soup kitchen

yesterday i went to serve at a soup kitchen in harlem. it was in the basement of a church, & i think we fed about 200 people. about 15 members from our church (mostly km) went to prepare & serve the food. & we gave out small bags full of Christmas presents. our km worship pastor led a really good time of worship. he plays some really impressive jazz-style piano. even though his english is not perfect, he was really good at getting different people to come up & sing on the mic. i got to share a short sermon before the meal. i think it's always a good experience to serve people in that setting. always eye-opening. & i have to admit that seeing will smith's movie, "pursuit of happyness", made me look at homeless people in a different light.

my nephew's first birthday

last weekend we celebrated jack's first birthday (dohl). a few weeks b/f the party, my sister's church had a guest speaker who criticized people for spending too much money on their children's birthday parties. funny timing.

at the party, many of the guys were wearing orange ties. i felt left out of this recent trend.

december birthdays

so many friends & relatives have december birthdays. last week we had one dinner for 4 different birthdays. suhee's birthday is dec 9.

first snowfall

yesterday we had our first snowfall. it was a beautiful morning to wake up to.

thanksgiving day football

thanksgiving was strangely warm. it was perfect weather for our church football game. about 10 years ago i bought my football cleats, knowing that i would only use them once a year. i guess i'll be ready to use them again next thanksgiving.

i picked up suhee's new car last night. mazda6 sportwagon. we got an awesome deal through carsdirect.com. we paid $2,229 below invoice price.

gideon keeps sucking on his big toe

scott brenner worship concert

on friday our church hosted a worship concert w/scott brenner. he is a caucasian-american who is married to a korean woman, & he's been doing worship ministry in korea for many years. he has some serious worship-leading skills & the band was awesome. & he actually sings in korean too. it was great to see the sanctuary full of people of all different ages. & there was so much passion for the worship. you could feel the energy & buzz in the air.