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| II Corinthians 12:9
And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.
Every year around this time, there will be fellowship gatherings and opportunities to share our life and blessings because of the thanksgiving holiday. Karen would like to sincerely thank God for every little thing that He has done for her and her family. God's grace is sufficient and His strength is made perfect in weakness -
Miracle #1 - I was devastated after being rejected to enter into the TCU coordinated program in dietetic. Without the internship training, I won't be qualified to take the registered dietitian board exam. In other words, there would be no job for me after finishing the nutrition degree at TCU because I won't become a registered dietitian. Filled with disappointment and frustration, I also lost my confidence and believed that I wasn't good enough. I didn't have the courage to re-apply for the second time. Seriously, I had no clue about my future and lacked of focus....
Thank God that He saw me in tears, with pain and sorrow so He gave me hope. He also knew my weakness so He lifted me up with confidence. I was encouraged by Joseph and professors to re-apply for the next year program and finally being accepted. It was the second most amazing gift from God (i.e. the first most amazing gift -> being sin free and with eternal life as a christian!). I did not take it for granted. Amen.
Miracle # 2 - It was unbelievable, yet hilarious that I could not afford to complete the internship program at TCU after a year later, due to the fact that my mom lost a considerate amount of money in the stock exchange market. Joseph and I were facing the separation crisis because I had to return back to Hong Kong for good. I once again lost hope and simply felt sad and miserable... Although I did ask for help from relatives in New York and San Francisco to be my school loan co-signers, they were afraid to help and it surely was quite disappointing. I thank God that two good christian friends / angels were around and to offer help without me asking. Without their help, I might not be able to finish my degree in a timely manor and there's possibility that Joseph and I might have to separate for a long while. Thank you God, I did not take it for granted. Amen.
Miracle # 3 - For the first time Joseph lost his job, I was just graduated from TCU and my first job did not make much money. I thank God that He gave Joseph a chance to finish his college studies during the time of his unemployment. During that time, God also provided me a part-time job in addition to my full-time job -> something that I did not even ask for! It was a dietitian lady desperately needed for help and I was referred by another dietitian lady who got my resume a long time ago. Thank you Lord, we did not pay any bills late during the time of Joseph's unemployment and he later on got the contract position with his current company, then received a full-time, permanent position after a year of service. Joseph continues to work for this same company since then. I did not take it for granted. Amen.
Miracle # 4 - Thanks to my poor judgment and the desire to grow professionally through the advanced nutrition education, I made a huge mistake to give up a stable job in a slow economy. I went for a somewhat higher paying job and hoped to save money to support my master degree education. It turned out I could not manage the job well due to intensive office politics and was constantly struggled with over-working and was unable to balance my work and family life. Thank God that He pulled me out from that job right after my mom arrived to the U.S. for a 3-week visit. It was nice to spend some quality time with my mom and Karina during the jobless time. God is great that He offered me a new job right after my mom left and this new job is even better than the previous one. Thank you, Lord. You are truly awesome. And, I did not take it for granted. Amen.
Miracle # 5 - As always, I thank God that I have a supportive husband, a lovely daughter, and two understanding parents. Thank you Lord for all my wonderful friends. I know I'm loved!  Thank you!
http://www.ccesonline.com/dev/hisgraceissufficient.htm
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| Karen got her thankful heart back and just wanna say, God is "great"! Thank you for everything... my family, my parents, my husband, my little girl, my brothers, my friends (from HK, current/previous churches, work, schools, from the street, etc.)... Thank God for providing so that Karen and Joseph can still keep their job, house, cars, phones, all the gadgets, etc... and keep up with their bills... Thank God we are generally healthy with good spirits... Thank God our body is intact with nothing missing... Thank God we can still sing and praise the LORD and enjoy HIS words with good eye-sight and hearing... Thank God we are NOT homeless and with the ability to buy foods to satisfy our basic physical need of hunger. Thank God we are NOT in war and are actually safe, free from being physical, mental, and sexual abuse by insane, devilish soldiers but live in peace... We are just too fortunate and cannot ask for more... Thank you, God! | | |
| Karen has passed her citizenship test to become an U.S. citizen. Yay!!!!
Next plan is to successfully score well in the GRE exam so that she can decide what graduate schools she is qualify for applying. Karen is hoping to find a school that provides decent quality of education but also affordable. Karen really wants to master things learned and to use it for her dietetic career. Without the application of knowledge into daily work life, what has learned is actually a waste.... Guess everybody knows "practice makes perfect!" Same theory applies to our Chirstian's life as well. Knowing the truth without following nor doing it -> a waste of one's spirtual life...
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| Tonight, Karina and Mommy Karen had a blast dancing together with the music, "I Gotta Feeling," by Black Eyed Peas playing over and over again before bed. After we danced a little bit more with a couple of other songs, Joseph and Karen then started a conversation with Karina. Forgot why we asked Karina this question, "Do you want to have a little brother, or a little sister?" Of course we gotta provide some explanations and such to make her understand what we were asking.... Guess Karina's response? Her answer was a "YES!" and she wants a little brother!!!! How cute...  So, we prayed together and asked God to grant us a little boy if HE is willing... in HIS time, not in ours. Honestly, Joseph and Karen have been struggling and we are not sure if we really want to have another child. Without any family help or assistance, it is nearly impossible for us, two working parents, to take care of two kids (one is already a big challenge!). Besides, Joseph is now back to school and Karen also has plan to work on her master degree next year. There are things we wanna do, like traveling, enjoying our hobbies, playing sports, and such. Having another child or not is really a big decision to make. Guess we really need to trust in God for providing the best for us. Second baby or not? School first or baby first?? Time is running out... And we have no clue?
Christian friends, speak to us please? | | |
| Whenever Karen is sick, she'd love to isolate herself because she doesn't want people to suffer like her. Since Karen has been sick for the whole weekend, she's trying to stay away from Joseph and Karina as well. However, they are pretty "sticky" for some reasons and appear not taking Karen's advice at all. Oh well, Karen wanted Joseph to take Karina somewhere to play (i.e. Home Depot, Target, Church, Bowling, etc.) so this way Karen could have some rest and hopefully Karina won't get any germs from being too close to mommy. Joseph didn't want to do that and preferred to stay at home. Then, when Karen explained to Karina that mommy is sick and doesn't want to make her sick over and over again, Karina said to mommy, " 我要病病!" ("I wanna be sick" in Chinese). Guess Karen's good intention didn't get any appreciation at all!??? Or maybe Karen is just too paranoid about being sick!??? Anyway... Karen and Joseph both thought Karina's funny about wanting to be sick... 我要病病...我要病病...我要病病... 
Karina - Your wish is granted!!! Your temperature is a little higher now... 99.8F...
Joseph - You'd better take Karina to see a doctor tomorrow or something... coz' I have too much to do at work and don't have time to take any sick day at all... 
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