Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Monday, 07 September 2009

  • random thoughts

    All the glory be to HIM this weekend. (1st place gators!) so very surreal.

    I think it might be sinking in that everyone's gone. I think what I'm going to miss the most about not having Ben around is going into his room and crashing on his bed and just having someone to say "what's up?". There's nobody to talk to around this house. I hope this will push me to You. I really really hope that in the times of lonelieness I won't be reduced to tears. I know that I've always got You. It's going to be so difficult, but I know that it's possible.

    I'm always the youngest. 
    I'm going to miss vanilla cones.
    It's so tough to see someone you love cry.
    I need to pray so much more than I am.
    I want to visit Princeton sometime.
    I want to get to know more kids in my grade.
    I need to be more disciplined.
    Hillsong's new cd is amazing.
    I need to be doing things for Him alone.
    It's just a matter of time before I see my college friends again.

    You Hold Me Now -- Hillsong
    On that day when I see
    All that You have for me
    When I see You face to face
    There surrounded by Your grace
    All my fears swept away
    In the light of Your embrace
    Where Your love is all I need
    And forever I am free

    Where the streets are made of gold
    In Your presence healed and whole
    Let the songs of heaven
    Rise to You alone

    No weeping no hurt or pain
    No suffering You hold me now
    You hold me now
    No darkness no sick or lame
    No hiding You hold me now
    You hold me now

    In this life I will stand
    Through my joy and my pain
    Knowing there's a greater day
    There's a hope that never fails
    Where Your Name is lifted high
    And forever praises rise
    For the glory of Your Name
    I'm believing for the day

    Where the wars and violence cease
    All creation lives in peace
    Let the songs of heaven
    Rise to You alone

    For eternity
    All my heart will give
    All the glory to Your Name


    I can't wait for that day. No more worries about finishing school work, no more stressing out about life. Only YOU!

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

  • Man, in reflecting on the summer, it was one quality summer. I will definitely miss it. But as all good things come to an end, so does this one. I'm movin in a forward motion. I will reflect on the summer and stuff like summer camp when I have some free time.

    10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10)

    Bring it on, school.

Monday, 08 June 2009

  • summer 2009

    June 4- nvc practice, joy yee's with kevin (drove)
    June 5- senior night @ grace pointe (drove)
    June 6- took sat ii subject tests (drove), ikea (drove) theo's house for a bbq (drove), sleepover at vinay's (drove)
    June 7- shopping with my mom @ target (drove)
    June 8- ikea (drove)
    June 9- basketball @ obpd, nvc practice (drove)
    June 10- hills @ four lakes (drove), nvc practice (drove)
    June 11- nvc practice (drove), chipotle (drove)
    June 12- pasta party (drove)
    June 13- volleyball @ palos, vinay's for risk (drove)
    June 14- volleyball @ palos, mel's birthday party (drove), george's house (drove)
    June 15- mongolian grill for volleyball fundraiser (drove)
    June 16- school to sell back books, nvc practice (drove)
    June 17- hills @ four lakes (drove), raging waves (drove)
    June 18- costco, walmart (drove), nvc practice (drove)
    June 19- youth group
    June 20- tournament @ glc (drove), kevin's house (drove), jane, elim, and connie's party (drove)
    June 21- tournament @ glc (drove)
    June 22- staples, michael's, red mango (drove)
    June 23- nvc practice
    June 24- yorktown (drove), nvc practice (drove)
    June 25- creme de la crumb (drove) stephanie's house (drove), prayer house (drove) kevin's house (drove), nvc practice (drove)
    June 26- sonic, transformers
    June 27- costco, jam session with mike and alvan, mcdonalds
    June 28- volleyball tournament @ iba (drove), joy yees (drove), pick up mom and ben, portillos
    June 29- t-mobile, ymca
    June 30- nvc practice (drove), volleyball @ wcac (drove)

    July 1- nvc practice (drove)
    July 2- kohl's, wendy's, kevin's house (drove)
    July 3- airport, mcdonalds, convention center, chick-fil-a, hotel
    July 4- convention center, panera @ lenox mall, pizza hut, hotel
    July 5- convention center, red ruby, hotel
    July 6- convention center, hot wings
    July 7- convention center, olive garden
    July 8- convention center, hotel, cpk 
    July 9- airport, oakbrook mall, sonic, outlet mall, ymca
    July 10- lakehouse, lake, ramsey's house
    July 11- lakehouse, sg sleepover @ joey's (drove)
    July 12- church (drove)
    July 13- tgif (drove)
    July 14- ymca (drove), arbys
    July 15- ymca
    July 16- grace's house (drove), green valley forest preserve (drove), target (drove), ymca (drove)
    July 17- rules video filming @ elim's house (drove), mcdonalds (drove), youth group (drove)
    July 18- cada @ ucsb
    July 19- cada @ ucsb
    July 20- cada @ ucsb
    July 21- cada @ ucsb
    July 22- downtown
    July 23- ymca
    July 24- downtown, youth group (drove)
    July 25- chipotle
    July 26- church (drove), chipotle (drove), esther's surprise birthday dinner @ lou malnati's (drove)
    July 27- barnes and nobles, costco, frisbee
    July 28- ymca, volleyball @ wcac
    July 29- ymca
    July 30- quiznos, starbucks, harry potter 7, michael's birthday dinner @ golden corral
    July 31- walgreens, sox game, seven treasures

    Aug 1- golden corral
    Aug 2- church, servant team meeting @ elim's, hmart
    Aug 3- frisbee, mcdonalds, jewel, esther's house
    Aug 4- ...
    Aug 5- door sign party @ elims, joy yees, chuckecheeses
    Aug 6- eye doctor, target, starbucks, summer camp @ niu!
    Aug 7- summer camp @ niu!
    Aug 8- summer camp @ niu!
    Aug 9- summer camp @ niu!
    Aug 10- mcdonalds, frisbee, mcdonalds
    Aug 11- wcac, mcdonalds
    Aug 12- george's
    Aug 13- blue ginger, grace's house, cici's, anish's house
    Aug 14- mexican restaurant with joey, picked up larry, camp reflection night
    Aug 15- kohl's, walmart, district 9 @ seven bridges
    Aug 16- church, portillo's, hmart, volleyball practice, mcdonalds, chris davey's, mike yun's house
    Aug 17- school, mcdonalds, mike hwang's
    Aug 18- beach volleyball, grace's house, mcdonalds

    what do i want to do?
    six flags
    movies (up, transformers, harry potter)
    downtown chicago
    raging waves

    violin, guitar, applications, act, sat

    looking forward to
    nationals (georgia)
    cada (california)
    summer camp (illinois)

Monday, 01 June 2009

  • Jeremiah 29

    11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

    Well, the other day, I burned myself. If you've seen me in the past few days, you have probably seen me. So here's the story. It was Friday after school and I was preparing some food before my sectional game. I got some ramen and cooked it. About five minutes would pass by after I finished cooking and I already started eating. I got up to get something to drink, but as I did it, my hand accidentally hit the pot over, pouring the hot liquid onto my right thigh. Everything happened so fast, and I really couldn't comprehend what was going on for a good 10 seconds. The pain was so excruciating and I think I basically went into shock. All I could think was to call to God.

    In reflecting, I guess I'm just ashamed that it's so easy to call on Him when I need Him when in the good and bad times, things should not change. I feel like a huge hypocrite sometimes, but I guess overall, I'm so thankful that my God is a God that never lets go of me.

    And now it's all about the healing...

Thursday, 07 May 2009

  • trust (noun)
    1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
    2. confident expectation of something; hope.
    3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.
    4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.
    5. the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.
    6. the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed: a position of trust.
    7. charge, custody, or care: to leave valuables in someone's trust.
    8. something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.

    trusting God with all my hopes and dreams

Tuesday, 05 May 2009

  • Romans 8:31-37

    With so many insecurities of the future, of what's to come, I can't help but worry. Despite what I wrote about feeling lost and down several night ago, I've found comfort in His word.

    What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? . . . Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? . . . No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:31-37

    Indeed, WHO shall separate us from the LOVE of Christ? I know that there is nothing to fear and nothing to worry about because God's got a plan. And though I don't always get His timing, I know that I can't get lost, especially when He's been holding onto me the entire time.

Sunday, 03 May 2009

  • I just feel very lost at the moment.
    I'm tired of failing over and over again. I'm so tired of sinning.
    I'm so tired of missing God when He's everywhere.
    I'm tired of feeling inadequate. I'm tired of feeling depressed.
    It's almost like I don't even remember how to talk to people anymore.

    I'm sticking it out, knowing that God is my strength and knowing that He has given me the VICTORY. Life is so much more than the things of this world.

    Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
    --James 1: 2-4

Saturday, 21 March 2009

  • varsity '09

    Tuesday 3/24- HOME vs. Plainfield South 6:00 PM
    Tuesday 4/7- @ York 6:00 PM
    Wednesday 4/8- HOME vs. Waubonsie Valley 5:45 PM
    Thursday 4/9- @ St. Charles East 5:00 PM
    Saturday 4/11- @ St. Charles East 10:30 AM
    Tuesday 4/14- @ Glenbard West 6:00 PM
    Wednesday 4/15- HOME vs. Minooka 6:00 PM
    Saturday 4/18- @ Schaumburg 8:30 AM
    Tuesday 4/21- HOME vs. Downers Grove North 6:00 PM
    Wednesday 4/22- HOME vs. Hinsdale South 6:00 PM
    Saturday 4/25- @ Minooka 9:00 AM
    Tuesday 4/28- HOME vs. LYONS 6:00 PM
    Thursday 4/30- HOME vs. Leyden 6:00 PM
    Tuesday 5/5- @ Proviso West 6:00 PM
    Monday 5/11- @ Riverside-Brookfield 6:00 PM
    Thursday 5/14- @ Willowbrook 4:30 PM
    Friday 5/15- @ Willowbrook 8:30 AM
    Saturday 5/16- @ Willowbrook 8:30 AM
    Tuesday 5/19- HOME vs. OPRF 6:00 PM
    Thursday 5/21- @ Morton 6:00 PM

Sunday, 08 February 2009

  • fun weekend up in wisconsin. we took 2nd place in the gold bracket!
    now im super tired and totally sore all over

    this week i've got chess state and another national qualifier
    man i'm so so so so excited!!
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