In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

-Proverbs 16:9

In late February, I began feeling that my time left in Tucson was short.

<In the Rodeo Festival>

Retreat in Louisville

  I meet Richard Wiliams, Lydia Kim, Bridgette Lewis, Seong Eun Choi, Jihye Chung and especially Soohwi Jo. We shared every thing that was fun, sad, difficult, and new living US this past 6 months. We are all living in same the country, the US, but we are serving in different places. It was worthwhile to hear about their experiences which were different from mine. And I was encouraged by them because they worked hard their placement.

 

< In front of presbyterian center.>

<From left: Soohwi, Jihye, Seong Eun, Lydia, Hanbyeol>

YAV retreat in Cascabel

With the Tucson YAV's, I spent time in Cascabel on a silent retreat where we camped by ourselves for 3 days. I took as little baggage as possible with me. We spent time without people and electronics an learned about simple living. At that time, I was pretty scared because I would alone. I asked myself 'Can I spend time by myself?', 'Can I sleep well in the dessert?' However, it got me thinking in many ways and I turned to my journal and the Bible instead of my phone and computer. I sang songs, went running, watched the sky, climbed the hill, wrote down my thoughts and daydreamed. Also I prayed about my future and found helpful scriptures.

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. The LORD works out everything for his own ends even the wicked for a day of disaster. Proverbs 16:3~4

<From left: Emily, Hanbyeol, Grace, Allie, James Bottom: Brandon> 

 <The dawning sky>

Photo Credit: April English

Service

I work in CHRPA (Community Home Repair Project of Arizona) which is a non-profit who do repairs in emergency situations for low income individuals and families.

 

I'd like to share my experiences.

 

2.11

Today, I worked with Josh. I was really worried what I should talk with him about during the drive to the clients house. God always gives me new challenges. But the truth is today will end. Josh talked a lot and it was still hard to listen to what he was saying but I could see the excitement on his face as he talked.

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2.24

Yesterday, I went to sleep early. So it was easy to wake up in the morning. I had enough time for packing my lunch. When I washed my face, I heard the rain's sound. I thought it will be not easy to bike in the rain. When I was waiting for Allie outside, she ran out to me and said "Dan will pick us up~!" O~! Yeah

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At the Client's house, she was a tricky Client. We repaired the whole house's water pipes. But she was still unhappy. She needed one more water pipe for watering the tree. I thought it was not big deal. So I said "You can use your garden hose". She said "That is hard to do". For me, one of the most memorable moments is Dustin's behavior. He didn't say anything like "we are going to dig in the ground and make new pipe" and we didn't make a promise like that. Just he said " I know that is really important to you"

When we was driving to the office, we talked about Jesus. If we were Jesus, we would dig and put pipe? Or If she were Jesus, she should use the hose because we already fixed the whole pipes. I want to be taking after jesus. I want to be jesus. But so hard,,,,