard the saddest news.  A church member (from Ann Arbor) just lost her unborn baby last week.  It would be a little easier to handle if she was in her first trimester, but she was in her 8th month and the baby was due around Thanksgiving time.  In the morning, she felt her baby girl kicking, and by that afternoon, when she went in for her routine check-up, the doctors failed to find a heartbeat.  The baby had passed away.  They induced her a few days later and after a long labor, she gave birth to their stillborn child. 


While these things are difficult to understand, we have to have faith that God knows what He’s doing.  This situation has caused me to put myself in her shoes and wonder how I would handle it.  It reminded me of Ellen White who actually prayed that God would take her children if living on would cause them to lose their salvation.  In times like these, it’s so comforting to know that there exists a God who loves us so much and is willing to do whatever it takes to save us.  Through the eyes of faith and against our carnal nature, we know that even situations like this somehow work together for good to them that love the Lord and are the called according to His purpose. 


Please keep this family in your prayers…