albert you suck. luckily for you guys, ill be back for all of winter break although ill be taking winter school in the morning. and ill be back for spring break.

so lets party

home schedule

for those who do not know when i'll be back yet, here's my little schedule.

thanksgiving [tomorrow] - i wont be back sorry... happy thanksgiving though! have fun black friday shopping if you are :p

winter - i'll definitely be home after urbana but not sure about the week before [christmas]

spring break - wont be back because of Connections [our intervarsity retreat to catalina islands]

summer - im taking 2 sessions of summer school again... so i'll be back for the last bit of july and august

sorry for not being home more often but the pre-dent program is becoming more intense as i need to apply over summer and graduate next year. hope you guys are doing well! we definitely need to hang out when i am back though :]

trilogy

so a week ago i went on a retreat called trilogy. it was a bunch of norcal schools such as ucdavis and also smaller even some community colleges. what was awesome was the tract we were part of. since it was my first time i was part of the DOC tract. disciples on campus. basically the message was about witnessing on campus and i realized how little of that i have done. there's a lot to share about but i guess i'll just share whats impacted me the most from this conference.

one thing i found really helpful was the "4 monsters of evangelism." it sounds weird but i found it pretty cool. basically these monsters are the things that keep of from witnessing to others. the 4 categories are readiness, time, lifestyle and shame. i believe you guys know a bit about them like "oh i dont know enough" or "i dont think its the right time to" but yeah basically what i found really awesome about this was that it was seen as a monster. for me a monster was something that i could physically beat. [hope you like this analogy elijah :P] i saw it sorta like a mission in a video game. there was this monster and i had to defeat it. i had all the best equipment "the armor of God" but i myself, the player are always weak to begin with so what do you do? you have to train and train yourself to become stronger. some battles you win and some you dont but you have to keep on going until you defeat the monster. haha sounds weird i know but it was really awesome. another amazing thing that took me a while to realize was that we're not alone. we shouldnt have to be alone when we witness, there are plenty of brothers and sisters of Christ around us. 

i guess as a reflection from this conference was about me roommate, raymond, and my friend michael. they're both nonchristians and dont have any backgrounds to it. i just felt that God has placed a responsibility for me to witness to them because i havent during frosh year. im living with the same roommate again and i was like wow God really wants me to witness to raymond. at first i wasnt going to room with him but something happened and i got him again haha. well raymond is the type of person who takes a long time to get through to him. like when i help him with ochem and stuff i have to explain many times before he understands and he's a really loose guy. i think this makes it so much harder on me haha. but yeah we've talked a little about his spiritual background but it wasnt much. he's not really into religions [so he says] and he just lives life from day to day haha. michael has shown a lot more interest and has gone to church and large group a few times. he's been reading the bible and trying to understand it. however, he's struggling with school because he doesnt want to be here. his parents are basically forcing him to and he feels that isnt what he wants to do. it seems like he doesnt know what to do with his life. i know i wrote A LOT haha but i just ask you guys to pray for me that i would be able to get through to them. both of them are really great friends and im gonna be spending a lot of time with them in the future [since they're also pre-dents haha] but yeah.

DANG i wrote way more than expected haha.. well about me, school is school that part never changes haha. im sorry to say i wont be going home this year for thanksgiving... :[ but i will during winter haha! hope to see you guys soon and you should come visit me hehe :P

Hey!

It's been awhile guys! Ive kept checking but no ones been posting and ive been lazy so hey ill make another post. Gods been really good to me these last couple weeks, giving me the breaks when i needed it and the strength to carry on in times of trouble. He's also been at work in the lives around me as i see Him opening doors left and right for the athlete's bible study. I just need to get down on that. O yea! and i got to see phil whickham last sunday. it was amaaaaaaaaaazing. I hope you guys are all still good. and ill write some of my devos when i have more time on here!

-with much love
Elijah Chiang

Hallohallo

so i'm the next to admit that i've forgotten about this blog. UNTIL NOW! and it be my turn to let ya'll know what be going up in hurr

unfortunately, nothing more special than what people have already said. i'm just constantly working, want to be constantly playing, and constantly being reminded that i only have 24 hours a day. super fun!!

1 Samuel 1

While i was reading 1 samuel, the thing that really struck me was how awesome Hannah really was. She came to God with her problem and followed through on her promise with no regret. It wasnt only following through, but the fact that she never wavered and never considered to go back on her word.
Another thing was that you really see God's faithfulness and justice. He knew how Peninnah was getting the short end so he closed Hannah's womb (doesn't that sound very similar to leah and rachel?). However, he went both ways as he also find how Hannah is now getting shafted by Peninnah, the person that he had shown mery to (sound familiar to the parable of the evil servant?)
However, i think the really new thing i found out was the love of Elkanah. Granted, he didn't treat Peninnah real nice. But how great is his love for Hannah, he knew her pain and did everything to try to help her and even supported her decision and plan to give Samuel to Eli. Guys, we need to learn from this dude. like for real. Thats how we gotta treat our lady folk.

John 1

So John 1 was pretty interesting

While i was reading, it was like man... this is really the entire gospel in the first 18 verses. It not only covered the beginning of the world but also the redemption that was to come and the reaction of the world after. I mean it really shows the glory of God throughout the beginning but what i really wanna talk about are the calling of the first disciples. I mean I know we talk about oooo look they got up and followed Christ right away but I mean it's not only that but like in verses 37-42 it shows that they were not only willing but they were expecting, seeking the Christ. I mean look at that dedication. They were seeking for the Messiah whom they didn't even know would come or would ever come! They jumped it automatically because they had ALREADY PREPARED themselves for it. Just imagine if we had our hearts prepared for Jesus. Just imagine how he'd fulfill John 1:30-31

Bible Study

So jon and i wanna start a bible devotions accountability thing here.
we'll be going through the books 1 samuel and John. we'll basically do a chapter in both books each week.

basically we'll be posting things on here every weds and sunday.
weds - John
sun - 1 samuel

um if you want to join us that would be awesome.
here's some things to focus on as you read it and something for you guys to write as a response here.
- key points
- what speaks to you the most
- Characteristics of God found within the chapter
- how you can actually apply what you learned in your life or in the future.

more to come....
starting this weds i believe

EXAM WEEK!!

This was exam week.

I had 5 tests this week.

but i'm almost done!! I can't wait till the weekendddd!!!!!!!!

I have no life..so that's it!

i miss you guys!

this is my first time!

yeah i havent been checking up on these blogs lately. for some odd reason i decided to get on and remembered that i was in this haha. i guess i can share about how i have been.

my classes are going great. pretty easy because i got ochem out of the way over summer. went to the beach last saturday. that was spectacular. the weather was just perfect. at first i was really foggy and misty but then suddenly the sun came out and pushed all of that away. it was amazing to see. the water was nice and cold. got some major waves coming up but not big enough to surf [sorry jonny :p] hurt myself a few times cuz i got caught under the crash of the waves.. not a good idea. came out with a few bruises and cuts but it was such a fun beach trip. also played some beach volleyball haha. went with the christian fellowship so that was fun to hang out with everyone. that was basically the highlight of my first month in college. other than that been studying a lot for school and for the DATs. surpisingly ive been getting a lot more sleep an average of maybe 6 hours a day. no need for energy drinks! yay hehe :]

well it was cool writing on this blog. hope to hear how you guys are doing :P

expect an update soon

Michael Choe was one of my best friends...

I have so much to say about him, about what a great person he was, what a great friend, but no words can really describe who he was to me. I remember every moment we spent hanging out, talking. He never judged anyone. He lived his life to the fullest for sure. I wish we kept in touch more, but even though we didn't, we knew we were always there for each other. I miss him so much, and i want him to come back. But I know he's in a better place now.

Best Friends Forever...

whoa..

So today was a really awesome day! Classes went well, coach wants to put me in during the scrimmage to get some reps, and i was playing well during video game sessions with my floormates. All of the sudden I get a text that says. Hey pray for michael choe and his family... michael passed away today after going into a coma from od. i didn't know how to respond. was he someone i knew? sure he might even been considered as a friend. did he make an impact on my life? not really, but he was one of my first korean friends that i made at tkpc. so what was so special about him? he was my brother, your brother, OUR brother in Christ. iunno if he od'd on something illegal or if it was prescription but i know he had his struggles with his faith, just as we did. but one thing that i always think of when i see him or hear his name is just how friendly he was. how open he was to make friends with newcomers just like me when i walked in the doors. he was upbeat and a really fun guy. forget his vices. he was our dear brother and now hes gone to walk with the Lord. please pray for his family.

JONNY - 02 SEPT 09

volunteered for the first time today from 12pm - 4pm. when i first signed up for this ridiculous servitude, i totally thought that the total 20 hours i had to complete would be a piece of cake. how wrong could i be! i mean, i had a bunch of fun meeting new friends to volunteer with, and feeling all cool seeing freshmen and their parents move in, but 4 hours was sO long! much longer than previously thought.

does anyone want to visit and volunteer for me? wooo!!

what up with you all??

God is so random

So i think we all agree that God is quite humorous. Gods been making it all the more apparent during this years football. so as most of you know... ive had a pretty crappy august. shortly after getting back from Taiwan I had the flu for about 9 days. On the day before I was completely better i got stung by a scorpion, which happened to be 2 days before i had to reprot to school for football. i was then forced to sit out 3 days of football. on the first practice i sprained my ankle and was unable to walk and was promptly crutchified for 2 days and had to sit out for the entire week. experiencing this was extremely irritating and made me quite mad as i couldnt understand why i had to suffer like this but recently God made it clear why i was meant to be out. I had yet to fully recover from my flu and needed to rest and recover physically. if i had gone out and practiced it woulod have turned into epic FAIL.

yesterday was my first day back after spraining my ankle boy was i stoked. however my ankle was really sore and after the entire day of practice i found out that i had the next day off from practice. haha boy was i upset that i wasted a rest day and practiced. however it wasnt until this morning when i woke up that i understood why God did that. its because now my neck hurts like hell. x_X he let me have an extra day to rest it up and get used to my helmet.

funny how God works huh? heh heh

on another note. i got to talk with a friend that i havent talked to in a long time over aim. what started out as just a seemingly small talk convo turned into a 2 hour convo online. she told me about her worries going into college and spiritually and God really just worked through that and God was able to use me to comfort her and help her to settle down and have peace. it was really awesome having a really deep convo about our spiritual struggles as well as relationships with other people. Thank God for that haha it was something we both needed.

hope you guys are having an awesome time at college! we need to OOVOO sometime!

yah!!! let's all be writing!

hhhmmm this year: i wanna be more sensitive to how and where God's moving here on campus! and be willing to join Him wherever and whenever!

and i'm all moved in! and waiting for school to start...

how're your guys' semester turning out? things getting busy yet?

How about this....

Hey guys,
i realize college is starting for most of us and me and jon were sort of talking about how maybe we could write somethign everyday or whenever we get the chance about how God is working in our life or a God moment (something special that God has shown you)

Hola All...

school has started. it has been quite busy. it is also boring because we are learning about ionic and covalent bonds in every class..hopefully it will get more exciting.

i also squirted tea out of my nose the other day in the middle of a conversation..really embarrassing i must say :(

school has started. for many a peoples.

i hope that everyone's having fun so far! i know i'll be joining you all in this massive academic fiesta very soon!

i wanna hear some stories soon!! but i only see elijah and i posting...how unfortunate...

On that note

Noelle's in paris

shannon's in hawaii!!!

we be waiting for your stories upon your return!!

HeAd HuRtS

z0mG! mY hEaD HuRtS!!!!!!!!! and all of my muscles including my buttttttttttttttt. jooooon rub it for me!

i remembered a dream last night!!!

POOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

i kinda need to go poo

noelle and i found out recently that we had missed our chances at fame...

(i sincerely feel for noelle as her chance would have been so much more conducive to greater fame and glory than i would ever have dreamed for)

lesson learned: gettttt it

how come there be no people invited yet???
i wanna hear alllll the stories!

first post!

rawrawerawer ch-ch-ch-check itttt!

mmmmmmm....so sexy.

jerry will be so proud