CCCJR 2005 Group Pictures 華人聯合靈修會2005 團體照

Excursion during Free Time 自由活動

buddy buddy難兄難弟 感情未免也太好了吧

We're Family!我們都是一家人!

Handsome Party of Six 六個帥哥& Beautiful Party of Six六個美女

Brothers in Christ兄弟和睦是何等的美

Happy Time 快樂的時光

CCCJR 2005 Worship Team 華人聯合靈修會2005 敬拜讚美團隊

Our Worship Team's Three Musketeers

敬拜讚美團隊的樂器三劍客

Worshipping God with All Your Heart

用全心全人來讚美主!

Worship Team Practice 加緊練習囉!

What are you guys doing while resting?

Kelly睡覺不要偷看,Abe睡覺時還微笑著拿著自己的相機

Babies & Us 寶寶好好玩!

Baby Andrew is such a good baby! 小永祈好乖喔!

Baby Michael is a good boy too! 小Michael也很乖喔!

Kelly is sick..Kelly生病了..

Poor Kelly didn't feel well for the past two days and had fever on Sunday afternoon. Although Kelly was sick he still was able to make Janelle laugh. After many prayers from friends in church and demanding a couple kisses&hugs from Janelle, Kelly was well and jumping again Sunday evening. Kelly前幾天身體不太舒服,昨天下午開始發燒..雖然Kelly生病了,可是他的心情還是很好.在他跟Janelle要了幾個kisses後,當然還有教會朋友一直為他禱告,Kelly昨晚終於退燒,又回到又蹦又跳的老樣子了.

Happy One Month Baby Andrew! 小永祈滿月了!

Steven and Kathlyn are so happy for Baby Andrew! So are we the auntie and uncles!
小永祈的爸爸媽媽好高興喔! 我們在後面的三個湊熱鬧的臭皮匠也很快樂喔!

Baby with winning hand 寶寶的牌真好..

Thanks to Baby Andrew, so we have a reason to celebrate!

Happy 1 month Andrew! 小永祈祝你一個月生日快樂!

Hanging Out 好朋友們聚一聚

There were 5 people when we hung out last time
This time when we hang out, there are 6!
上次我們在一起時只有五個人
這次我們在一起時變六個人喔!

One Relaxing Saturday 一個舒服的星期六

Kelly's cool hat! Kelly的怪帽

Transformation in the Desert 在曠野裡的改變

Time passed by so quickly, it was about four months ago when we were at the lowest point of our spiritual walk. Our energy was drained and was tired of both church and world. We didn't know what's wrong with us and why we couldn't hear anything from God, we lived our life according to whatever pleased us. We had no idea where we were heading and what was the purpose of our being. We almost gave up on God, but thank God for He didn't give up on us. Just like Peter walking on the water with Jesus, when he started to doubt, the merciless water slowly swallow him piece by piece...And right there at that crucial moment he cried out "Jesus, save me!" And it was there, when the world is slowly digesting us...We shout out our final cry "Jesus, save us!" Looking back on those darkest moments of our life, we realized how much love and mercy He has for us, thus the beginning of a new awakening in our life.
God brought us into a desert, a place where nothing survives or eventually dies. In this wilderness of complete silence and desert storms, we both struggled and tried to get out from it, but the more we struggled the deeper we sank into the sand, there was where we faced our "Dead End".
Thank God, because the end of our way is the beginning of God's work! It was in the desert where the Israelite saw God's miraculous work! Once we quiet down and gave up our own opinions, God stepped in and show Himself to us. The stillness and the anticipation of what's to come is like a bomb that's about to explode at any moment....
It's in God that we've found our purest love for each other again; there we grow closer to each other while we walk closer to God together. In His perfection we see our own weakness... In God's embrace we repent and confess...It's there that we see a vision, a goal in life, and love everlasting.
Transformation hasn't end, we are still in the desert right now. However, God has given us strength again to blossom, to grow in His glory. In the desert where everything dies, we grow. Desert to us, is not torture anymore...It's a place where we find the true meaning of LIFE. So on we go with our new life, because we know as long as God is here with us, we need not to be afraid. Behold the Promised Land is near!! And there we shall reside in His glory.
"We will cover for each other"

Conversation 談話...

It's about 10:30 at night, a clear beautiful night. The stars are dazzling like diamonds... It's our quiet drive back from cell group.

Coming out of deep thought, Janelle says to Kelly

"Kelly, promise me you will live longer than I do, ok?"

" Why is that, Honey?" Seriously, who would talk about things like this out of the blue.

" Because I'm not strong enough to see you go first" Janelle explains.

"Ok sure, I'll do my best" Kelly is always very agreeable. "Do you think you will remember me when you go to heaven?" he asks.

" I think so, I will wait for you in the heaven, and I will even come greet you on your way to heaven" Janelle returns to her deep thought...

"Do you think you will still be my wife in heaven?"

" Hmm...I think I will still remember that I was your wife on earth, but I think no one will marry in heaven..we'll be brothers and sisters"

"...."

It's not hard to imagine why Janelle came up with this conversation...because that night in the cell group, we talked about how people will rise when Jesus comes again...

" When you go to heaven, can you save me a seat right next to you, so we can worship God together like we do now on earth?"

"Sure dear, when I goto heaven, I'll remember to save you a seat..."

Silence soon takes over again, but our hearts just like our hands, are united together...what a peaceful night... there we continue driving to our home sweet home...

已經晚上十點半了,往外一瞧, 哇…星星閃爍著好像小時候愛玩的金粉灑了到處都是.原來小組聚會才剛結束, 我們正安靜的行在回家的路途中…
從她的沉思中醒來, Janelle 跟 Kelly說
“Kelly你答應我, 以後一定要活的比我更久, 好嗎?”
“親愛的, 為什麼?” 說真的, 有誰會在這種安靜的夜理想到生死的重要問題…
“因為你如果先走的話,我可能也沒辦法活下去了”Janelle用自己了解的方式解釋
“好吧, 我會盡力而為的” Kelly一直都是溫和, 就算他不知道將來如何, 可是他總是溫柔的複和.
“那妳到了天堂以後,會記得我嗎?”
“我會記得你的, 我會在天堂等著你, 而且當你來的時候,我會來跟你打招呼喔” Janelle 慢慢的又掉入她的沉思裡.
“在天堂的時候,你還是我的妻子嗎?”
“嗯...我想我會記得你是我的丈夫, 可是在天堂裡,人應該也不嫁也不娶…所以我們就是主內的弟兄姊妹了”
“….”
其實,並不難想像為什麼Janelle會想到生死的問題,原來那天晚上的聚會,我們討論到了當耶穌再來的那一天,死人的肉身都要復活…
“那當妳去天堂以後,麻煩妳幫我在妳旁邊留個位子,所以我們又可以一起敬拜神,像我們現在在地上一般”
“好阿,親愛的,等我去天堂後, 我會記得幫你留個位子的…”
車子裡再次回到了起初的靜默,可是我們的心和我們的手都緊緊的扣在一起了…今夜的景色真美好…寂靜的夜晚裡,我們繼續在回途的路程上,往我們一起編織的甜蜜家庭去…