Dear family and friends,
Here is our first big update since getting married last year in August. We apologize that it’s been a while since we have updated you. We’ve been waiting to come out with a big mass email like this only at the right time. We think it’s time now to share some exciting news with you! No, it’s not a babyJ. We’re heading back to Nepal!!!
Many of you already know that we went to Nepal in 2007 on a short-term missions trip with
our church from Korea. Prior to this trip, we didn’t really know much about each other. But after the trip, we started dating and were married less than a year later, a wonderful story of God’s goodness and master plan! Even before anything had sparked between us, we had both individually fallen in love with the rawness of Nepal, and had told God that we’d come back to live if he made it clear to us that he wanted us there. Then it sparked between us, and turned into a fire and we got married, with Nepal still deeply marked in our hearts. But with marriage and life happening, we thought, oh why not a few years later, money saved, self-supported, and more ready. Then we’ll go, everyone else seemed to think that was the wisest thing to do. But God seemed to have a different plan. As always, He wanted us to exercise faith. The decision to go to Nepal came sooner than we thought. The Spirit nudged and was simply asking us to trust and go. So here we are now. You can read more about this process from John’s perspective on our blog http://sojothomps.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-is-now.html
Since going to Nepal 2 years ago, we have not stopped thinking about and praying for its people, specifically the ethnic Tibetan refugee groups residing in Nepal. There are so many needs. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and one of the darkest. Hinduism and Buddhism consume over 95% of its population. We desire to serve the needs of the people of Nepal, however God leads.
For the next 4 months we will be going through a Missions Internship through an NGO focusing mainly on bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the unreached parts of the Himalaya.
SEPTEMBER: We will be residing in Korea at the Chun-parents’ home (who are in Charlotte, NC right now on furlough). We will be going through an intensive, in-depth period of study, using the Missions Perspectives course with the leaders of the NGO. This course is filled with insightful and reliable material on mission work from all over the world, but we will be focusing mainly on the application of this material in the Himalaya. We are excited to be learning about sharing Christ’s love and truth in ways that can be received by the ethnic Tibetan people groups. We also look forward to picking the brain of our pastor who has served as a missionary in the Himalaya for many years.
OCTOBER: We will be arriving in Nepal to assist at an orphanage home in Kathmandu. The children at this home have all come from remote and unreached areas of the Himalayas of Nepal, rescued from trafficking, abuse, disease, poverty, hunger, even death. They have come to the home and become followers of Jesus Christ. Many of them are teenagers now and are leading groups back to the very villages where they came from, preaching and teaching God’s Word boldly and powerfully in the Spirit. They are remarkable children with some of the most moving testimonies you’ll ever hear of God’s rescuing mercy.
We will also assist a short-term missions team from Alabama and our church in Korea who will meet us at the children's home and go into very remote areas of the Himalaya. One team will hand out much needed medical supplies, most notably de-worming medicine. Another team will go on a story telling trek from village to village. Nepali people, especially from areas void of all media love stories! A whole village will gladly come to hear Bible stories. Another team will stay at the home and have VBS (Vacation Bible School) with the children.
NOVEMBER: We will head down to Northern India to see a Bible School for indigenous pastors. Believers from India, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar, and other countries of the Himalaya come to this school to learn more from God’s Word, to know God more, and then go back to their home countries to make Him known. We are excited to meet and learn from these people.
We will then go back to Nepal for a week before coming back to Korea in December.
DECEMBER: We will have 3 more weeks of study again in Korea, this time with a more narrow focus on the Himalaya and its unreached people groups.
We finish the internship on December 18, in time to rest and celebrate Christmas. It is our hope and prayer that at this time we will be making preparations and raising support for going back to Nepal sometime in 2010 as full-time career missionaries, God willing.
So our purpose for participating in this internship is to discover if this is the path God has for us. We are praying for Godly wisdom, for clarity and vision while we are there, and for God to show us if He is opening or closing the door for us in Nepal. We feel it is an excellent ‘trial’ period for God to test us and stretch our faith. We are praying for boldness and a faith to simply step out and obey His call. We have a heart and true passion for Nepal, and we want to show compassion to its suffering people. We desire to be a light that shines for Christ in the darkness and to serve there with all of our spirit, soul, and body. God grant us favor and grace.
Another reason for going is to see the work firsthand in the Himalaya, to come back in December and to inform you about the needs and the work there. We desire for our friends and family to get involved in the work; most importantly by giving your time in prayer, or giving finances to the work there, or even coming to visit and see the work for yourself.
We can do nothing without the power of the Holy Spirit working in and through us and we recognize how important it is for us to dedicate ourselves to fervent prayer, and to be lifted up by the saints in prayer. Please pray that God would be glorified.
Thank you to all of you who took time to read this and pray for us. We are so thankful for each and every one of you for being a huge and significant part of our journey. We are so excited to see God’s light and life spread through Nepal. We love you all.
Peace and love,
John and Soyon Thompson
P.S. We are working on a website so we can keep you updated on all that is happening with us on a more consistent basis. Please be patient as it’s our first crack at a website. Until then, check out our blog. sojothomps.blogspot.com
Some Prayer Points:
God’s work in the Himalaya
The Nepali people
God’s workers
more laborers to go to the children
the Bible School in India
the USA team and our church team
the Internship
protection and safety in traveling
physical health
financial provision
our equipment to hold up
open doors and open hearts
connections with people
the Holy Spirit’s guidance
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
Happy 1 Year Anniversary in Jeju Island
Right before taking off for the wonders in Nepal and India,
we decided to spend a few days between the end of our
3+ years of teaching Korean hakwon students and
the start of the Missions Internship to vacate,
and celebrate our one year of marriage, which we would say
has been the best year of both of our lives.
It was a beautiful time away on Jeju Island.
It was a beautiful time away on Jeju Island.
My boss got us reservations at a resort that was
everything we could have asked for. We
lounged around some, mainly fed off of budget food from
the convenient store, climbed to a volcano crater, and played
coastal photography. And as seems to be the typical
past time of the Thompsons these days, we
hiked up Mt. Halla, the highest peak in S.Korea,
on the day of our anniversary, drenched in
cold rain and wind, sloshing through mud and puddles,
cold rain and wind, sloshing through mud and puddles,
nearly breaking our knees. We enjoyed every part of that day
in reflection of year one, thanking God
for what he's given to us in marriage, and
looking ahead with deep anticipation
for the uncovering of the coming year.
Click for more photos.
The Future is Now
Hi all,
This is John. My first blog entry on here. Sorry for my lack of communication and my constant procrastination. I think I was just afraid to write this earlier because I was searching my heart for my motivation as to why I was writing this. I hate writing about how God is working in my life sometimes because when I write it, I think it can sometimes sound boastful and arrogant. I wonder if it comes across to others that I have it all together and that’s why God has been so good to me. That is so far from the truth. God is so good to me and you because He’s just that good. He loves us that much. And I shouldn’t be ashamed of that. But I struggle so much with self worth and accepting that the Creator loves His creation so much. And I constantly think about those who read it and are struggling with God and comparisons start being made as to why God seems to favor some more than others. But God showers his grace and love on all, especially the ones who are struggling. Again I think about how awesome God is, and how much He works through people who are so flawed and full of sin and I think, how can I not share this with my friends and family.
So for those of you interested in what our plan is for the near future, here it is: Read along.
Have you ever done something that, at the time, made no sense, but later worked out well? I think this may be one of those times for us...
One day Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw a boat along the shore and got into it. It was Simon Peter's boat.
Jesus said to Peter, "Let's go into deep water, toss the nets in and catch some fish."
Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you said so I'll let down the nets."
They did and caught so much fish the nets began to break. They needed another boat to come help them. Both boats were so full of fish they began to sink. Peter and his companions were astonished.
Peter fell to his knees and said to Jesus, "Go away from me Lord. I am a sinful man."
Jesus said to Peter, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men."
So they pulled their boats to shore, left everything, and followed Him. - Luke 5:1-11
A few months ago I enrolled in the Korean Language Program at Seoul National University. After much thought, prayer, endorsements from former students of the program, and conversations with in-laws; my wife and I decided it would be best for me to go through the program for one year. It would only be a year and by the end of that year I would have a firm grasp of the Korean language and culture. Our vision for going through the program was to:
I) Help me better communicate with my in-laws and their extended families so we could get to know each other on a deeper level.
This is John. My first blog entry on here. Sorry for my lack of communication and my constant procrastination. I think I was just afraid to write this earlier because I was searching my heart for my motivation as to why I was writing this. I hate writing about how God is working in my life sometimes because when I write it, I think it can sometimes sound boastful and arrogant. I wonder if it comes across to others that I have it all together and that’s why God has been so good to me. That is so far from the truth. God is so good to me and you because He’s just that good. He loves us that much. And I shouldn’t be ashamed of that. But I struggle so much with self worth and accepting that the Creator loves His creation so much. And I constantly think about those who read it and are struggling with God and comparisons start being made as to why God seems to favor some more than others. But God showers his grace and love on all, especially the ones who are struggling. Again I think about how awesome God is, and how much He works through people who are so flawed and full of sin and I think, how can I not share this with my friends and family.
So for those of you interested in what our plan is for the near future, here it is: Read along.
Have you ever done something that, at the time, made no sense, but later worked out well? I think this may be one of those times for us...
One day Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw a boat along the shore and got into it. It was Simon Peter's boat.
Jesus said to Peter, "Let's go into deep water, toss the nets in and catch some fish."
Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you said so I'll let down the nets."
They did and caught so much fish the nets began to break. They needed another boat to come help them. Both boats were so full of fish they began to sink. Peter and his companions were astonished.
Peter fell to his knees and said to Jesus, "Go away from me Lord. I am a sinful man."
Jesus said to Peter, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men."
So they pulled their boats to shore, left everything, and followed Him. - Luke 5:1-11
A few months ago I enrolled in the Korean Language Program at Seoul National University. After much thought, prayer, endorsements from former students of the program, and conversations with in-laws; my wife and I decided it would be best for me to go through the program for one year. It would only be a year and by the end of that year I would have a firm grasp of the Korean language and culture. Our vision for going through the program was to:
I) Help me better communicate with my in-laws and their extended families so we could get to know each other on a deeper level.
II) Use what I learn and pass it on to our children when we had them so they would know their background, language, and culture.
III) Allow me to make important decisions for my family rather than be told what to do because I don’t know the language or the way the system works.
IV) Use the language to connect with people and churches within Korea for raising support when we were to go to the mission field.
V) Be able to make a better income which would be much easier for an English speaking foreigner with an F-2 spousal visa and the ability to speak Korean. The job opportunities are endless and the advantages great for a person with that skill set. This would allow us to be able to pay off my student debts quickly after the one year program concluded.
Our vision and reasons for the Korean Language Program were well intentioned, well thought out, and probably the most reasonable course of action for us at the time.
Then about 2 weeks before I was to start the program, my wife and I decided to take a week and commit it to prayer. At this point our missions training would have to wait a year or two until after the Language program, but that was fine with us. Korea had become our safe home. And we felt that after a year or two in Korea, we’d be better prepared, better educated, and better suited for the mission field.
Halfway through that week of prayer we met a young married couple who had been through part of the Himalayas mission training (at our church). They were about to leave for India and Nepal for the short-term-on-the-field portion of the training. They began talking about Nepal and the fire in our hearts started burning again for Nepal and its people.
At the end of our week it was becoming quite evident that God didn’t want us to delay going to the mission field for two years. My wife recognized it before I did… or more accurately, I didn’t want to recognize it. I was starting University in less than a week, we were actively involved in church and the community, we were developing new friendships with people, we were connecting more with our family, and I was in Judo classes that I really loved. For the first time in my three years in Korea, I really felt like I was starting to connect with and embrace the Korean culture. I love this country and it feels like home for Soyon and me. I certainly didn’t want to give that up.
My wife is awesome! What I love the most about her is her big soft heart. She grew up as an MK (missionary kid) in Nigeria. She loved her time there, but still carries some deep hurts about her upbringing as an MK. If you’re an MK, I’m sure you can relate. Recently I’ve seen God do some amazing things in her life that show that she really is being healed of those past hurts. I think for the first time in her life, she’s feeling some consistency. She, like me, has come to love Korea and call it home. It’s safe and offers her stability, something I was afforded living in a small town for over 26 years, but something she has just come to find. For an MK that’s always been moving around, it’s a new and refreshing change not to up and move around so much. I think she would have been content to establish some roots here and settle down.
But at the end of that week of prayer, God really started speaking to her heart. She listened. She let go of the stability and safety that Korea offers us and suggested we radically change our life and our direction. No more delays to the calling God has for us. It’s time to start the missions training. I saw the change in her. She was teaching me a thing or two about obedience and faith and she didn’t even know it. She still struggles from time to time (like we all do), but she’s faithful and responsive to God. I love her for that!
So here I am with an itch to go back to school and improve my judo throws. I figured it was too late to turn back. I was enrolled in University, tuition was paid, in-laws were so proud of me for learning Korean, we’ve got a nice apartment, sweet car (KIA PRIDE!!!), and great life right here in Suji. Why would I want to give all that up? Why risk all that? It makes no sense.
And then I think about Peter in that passage in Luke. He says, “Master, I worked hard all night and caught nothing. But because you said so, I’ll put down the nets.”
Peter is a fisherman. Fishing is all he knows about. He fished that same spot all night with no success. It made no sense for him to throw the net back out there. But he did. And Jesus rewarded his obedience and faith. We believe He’s the same gracious God and will do the same for us if we just listen to what He’s telling us.
It made no sense, but we quit the Korean Language Program. It made no sense, but we probably offended our Korean family slightly. It made no sense, because I already quit my job a week prior to this…
But because You said so, we put down our nets.
God has since filled our boat!
I was able to quit the Language program with a 90% refund for tuition. I got my old job back and got another great job (2 jobs now) that I’ll work until the end of July, thus allowing us to pay off my school debt (finally after 10 plus years!) in less than two months and save a bit too. It looks like we’ll be able to start the 4 month training for the Himalayas as early as the end of August. Praise the Lord! And miraculously this all occurred in the span of our week of prayer.
We are excited to be starting this new journey and new adventure.
Like Peter and his companions we are astonished at the improbable things God worked in our lives in such a short time frame.
And like Peter, I think, “Go away from me Lord. I’m a sinful man.” I feel so unworthy of it all. I struggle with thoughts of not being adequate enough and strong enough to go to a place so foreign. I feel like I don’t measure up at so many things that the mission field will hold for us. Unskilled, uneducated, unready are we.
And yet the words of Jesus jump out and hit me right in the face. “Don’t be afraid.”
Peter was a fisherman. It’s all he knew. He wasn’t adequate to preach, skilled to teach, educated to witness, brave enough to stand for Christ, or strong enough to go where God called him to. He knew how to bait a hook, untangle a net, and gut a fish. But he pulled his boat to shore, left everything, and followed Him anyway.
We feel like Peter. We know a few things that we are familiar with. But if we leave everything that makes sense and follow Him anyway, God will fill our boats. Sometimes our boats may be full of water and we’ll feel like we’re drowning. Sometimes our boats may be full of the catch of men. Peter failed God miserably and he stood up for God triumphantly. I expect some of the same struggles and successes for Soyon and myself.
God’s plan seems to be constantly changing, refining, and morphing our lives into His perfect will as we seem to be dragging our feet, kicking and screaming, “No. Not yet. Wait for my time God.”
And Jesus says to not be afraid and just follow Him. We’re gonna try.
I read my blog entries from a year or two ago and the plans I had. I think about what’s happened over the past month. I keep thinking, “My, how things have changed.”
Please keep us in your prayers as we start this new phase of our lives we feel God has laid before us.
Our vision and reasons for the Korean Language Program were well intentioned, well thought out, and probably the most reasonable course of action for us at the time.
Then about 2 weeks before I was to start the program, my wife and I decided to take a week and commit it to prayer. At this point our missions training would have to wait a year or two until after the Language program, but that was fine with us. Korea had become our safe home. And we felt that after a year or two in Korea, we’d be better prepared, better educated, and better suited for the mission field.
Halfway through that week of prayer we met a young married couple who had been through part of the Himalayas mission training (at our church). They were about to leave for India and Nepal for the short-term-on-the-field portion of the training. They began talking about Nepal and the fire in our hearts started burning again for Nepal and its people.
At the end of our week it was becoming quite evident that God didn’t want us to delay going to the mission field for two years. My wife recognized it before I did… or more accurately, I didn’t want to recognize it. I was starting University in less than a week, we were actively involved in church and the community, we were developing new friendships with people, we were connecting more with our family, and I was in Judo classes that I really loved. For the first time in my three years in Korea, I really felt like I was starting to connect with and embrace the Korean culture. I love this country and it feels like home for Soyon and me. I certainly didn’t want to give that up.
My wife is awesome! What I love the most about her is her big soft heart. She grew up as an MK (missionary kid) in Nigeria. She loved her time there, but still carries some deep hurts about her upbringing as an MK. If you’re an MK, I’m sure you can relate. Recently I’ve seen God do some amazing things in her life that show that she really is being healed of those past hurts. I think for the first time in her life, she’s feeling some consistency. She, like me, has come to love Korea and call it home. It’s safe and offers her stability, something I was afforded living in a small town for over 26 years, but something she has just come to find. For an MK that’s always been moving around, it’s a new and refreshing change not to up and move around so much. I think she would have been content to establish some roots here and settle down.
But at the end of that week of prayer, God really started speaking to her heart. She listened. She let go of the stability and safety that Korea offers us and suggested we radically change our life and our direction. No more delays to the calling God has for us. It’s time to start the missions training. I saw the change in her. She was teaching me a thing or two about obedience and faith and she didn’t even know it. She still struggles from time to time (like we all do), but she’s faithful and responsive to God. I love her for that!
So here I am with an itch to go back to school and improve my judo throws. I figured it was too late to turn back. I was enrolled in University, tuition was paid, in-laws were so proud of me for learning Korean, we’ve got a nice apartment, sweet car (KIA PRIDE!!!), and great life right here in Suji. Why would I want to give all that up? Why risk all that? It makes no sense.
And then I think about Peter in that passage in Luke. He says, “Master, I worked hard all night and caught nothing. But because you said so, I’ll put down the nets.”
Peter is a fisherman. Fishing is all he knows about. He fished that same spot all night with no success. It made no sense for him to throw the net back out there. But he did. And Jesus rewarded his obedience and faith. We believe He’s the same gracious God and will do the same for us if we just listen to what He’s telling us.
It made no sense, but we quit the Korean Language Program. It made no sense, but we probably offended our Korean family slightly. It made no sense, because I already quit my job a week prior to this…
But because You said so, we put down our nets.
God has since filled our boat!
I was able to quit the Language program with a 90% refund for tuition. I got my old job back and got another great job (2 jobs now) that I’ll work until the end of July, thus allowing us to pay off my school debt (finally after 10 plus years!) in less than two months and save a bit too. It looks like we’ll be able to start the 4 month training for the Himalayas as early as the end of August. Praise the Lord! And miraculously this all occurred in the span of our week of prayer.
We are excited to be starting this new journey and new adventure.
Like Peter and his companions we are astonished at the improbable things God worked in our lives in such a short time frame.
And like Peter, I think, “Go away from me Lord. I’m a sinful man.” I feel so unworthy of it all. I struggle with thoughts of not being adequate enough and strong enough to go to a place so foreign. I feel like I don’t measure up at so many things that the mission field will hold for us. Unskilled, uneducated, unready are we.
And yet the words of Jesus jump out and hit me right in the face. “Don’t be afraid.”
Peter was a fisherman. It’s all he knew. He wasn’t adequate to preach, skilled to teach, educated to witness, brave enough to stand for Christ, or strong enough to go where God called him to. He knew how to bait a hook, untangle a net, and gut a fish. But he pulled his boat to shore, left everything, and followed Him anyway.
We feel like Peter. We know a few things that we are familiar with. But if we leave everything that makes sense and follow Him anyway, God will fill our boats. Sometimes our boats may be full of water and we’ll feel like we’re drowning. Sometimes our boats may be full of the catch of men. Peter failed God miserably and he stood up for God triumphantly. I expect some of the same struggles and successes for Soyon and myself.
God’s plan seems to be constantly changing, refining, and morphing our lives into His perfect will as we seem to be dragging our feet, kicking and screaming, “No. Not yet. Wait for my time God.”
And Jesus says to not be afraid and just follow Him. We’re gonna try.
I read my blog entries from a year or two ago and the plans I had. I think about what’s happened over the past month. I keep thinking, “My, how things have changed.”
Please keep us in your prayers as we start this new phase of our lives we feel God has laid before us.
seagull
we have this laundry man who comes by our apt and shouts,
"seh-tak (세탁)" which means, "laundry" in korean.
but he tightens his nasal and distorts the sound of it
somehow, and john thinks it sounds like, "seagull" ???
he comes by every morning around 9:30, i think,
i'm usually asleep, and being the heavy sleeper that
i am, i often continue on in my sleep, but
i think john wakes up to him most days. so sometimes
when i way oversleep, jn'll come in and wake me up,
chanting, "seagull, seagull."
i really need to make use of this door to door service. i
have some pants i need shortened and dry-cleaned.
this is a very dumb entry. i don't know why i'm writing this. i
confess, i'm in class right now, and i
only have one student today in this last block, due to the
sickness that's been hitting students and teachers these days.
and so i had him write an essay, and listen to the audio of
the chapters we're studying in "james and the
giant peach." and we're on the part where seagulls are used to
lift the peach out of the sea of sharks, so i thought
about my mornings and john saying, 'sea-gull'...
and i just need something very mind-numbing right now,
ie. this blog. i feel like my head's
been spinning non-stop with all the preparation of prepping for classes,
last week's artmingle and this week's orphanage
christmas party. i look forward to some peace and
rest in 6 days!
"seh-tak (세탁)" which means, "laundry" in korean.
but he tightens his nasal and distorts the sound of it
somehow, and john thinks it sounds like, "seagull" ???
he comes by every morning around 9:30, i think,
i'm usually asleep, and being the heavy sleeper that
i am, i often continue on in my sleep, but
i think john wakes up to him most days. so sometimes
when i way oversleep, jn'll come in and wake me up,
chanting, "seagull, seagull."
i really need to make use of this door to door service. i
have some pants i need shortened and dry-cleaned.
this is a very dumb entry. i don't know why i'm writing this. i
confess, i'm in class right now, and i
only have one student today in this last block, due to the
sickness that's been hitting students and teachers these days.
and so i had him write an essay, and listen to the audio of
the chapters we're studying in "james and the
giant peach." and we're on the part where seagulls are used to
lift the peach out of the sea of sharks, so i thought
about my mornings and john saying, 'sea-gull'...
and i just need something very mind-numbing right now,
ie. this blog. i feel like my head's
been spinning non-stop with all the preparation of prepping for classes,
last week's artmingle and this week's orphanage
christmas party. i look forward to some peace and
rest in 6 days!
yong jun's birthday
this past weekend, for yong jun's 24th birthday we took him to an
african (really it was mostly, if not all, nigerian food) restaurant
in itaewon. a couple weekends ago, john and i were going through
this waegukin (foreigner) city to find an ethnic place to eat,
maybe arabic, thai, or indian, we had thought,
until john saw a huge sign for an african restaurant.
and sure enough the menu included pounded
yam, egusi, okro, jollof rice and beans,
fried plantains, maltinas, fried chicken, all the best of nigeria. i
was ecstatic, we walked up to the second floor and it
felt like i had just stepped into nigeria, the entire floor was filled with
africans (i swear most of them were nigerian), and small stores that
sold vaseline, chin-chin, and baby powder, crackers, all goods
from the motherland. everything felt like home,
except, as yong jun pointed out later on, it was cold and everyone
was wearing winters coats and hats. you never see that where we
grew up. it felt so familiar and nostalgic, but the weird,
yet probably not so surprising thing
was that in some ways i felt quite awkward and out of place
there, with my caucasian husband, and my yellow chinese skin,
i guess it was like i had always felt in nigeria anyway.
anyway, we thought yj would like a piece of nostalgia for his birthday so we
came again, to find that the waiter was from jos, the city where we went to
boarding school,
and we enjoyed a yummy meal, though the egusi
didn't taste as delicious as i remembered, the jollof rice and
beans were salivatingly tasty. rick smith and his wife came, and steve
hammack, all friends of yj from kent academy.
we were hoping to catch a few minutes of a nigerian soap opera, but
distastefully, we were stuck watching an interview of joel olsteen,
i told my story about how my college roommates and i had literally
ripped every single page of his book and thrown it across our living
room, this was back when we had no room for phony 'christians'. oh he
still makes me rave though. but that's beside the point here.
i miss nigeria. john and i are planning and saving for a winter 09 trip to
my home. that would mean a lot to me for him to see my
origins. well, that was a bit of a tangent of a blog. all that to say,
we celebrated my brother's birthday. i'd say yj is one of best men i know.
it's so great to have him nearby.
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