Today was it, my last day for this summer's ACA Camp. The quote of the day from my boss:

Boss: "Hey you didn't cry this year, yay, you got tougher this year"

I believe I didn't cry well at least physically cry is because this year I have tried to do a lot more to be able to be wit my kids. Like I said from the beginning, I do this job strictly for the pure love of the kids, I don't care how much I get paid. I don't get paid for my overtime, nor doing a lot of the side tasks, just for the love of my kids. I lift my praises up to God, for truly giving me a pure heart for these kids. He's also opened up so many doors for me to stay close to the kids as well as a new beginning in my life.

After a long day of work till 6:30, I decided to go to CAC for worship and to be with some of my kids once again. I enjoyed everything and once again I thank You for making it possible. I loved how I was welcomed by the high school girls because I don't really talk to them, that right there meant a lot to me. I helped out Ray in leading the kids in a study on Acts 4. Afterwards, I worked with Christy in trying to memorizing the first 22 books of the Bible. There was so much joy when she finally was able to get all 22 books down, again it's all because of God. We then sung praise songs to God with the high school girls leading. We did a couple of the VBS songs, and to see Rachel, Joy, Christy, Jennifer, and Connie able to do it and having fun with it, was a heavenly moment for me because I just could not describe this feeling. We had free time, and Yutong wanted me to do Kung-Fu from what we learned this year, with him. He said that I was the best and wanted me to help him correct his form and practice. As things were coming to an end, Ray and I got a chance to talk about different Biblical issues. I thank God for putting those people in my life to help me grow, because God was able to use me to help Ray see things in a different way. I thank The Holy Spirit for continuously helping me memorize my Bible verses/passages to back up my points.

I finally got home around 11:30 and checked my email. What did I see? I received an email from Irene already!!! I learned today that Irene and Eric are brothers and sisters, yeah I'm slow on things. Irene shared with me her info and asked for mine in return. I love Irene, she's so cute and smart. Then their's Lynn, well now I call her Lil' Lynn because of her size and her shyness which makes her so cute. Lil' Lynn always keeps following Irene like an older sister.

I thank You Lord for putting all these trials in my life. These trials all were about different ways in testing my patience. But just like it is said in Scripture, love overcomes all because God is love. I love my kids, and it means a lot to me that they look at me as their role model. I don't want to let them down or God. The theme song for this Sunday's v-ball tournament will be, I See Right Through To You.

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Last night after fellowship at Cougie's place, their was yet another 2 Fast 2 Furious action on 696. So here I am driving a cool 70 mph, and I look to my right to see this Mustang racing along thinking he's a hot shot. So I drive along next to him to see what he wants to do. He lets me pass him, and I'm thinking ok we're racing at a slow 83 mph here. Next thing you know, he accelerates hard past me, and when he was next to me, he revved his car to get the vroom sound as he passes me. So I start laughing because now I know the race is on. And off we go, side by side at 100 mph seeing who can make it first to the left lane since it was the only lane open without a car. And we have a winner, the sleek looking 2004 Grand Prix GTP getting by at 110 mph and leaves the Mustang stuck in the pack of cars. His car was built for show while this GTP was built to go.

Well tomorrow is the last day of the Canton camp, man I miss Irene already. She is sooooo cute and soooo smart. Today was a nice day for a field trip since I got to run the show. It also reminded me of how much do I love my kids. I am hoping that those who went to VBS will come to know the Lord. Man I really wanted to get a chance to go to the face painting today. Connie and Christy are so lucky. Yay, Christy signed up for the Art program, she is so cute with her little bubble cheeks and rabbit teeth. Don't worry Eric, my boy I'll be there tomorrow along with the rest of my kids. Don't worry either Jennifer, if you want to go to to CAC worship then I'll be there too. These kids don't realize how much God is using them in my life to keep me strong. That's why I believe that I can get through this weekend, starting with b-ball, Birch Run, soccer game against EMU, then Sunday the Korean Independence Day Tournament. No distractions to bog me down, only what I deem are my 3 focuses at this point in my life. With one of them being God at the very top, it's all good like my boy Emoy said.

Too Close

Today, sick, flu end of story!

Nah that would be boring to end tonight's entry on that. Well went to work today in Canton, wow it only took me an hour to get there. I saw a lot of new faces, and it's cool they recognized me as The Great One already. I met this girl Jackie, she's cool, but today I found out she is like allergic to everything. I kept wondering what do I feed her for lunch, till finally I made the decision to feed her MickeyD's Nuggets. I kept wondering how come my Chou Boyz behave better at camp then at CBC. I love little Ashley! Then their is always my Jenny whom I love so much.

As I continue to pray for the direction where God is leading me, it feels like it gets a little more clearer each day. At least I am hoping that is what I am getting, err I need to ask God to double check everything. Hmmm 2 days in a row where I've witnessed the most powerful weapon in a row. Blah flu go away!

Turn Off The Light

Well I'm home early today from worship, and actually that's a good thing. I got to take a 2 hour nap so now I feel a little refreshed. I feel as if I've been drained lately of energy due to my flu/fever. Dang it, I feel like I caught this from Tracy and Steph. What sucks is that I gotta wake up butt early to make a 2 hour drive this whole week to go to work. Man, my last week of work and I'm bummed by that too.

Friday, I woke up and bam I knew I was sick. It was hard for me today at work because I knew I won't see some of my kids again till next year or maybe never again. I've always done my best to separate myself from the rest of the pack. All I want to do, is always to try and be the best. Well, friday at work, my boss pulled me aside to tell me that I am the best. That meant a lot to me, but at the same time I felt like if I am, than I failed myself in meeting my own expectations as a counselor. I can't wait till Day Camp starts again tomorrow at Canton now.

I got off of work at around 6:30, and I decided to stay in the D. I never realized that some of my Day Camp kids, all go to the same church around the neighborhood. So at 7:00 I decided to attend CAC's worship. Joy and Rachel's mom, showed me around their church, and it made me appreciate our building of CBC even more. I totally felt God's prescence there tonight and the beginning of something special.

Saturday, was the KUMC tournament. First off I just want to say is that, Jesus does miracles because I ran into Ken Cho. Dude, I used to hate that kid's guts with a passion along with the rest of the SHS. However, I saw him playing v-ball and I kept thinking, I wonder if he is saved? Hopefully he will be there this Sunday at the Korean Independence Day Tourny for me to keep in touch with. Going back to the v-ball tournament, back to back champs! YCF rules, it just sucked that I didn't feel like I contributed much other than bad passes.

Now, that leaves only 2 more Korean tournaments left, as some of us go for the trifecta. The Independence Day is this Sunday, Aug. 10th, and I'm excited for what Nectar has proposed for this tournament. We play 4 against 6 or 9 depending what rules we play by. Nectar wants to keep this team to be as much Korean as possible now as well. It feels wierd being the lone Chinamen there, but oh well free bulgogi for me. Plus this is the only tournament that I can play in, where I can wake up 5 minutes before the tourny starts and still be there on time! Anyone wanna jump in on this good Korean food and festivities along with supporting the Korean & China United Team, drop me a dime.

3-D

We took the kids to the African-American Museum and Belle Isle. The museum was ok, but I did appreciate the history lesson. Belle Isle was ok too, it just didn't seem like we stayed that long. I rode the Giant Slide 3 times! The whole time I kept wondering which one of my kids were gonna get hurt.

As I was leaving work today, Tracy made me realize that our 6 weeks at ACA is over. She was happy, while I was kind of down, it just seemed like everything went by so fast this summer. I still wish I had some time to reflect back about my trip to NY or the CBC Retreat. However, next week is where camp is moved to Canton. I won't get to see all of the kids, so I may be sad tomorrow because I have to say good bye to a lot of them of whom I've grown attached to.

Today, Ling Ling wrote her chinese name on my arm. I kind of like these little tattoos now because I believe looking at it, just gives me a warm feeling. I believe God uses these kids to give me strength for myself when I'm down or I just want to give up.

Last night, some of us had some ice cream. The topic road rage, this morning as I was driving down 696, I'm thinking yes I will be early and I was still able to go to Tim Horton's. However, as I got about to get on to the ramp, my car came to a screeching halt. I kept wondering what the G is going on because all traffic usually stops at 8 mile. So I quickly, or rather slowly exited on to 8 mile. I kept thinking yup I'm cool, just zip through on the service drive and come back down to 75 after 7 mile. The reason is because traffic on 75 usually flows after the merger rather than before. However, dang it the ramp to 75 was closed on the service drive. Eventually this little scenic route I had taken took me out to Davison, so of course I was late for work by a couple of minutes. Now I find out, from Thumbs it was due to an accident which only opened up one lane on 75. Errr, this whole week has been filled with car accidents every time I drive to work. I had two accidents on Tuesday alone which backed up traffic along M-53 freeway. As soon as I got on 696, what do ya know, another accident this time at Dequindre. People need to like ride the bus or something to work.

I went to Boulan today to play some 2's. Dang it, went on the wrong week due to the Jambalya, only doubles that were a challenge were the Samoan Brothers. Oh well, Rob invited me to play on Sundays because only selected players get to play in that one. Anyone wanna go to test your skillz?

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