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| My grandfather was taken home on October 13, 2006 5 AM. His memorial
service was held on Saturday and funeral on Monday. He was put into
the ground during the first snowfall of this fall/winter. He was
called home in his sleep on the morning of Friday the 13th...
People
may now ask are you okay and how is your family. I'm doing alright and
my family is doing ok. I cried once through this entire weekend. I
guess I just don't know how to react to this since it was my first time
that I've gone through this kind of stuff. I cried at the end of the
memorial service when I saw my grandmother who looked so lost and
confused not knowing what she would do. I cried even more when I saw
my grandfather in his coffin and realized that I will not be able to
see him again nor will I be able to hug him every Sunday like I used
to. That's when I started crying. I was getting a little teary at the
beginning of the service when we sang my grandfather's favorite hymn.
As we were singing it, I could actually hear him singing it with us...I
didn't cry when he was lowered into the ground. Some people might say
that I was being insensitive or just holding back my feelings or
something along those lines. That might be true. I don't know...
I
bombed my midterm today though because I wasn't able to study really
for my exam. In all the confusion I also ended up mixing up the dates
between my 2 anthropology courses. Either way, I wasn't prepared for
my exam today and I probably bombed it. I still have 2 more exams next
week and a paper due the week after. I've already started to prepare
for my Greek and my other anthro course (the one that I thought was
today) I think that the exmas are going to be pretty hard though.
Need some prayer in that area.
All in all, I guess I'm ok. It
was nice seeing almost all of my relatives (from my dad's side) come
together into one place. 2 uncles and 4 cousins were absent through
the whole thing. It's just kinda sad that we had to come together
because of such a solemn occassion. I guess everyone was thinking the
same thing. We all kinda wished that we got together under different
circumstances. It was nice though to see everyone altogether. It was
the first time that I saw all the sisters get together into one place.
Seeing how much fun they were having with each other now, only could
make me guess how they were growing up.
As I predicted, my
birthday was a bust with everyone so concerned with my grandfather, it
just went by with hardly any notice...Oh well, so life is... | | |
| Well, in some ways I can say that, but this year is quite a bit
different. I haven't been on here much lately and I apologize to all
my wonderful friends from YWAM for not really being on here. Things
have been somewhat hectic since school has started. I just wrote my
first midterm today (although I've been getting quizes on a weekly
basis in Greek) and I have been working at my own store, at another
place called BCOM Computers, and reffing volleyball. All of that plus
school on the side and church is keeping me pretty busy. I've also
been re-elected president for my College Group Student Council this
year and working with the new pastor is also been fun. All in all
that's my life in a nutshell.
Well, late last week my
grandfather (95 years) went into the hospital suddenly. I've known
that his health was slowly declining over these past few months, but
suddenly went bad last week. He's been in the hospital ever since and
the doctors say that he won't make it much longer. Today I found out
that the left side of his heart is failing, he has pneumonia, and his
kidneys just failed. The adults have decided that if he stops
breathing that CPR won't be done on him due to that fact that if CPR is
performed his ribs will break and he will die anyway. He has lived a
long fruitful life, and I'm glad that he has been around as long as he
has. But due to this, I dun think that it really is that much of a
"Happy Birthday" for me at the moment as my entire family is just
waitng for the Lord to take my grandfather away.
PS. My b-day is on Oct. 11
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| I guess it's been a few weeks since I've last done this. Since then, not a single DVD or CD has come in the mail yet. I'm still waiting on it from everyone or anyone for that matter. I'll forgive you all under the assumption that people are busy getting back into the groove of things ar trying to still decide what the next step is going to be in their lives. I still haven't found another job yet though. I did get a few interviews though and well, we'll see what happens from there. I have another one tomorrow actually for a computer tech store. I'm still not quite sure what kind of job that they have open, but I know that God's always got my back in everything that I do.
People may be wondering what has been going on with me, my dad, and my girlfriend as well since I have left everyone kinda in the dark. Well, things are going good with both sides, even though the relationship between my family (dad) and my girlfriend still hasn't quite come to a complete resolution yet. I'm just waiting on God about it for the moment and leaving it up to Him. There has been other things however that have come up.
Recently, my grandmother in Korea (my mom's mother) has been diagnosed with cancer. I'm not sure what kind of cancer, but it's cancer and it's moving quite quickly. My grandmother refuses to get an MRI because she really doesn't want to hear how long she has left. She says that when God will take her when she's ready and when He's ready. As a result no one really knows how long she really has left. Also resulting from this is that I may be going to Korea for a short trip to see my grandmother. Apparently she has requested that I see her and my parents really think that I should go ASAP and pray for her and just be with her as they are not sure if she will even make it to next year. I still have no tickets yet or a set date, but it will most likely be from the end of July till the beginning of Aug. I don't want to be gone more than 2 weeks though because I still have things to do before school starts as well. So I need prayer in that I can find the right flight to get and also just prayer over my grandmother and the rest of my family in Korea at the moment.
Thanks to everyone and hope to hear from all of you guys soon! | | |
| Well, I got back from another short trip not too long ago. It was
actually a business trip to BC side of the Rockies to Canvass over
there for Foster Parents Plan. I got to meet a lot more of my
fellow co-workers while I was there as well. It was a bit tougher
than I thought it would be. Not a lot of people were willing to
help out children in underdeveloped countries. It was really
discouraging to see how many people actually didn't care too much about
other things in the world. I began to realize more and more how
many people are so numb and desensitized to all the hardships of the
rest of the world. They don't realize how blessed we are living
here in the western world. We have roads that are constanly being
mended so that we can have amore comfortable ride. We have
constant access to clean drinking water that runs freely from our
tap. Not everyone in the world have these things that we take for
granted. The things that make up our daily lives I learned we
have taken for granted. Hot water to take a shower, the washing
machine (espcially the spin cycle), electricity, etc. As I got
around houses asking people to help out children overseas as it costs
only a dollar a day (which you can't even buy a cup of coffee whith
that anymore) they still say they can't help out. I wasn't asking
them to change the world (even though if everyone did help out just a
lil it can) but just to help at least make a single life of a child a
little better.
I've also been patiently waiting for my fellow DTSers to send me DVDs
and CDs with pictures and vid clips from this past quarter.
Unfortunately, I haven't gotten a single one yet. It's been
almost a month and I still have had no reply from anyone yet.
Sure I understand that everyone is busy with their own things and all,
but if I dun get these things then I can't really get started at
all. For those of you who are still deciding to send me your
stuff or not you can send it to this address.
Joshua Lee
11716-33a ave
Edmonton, AB T6J 3H4
Canada
Things are also going pretty good with my parents and all the other
things that have been somewhat of a mess for me. Still praying
about everything though. I thank everyone for your prayers and
support. I know that there will be more to come in terms of this
area. Just continue to keep me in your prayers and remember to
obey God no matter what!
PS. My Oilers lost in Game 7, but they put up a good fight so now
all my cheering will now go towards the World Cup and Korea!
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| Well, to put it shortly I'm still going through some serious testing still. God has told me to put my relationship with my girlfriend on the altar. Right now it's on the altar and I'm praying as my parents are praying for the peace from God about my relationship with Kristine. They have decided to put all thier prejudices aside and pray for our relationship to see if it is from God. I really am afriad of what is going to happen. With faith I am holding onto the hope that we are meant to be because of all the confidence that I have about me and her being together. So that is my prayer request right now.
I got a job also already (praise God). It's with a marketing and promotions company where God is using my relational gift to it's maximum and full potential. What kind of job is it? Well, currently my company's client is Foster Parents Plan which is a dollar a day for overseas children charity organization. It's similar to World Vision if that helps you out better. So I go around trying to get sponsors from people for children in underdeveloped countries. I just started working today and God blessed me with doing a good job today. They actually said I was a natural at it...and so I thank God again. I also thank God for the opportunities that He will be presenting me in this job. I pray that I will always continue to rely on Him on all that I do in every part of my life.
I want to continue to thank all those who have been keeping me in thier prayers and I am blessed that I have people praying for me. If anyone needs prayer by all means let me know. I have been blessed because of other's prayers and I will return the blessing. | | |
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