The Road Not Taken

February 26, 2010 was my sister's, Lisa, 18th birthday AND her last birthday in Orlando before she goes to college. In between school and dinner, Lisa and I decided to go to the Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve and take some pictures. Overall, I'm not very satisfied with the quality of the pictures but I guess that's how I learn right? There aren't many but enjoy the pictures.

 

 

With a little bit of photoshop.....

Congraulations Pastor Goose and Julee Chang!!!!

A couple years back, a seminary student moved to Florida to join our staff at Harvest and become known as our Youth Pastor. This is Pastor Martin "Goose" Chang. Pastor Goose has played such an extreme roll in my life and has mentored me and helped me through numerous struggles in my life both socially and religiously. Pastor Goose is someone that I highly look up to and I will forever remember him as one of my role models in my life.

For the past couple years, we (Harvest) have teased Pastor Goose for being single and not finding a wife but lo and behold, PASTOR GOOSE IS MARRIED to a wonderful woman by the name of Julee An (now Julee Chang). She is the perfect match for Pastor Goose and I could not be happier for the both of them. Julee was born and raised in Houston, Texas but spent the last 4-5 years in Seoul, Korea as the Director of Communications at Jubilee Church.

On January 2, 2010 (01-02-2010 <--palindrome), Pastor Goose and Miss Julee Chang tied the knot in Seoul, Korea. Although the wedding and reception was in Seoul, Korea, Pastor Goose and Julee held another reception in Orlando and planned to have yet another in Virginia, but had to cancel due to the harsh weather conditions.

I was given the wonderful opportunity to photograph their reception here in Orlando which was held at the Orlando Central Baptist Church (OCBC) on January 30, 2010. It was indeed a beautiful sight and celebration. To visit their wedding sight, click here!

 

The reception consisted of a small worship service, time of prayer for Pastor Goose and Julee, and dinner with some dancing at the end.

  

Our two lovely ushers. (Lisa Lee(left) and Yeari Han (right)

The wedding cake!

So the reception was January 30, 2010 BUT! Pastor Goose's birthday was the following day, January 31, 2010. So we decided to have two cakes.

Pastor Goose sang "Everytime I Close My Eyes" - Babyface, trio style (Pastor Albert and Albert Kang - Acoustic), just for Julee

And the dancing begins! 

 

 Danny Chen

  

 Stephan Seho Hong

 

Seho yet again

Pastor Daniel Chung with Pastor DL's baby girl, Emmanuelle "Manny" Kim

A couple of the daddies with their baby girls!

Jason w/ Emmaline (left), Sean (Myung) w/ Kayla (middle), and Eugene w/ Evelyn (right)

Their reception was definitely a fun time and just an awesome time for us to witness yet another loving couple brought together by their love for each other and their love for Christ. Congratulations Pastor Goose and Julee and thank you for giving me the opportunity to photograph your reception.

SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!

So I have an older sister who attends Emory University for college up in Atlanta and this past weekend, with no school on Monday (Presidents' Day), my family (dad, mom, sister (Lisa), and myself) decided to drive up to ATL for the weekend. We left Orlando early Saturday morning and arrive around 2 P.M in Atlanta. Unfortunately, we did not get to see fresh snow but we did however see some snow from the previous night. The last time I saw snow was about 3 years ago up in New York and I just forgot how cool it looked. Here are some photos of snow from the car on the way up.

 

Overall, it was a pretty fun time. It was good seeing my sister Lindsey and it was definitely good getting the chance to eat UNIMAGINABLE amounts of food. Now that the weekend is over, it's back to reality, back to school, back to work....

AWANA International

From January 12-February 2, 40 elementary/high-school students came from Korea as members of AWANA International, a Christian Discipleship program. February 2 was their last day in America and as a sign of gratitude, the children cooked dinner for the helpers. They made snow crab, some sushi, and some other stuff.

The snow crabs were cooked to perfection! You can see the kids asking for more.

  

Here's the whole group+helpers/teachers

Supposed to be a funny, goofy picture...

Here are some of the kids and some of the kitchen crew that helped out the kids.

Overall, I can say that the kids were extremely blessed. Their purpose was to learn English and to learn more about Christ. The kids were open and very interactive with the teachers/helpers. They were easily attached and loving towards the teachers and I can say that their departure was quite touching to many.

P.S

I can not say that I am pleased with the quality of my photographs because well, they are not of the best quality I have produced in the past. Any tips or suggestions are extremely accepted and appreciated.

CTI Visits!

CTI Ministries is "a community of young people who combine their common passion for music with their mutual desire to share the love of Christ." Jon Lee, a dear brother to myself and many others at Harvest, joined one of the CTI teams as an electric/acoustic guitarist. Jon Lee truly loves music. When he was buying guitars or playing Shane & Shane or leading worship, Jon was doing whatever he could to praise Christ. In August 2009, Jon Lee was.... "deployed" to join the CTI team, 14:22.

Within the CTI Team 14:22, they have 3 main purposes...

1. To encourage the church
2. Challenge christians to loving action
3. To share the love of Christ to those who don't know

 In CTI 14:22, there are 8 members.

1. Lead male vocalist/ acoustic guitarist: Eric Mok
2. Lead female vocalist: Lesley Denford 
3. Keyboardist/ female vocalist: Rachelle Poppema
4. Electric guitarist/ male vocalist: Matt Adams
5. Electric/ acoustic guitarist: Jon Lee
6. Bass guitarist: Dan Mumbert
7. Drummer/ percussionist: Denny Nestibo
8. Sound tech/ team leader: Jeff Hau

Here is a quick word from the team:

"there are 3 ways to partner with supporting us.

1. Through prayer: we definitely can't do what we're doing without prayer. Pray for safety as we travel around the country and do what we do. Pray for health. Pray for the team, that we would have a unified vision to lead people into a time of worship and pray for those we'll be ministering to.
2. Through finances: There are many ways of supporting us financially. If you feel led to support us in this way, contact one of us and we'll point you in the right direction.
3. The most exciting way to partner with us, is by actually joining a team and coming along with us: If you are between the ages of 16-30ish, and you play any of the instruments we play or mix sound, and want to use your passion for music to spread the gospel throughout the world, consider joining either a 6-week summer tour overseas or a year-long domestic tour. If you have any questions, again, feel free to contact one of us and we'll point you in the right direction."

The team visited this past Saturday on January 29, 2010 and they were indeed a blessing to us all. They are living life and doing what they love. Through small acts of playing instruments and leading other in worship, they are indeed being the salt and light of the earth. Here are some pictures...

 

Lead female vocalist, Lesley Denford  

 Female vocalist Rachelle Poppema

Lead vocalist Eric Mok

Electric guitarist Matt Adams

 

Bassist Dan Mumbert

 

Part of a skit they showed

 

After the "concert"/worship service, we originally wanted to go to Twisty Treat but they closed so instead we went to McDonalds. You can just see how close they are.

Here's the team

Jeff Hau (left, black shirt), Lesley Denford (left, next to Jeff), Jon Lee (center left, green jacket), Rachelle Poppema (center back), Dan Mumbert (center w/ hat), Eric Mok (center right, red jacket), Matt Adams (right) and Denny (not included) who was resting up in the van.

 

Joshua "Tico" Kim (center, grey/ purple jacket) and Hannah "Goonie" Kim (right in between Eric and Matt) both auditioned (Josh = bass, Hannah = female vocals) 

And should be hearing from CTI ministries shortly.

Overall, the team is an extreme blessing and the love of Christ just overflows from their heart. If you are interested in supporting the team in any of the above way, contact me and I will direct you to the right person.