October is ober

Kathryn Scott is the artist of the week y'all,

powerful irish female vineyard worship leader, das wsup.

ne how,

October has been a pretty eventful month~ actually blogged once every week atleast ;)
hope to regularly do so~

went to Max Brenner the other night w a "special friend"
Happy Birthday Mandy! ;D
they decided to stick a candle in a piece of chocolate for her... how sweet & stingy of them......

place was dumb expensive, but good experience overall~ their fondue's are a must have :)

this past week actually has been a blessed one...

although there is still so much ahead of me, i feel as if today has so many things i can walk away with by itself....

recently ive been tremendously blessed and stressed with my church.... but its a good kinda stress...

the kinda burden u wana carry not only for your family in Christ, but for God. 

not carry God's burden kinda burden, but a holy type burden, whereas instead of feeling overwhelmed by the journey, ur overwhelmed by the blessing of the journey... even with all that baggage.

As a Christian there's so much to learn...

so many times we try to meet God by our own means.... but u come to realize its end sooner than we'd hope.

& the truth that God comes to meet u... or the bigger truth of how God already came to meet us, on the cross, through Christ.... smacks u like a brick wall.

the song rings truth....

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ, my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood."

as a korean pastor who sounds jamaican when saying this likes to say,

"be killin sin or sin be killin u (mon)"

werd.

JPeaceOut

"Good Company"

"How good & pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity!"

 Psalm 133:1

my brothers Bruce & Alex, have been staying over for the past couple of weeks, 

moreso the weekends than weekdays,

but Bruce attends QC w me and Alex lives in Brooklyn and sleeps over during the weekends cuz he attends EMC which is located in Oakland Gardens, Bayside. (http://ebenezermc.com/)

we've all played shows together or worship sets, conferences, revivals, etc...

i'm blessed to be in good company :)

& of course i don't mind them staying over, as long as they keep the steak comin & house clean! lol

they've been awesome in cooking for me & my roommates and stocking up our frig @ times, can't complain ;)

our korean brother from Uzbekistan 

cooking us some Russian omeletes~holla! :D

(btw, yall ever try Russian ketchup? offdahook! :)

there company has definitely blessed me in ways i wouldn't have expected...

we've been able to hold each other accountable in terms of studying & being good stewards of our studies and also our health!

Bruce & Alex are really fit & healthy people and they & Enrique encourage healthier eating habits & exercise.... but nonetheless my laziness gets in the way more than i'd like... T__T (u could preach witdat huh)

one thing id hope we be able to do is hold ea other more accountable spiritually.

will b praying that God uses our time together in a redemptive & sanctified manner~ afterall, we won't have too many moments like this left so i will do what i can to cherish it =)

ne how, das it for now, till next time fam ;)

stay blessed and stay fresh!

JPeaceout! ;)

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Chris Tomlin new single:
"How Great is Our God (World Edition)"
 Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Zulu, Africans, Mandarin

epic...

I am Second...

so i stumbled upon this site called, "I Am Second" cause ma man Lecrae was on it and was instantly hooked~
with its aesthetic & sleek designs and films, not to mention its Christ centeredness and mission to encourage those who struggle ~ i've become a fan of this movement !

athletes such as Sam Bradford & Tony Dungy,
actors such as Stephen Baldwin & Alex Kendrick,
musicians such as Jason Castro & Lecrae,
politicians such as Mike Huckabee,
and everyday ppl like u & me sharing their stories of how Christ became first, pretty awesome.

lotta things have happened this past week and it feels like this semester is in full cycle now...

with papers and midterms rolling in, planning and meetings for church, and soon my work....sigh*

easily overwhelmed but staying confident and pray'd up cause i kno God got ma back~

either way, here r some photos of my week :)

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My roommate Curtis' BDAY

(we surprised him w some ice cream cake and Rosa's pizza after a hard days work, yall knoooo)

here's my silly sister on her birthday this past week~ o_O

Amanda & I on her birthday :)
(finally got her that pillow pet she literally dreamsss abouttt)

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just for laughs :D

a video made on my spare time...

October October

Song of the Week!

Jamie Grace ft. TobyMac - Hold Me

AHHH IT'S ALREADY OCTOBER!! O_o

(Happy birthday Chunkit ;D)

it's been an eventful and victorious week thus far & i'm praying God would keep me in a positive and productive state-of-mind...

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward 

in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 3:13b-14

werd

"The Way" was awesome and it was really a blessing and encouraging to see random ppl fervently praying and worshipping God!

for our first prayer/praise night we were excited to see about 40-50 ppl in a sanctuary that fits 700+ because our usual Friday night discipleship classes avg 10 ppl! 

so we're sitting there like, "where'd all these ppl come from?"

it's not so surprising when we realize that prayer brings friends, family, & even strangers together~

it's a universal component that ppl from different walks of life understand, or do they?

we're only hoping, expecting, & praying for God to do His thang and for us to b faithful servants & we know God will continually fill those seats~

we were also excited to see 44 ppl in our first service/transition into the main sanctuary this past Sunday!! i thought the change would be too drastic or unnecessary due to the limited amt of ppl, but it was actually refreshing & very...spacious... hopefully all that space encourages hearts to worship bit more freely :)

either way, i have a long week ahead of me...

beginning my student-teaching @ Newcomers H.S. which is apparently #6 according to the U.S. News Report of 100 Top Gold Medal Schools, whereas Stuyvesant is #31 & Townsend Harris #33, go figure -_-;;

http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list

hope everyone has a great week as well :)

till next time,

JPeaceOut