We are wrapping up our short 2 day trip to NYC. I think this has been the most walking I have done in a long time (I am pretty sure I have done my whole year’s worth in the last 2 days). As we have been trying to cut cost, we decided to save some […]
I am Dethroned
The results are in for this year’s NCAA Tourney pool that our family did together. The new reigning champion is Christina! The boys and Karissa was out of the running awhile back but Christina and I were running pretty neck and neck last week. Now she gets to choose a restaurant of her liking as […]
Spring Break in NYC
The family and I will be spending a few days in NYC. With all my frequent mileage, we were able to get free tickets. I am looking forward to spending some quality time with them, albeit it is only for a few days. It is things like this that help the kids remember that ministry […]
Frosh Class Gathering
It was great hanging out with the Freshmen class last night. I opened up the floor for questions and of course questions about how I met Christina, relationship and all the fun stuff came up 🙂 I did close out by sharing about giving 3 months to a year of their life overseas as we […]
April 2008 HMCC Highlights for Alumni
Even after this trip out S.E. Asia, I was reminded about the importance of being connected to the network of relationships that God sovereignly brought together. In every single stop that we have made (from Singapore, Hong Kong to Jakarta) it was great reconnecting with people who shared a common experience – transformation at HMCC! […]
Back from Jakarta
It is good to be back. I can’t wait until the airlines start using some of the bigger planes so that we can have more direct flights around the world. In the midst of trying to save some money our flight from Jakarta-Singapore-Hong Kong-Chicago-Detroit nearly killed us physically (I don’t know if I want to […]
Indonesia 2008 Update 3
We are in transit right now in Singapore. Our plane will be taking off in about 5 hours. I am sitting here just reflecting on some of the great things that God allowed us to experience and witness with our own eyes. Right away, three things come to my mind: 1) God is creative – […]
Indonesia 2008 Update 2
It has been a crazy couple of days. I have been meeting up with various people who are working in the school system here in Jakarta. Some of the schools were international schools as well as college level schools. It is incredible to find people who are passionate about education and how they believe that […]
A Full Day in Indonesia
We got up in the morning and headed out for the 11AM service at the International English Service, one of the handful of international churches out here in Jakarta. The preacher spoke on Acts 2:42-47, the classic passage on community and the early church. They were trying to promote their small groups. It reminded me […]
Alumni Around the World
Today in the morning, Stephen, Moses and I headed towards the Singapore National Library. It is an awesome 16-story library complex which reflects the beauty of Singaporean architecture. We also had the opportunity to just walk around in the common area where young people were gathered today playing various sports. It was fun randomly talking […]
A Stop Over in Singapore
After 20+ hours of travel, we finally arrived in Singapore and met up with Stephen Suyro, who is another former member of HMCC. It has been fascinating connecting the dots on this trip. Both Dave and Stephen came to know the Lord through their time in HMCC. There is something powerful about having people discover […]
Hong Kong Stop
I am always amazed how God orchestrates things for His glory and our good. As I have mentioned earlier, I had no idea that there was a stopover in Hong Kong when we originally purchased the plane tickets. Therefore, we had no time to plan for our time in Hong Kong, even though it was […]
In Transit to Indonesia
We are at a long layover here at Chicago in ORD (O’Hare Airport). I was tempted to step out and grab some good Chicago food (i.e. hotdogs, gyros, or deep dish pizza) while we are waiting, but we decided to just stay here and work on things and just talk. We just found out that […]
Quick Trip to Indonesia
I am about to head out to the airport soon. I will be heading out to Jakarta via Singapore for a really quick 7 day trip. The first stop will be in Singapore to meet up with some of the HMCC alumni there. Then I will be heading into Jakarta to lay down some ground […]