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One of the highlights of the Bishop’s Retreat, which ended yesterday in Lancaster, PA, was the kids getting to meet Bishop Jeremiah Park, and his wife, Lisa, who are both from Korea. We took a photo with the Parks after the closing communion service. Unfortunately, we had to crop the right side of the picture … Read more
Today marks 110 years since the first Korean immigrants arrived in the U.S. (see keia.org). In 2005, the U.S. House and Senate named January 13 Korean American Day. Here’s the resolution (S. RES. 283) by the 109TH CONGRESS on December 16, 2005 … Recognizing the contributions of Korean Americans to the United States and encouraging … Read more
We are starting two new spiritual practices in 2013. First, we’re adding a practice to our evening family devotion routine. We’ve always read Scripture or a Bible story and prayed together as a family just before putting the kids to bed. Recently, we became more intentional about memorizing Scripture. This year, we’re adding a little … Read more
We hope you had a nice Christmas, and that you are continuing to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a season. And, the reality of Christ’s birth is relevant every day! We have enjoyed celebrating Christmas this week. Both of our churches celebrated Christmas Eve candlelight services. The kids, who … Read more
In recent years, our holiday tradition has been to travel to Tennessee to visit my family for Thanksgiving, and to stay home, near Joleen’s family, for Christmas. Going to Tennessee gives the kids a great opportunity to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa Willis and other family members! On Wednesday, we picked Ethan up from … Read more
On Sunday, I handed out cards with an outline of a red heart. At the end of the sermon, I asked people to write in the percentage of their heart they wanted to give God. Of course, the hope is everyone wrote 100%! In reality, I’m sure the percentage fluctuates and it may not even … Read more
Three years ago, Joleen and I were in Seoul, Korea to pick up Sarah (see the day we met Sarah and first hours with Sarah). It’s one of the real highlights of our lives, a blessing for which we are eternally grateful! Today, we celebrated Sarah’s third gotcha day by going to Fun Central, a … Read more
Two years ago, Ethan started preschool, and last week, he began kindergarten. But today, it was Sarah’s turn. Today was Sarah’s first day of preschool! As soon as Ethan got on the school bus this morning, Sarah was ready to go to school herself. Here are some photos of her morning.
It’s been a slow-blogging summer, but as summer comes to an end, I thought I’d post some photos from our summer vacation in York Beach, Maine. Back in July, we returned to the same place as last year. Our time there was very relaxing, and the weather was great. It was hot the day we … Read more
We have reached another big milestone in our family’s journey. Today, Ethan began Kindergarten! Technically, tomorrow is the first day of school here, but Kindergartners went today for a half-day. They’ll be off tomorrow and then Ethan will go back Thursday for the whole day, and have Friday off (half of the Kindergartners will go … Read more