Awesome Month of August (Part 1)

Dear family:

What a wonderful idea to have a blog. I hope this will help us be informed about what's going on in our lives so we can pray more effectively for one another. Thank you, Aunt Grace, for opening this.

August has been such a full month for me. Two other churches and our church had been working together to plan a combined VBS. What a delight it has been to meet two other Sunday School wokers - such outstanding women from whom I have been learning so much. On the first Saturday in August, we had a 5-hour VBS training workshop. We wondered about how many youth vlunteers we could have since we come from small churches, but we were amazed that the Lord brought about many youth. By the time we had the real VBS on the 13th and 14th of the month, I think we had over 15 youth helpers. That may not seem much to you from big churches, but that was huge for us.

The first week of August, was, of course, the sisters' reunion. I don't know when I had such fun and laughter as I did with the sisters. We laughed, we joked, we shared, we took pictures and on and on. I am so thankful to God for my sisters. I really appreciate that 1) they have such a bright outlook on life - always smiling, always laughing, always looking at the world in a postivie way. 2) They are creative problem-solvers. If they can't do something they planned, they think of other meaningful things to do. 3) They are resourceful stewards of what the Lord has give them. My family was surprised to learn that when we stayed from Monday to Thursday at Indiana, we went out to eat only once. Leave it to my resourceful sisters to figure out how to feed us and still save money!

By the way, my sister-in-law who has a print shop is doing Halabuji's and Halmoni's biography. I was reading what she had typed so far. I was so moved by the tributes that my siblings had written - they could write books on their own! We should be praying for God to see the biography through to completion and that it will bless and inspire all who read it.

That's all for now. I will try to post more at another time.

Love,
Hae Kyung