Best Birthday Card EVER!

It was a good birthday. 

simple yet full of surprises (3 gals from my Wednesday YaYa Sisterhood discovered my 'detox home' and Elaine join us from her work. She's interning this semester as a counselor at nearby ICS. 

Missed a few of the girls who were still traveling. But maybe I can manage a make up birthday date!

After having watched THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA YA SISTERHOOD last night with James, my Seasoned Sisters of Singapore had a discussion today about the real YaYas from Caroline's hometown! They are really named The Hee Hees. And they are quite notorious in a way that my sophisticated and Godly girlfriends don't really want to be. Let me tell you!

Having been so long without on-the-ground girlfriends, I am deeply thankful for my friends and sisters here in my adopted country. Life is delightful when God is showing his feminine side of love for me through my girlfriends.

My boys were also sweet; in their masculine bumbling sort of way.


James showed the boys CORNY video from our honeymoon. 


TYLER: Oh man. It's a good thing you waited 8 years to have kids. You needed some time to mature!" 


I an have audio recording to remember them telling me Kimberly qualities A-Z. 


The best was H="hot", I="indescribable" (tyler) 
and 
J="James' lover", W="winebibber" (cameron).


The actual day was much much better than the previous day. To protect the innocent (and easily embarassed) that post will stay in draft form until the teenage years have blown over.

The Swan Song: SINGLISH

Tyler the Emcee for Int'l Night @ ICS
Originally uploaded by K!Mberly

He'll be off to Uni in June :-( This video was the intro to him coming on stage and emcee'ing ICS international night last night as a Singaporean taxi cab driver. It was fun to see him shine onstage in his "native tongue!" Hard for this stage mom to stay pretty much "hands off" and let the 18 year old do his thang. Should we submit this as a "special skill" to UCLA admissions office?

link to the intro video on FB

CRM USA February Receipt Letter: Kimberly & Yi Hui

PERSONAL VISION for 2011

In a couple's mentoring group we worked on Personal Vision statements this week. A dynamic/ever editing type of statement helps us focus on the important and weed out the urgent.

What's yours?

Tho I don't have much clarity for future LONG RANGE,

I'm very sure the now is to: 

• mix up creative small batches of love to
• feed those who are in my immediate family and close circle of friends, 
• see the boys "launch" well fed and eager to feed others, 
• making sure we're eating a healthy BALANCED diet, 
• and working from a tidy kitchen with clean tools, and a healthier chef (who's not spread it too thin).

That means: Exercise the "no Muscle" on new inspirations by setting them on the back burner for the time being.

Oasis Home Group from RHC
tosses the Yu Sheng for Chinese New Year 2011

Knowing the Bible May Seem Like a Daunting Task, but it’s Do-able!

(Wrote an article for our church blog. Here's an excerpt from the middle of it,)

After hearing some of our histories with the Word of God,  our host lead us in a very practical exercise of how to make a plan to know God’s word over a lifetime. Here’s the condensed version of what he taught.

CORE Books or Passages

Christian leaders usually have favourite Bible books or passages which God has used mightily to spur their growth or solve their problems or guide their decisions. These books or passages form the basis of much of what they share with others, and they do it with added impact since there is a deep personal meaning. Pastors who have invested years in studying the Bible and preaching the Word have the opportunity to master more of the Bible than others, but all of us have some books or passages which we have or are becoming the core for us. God has provided all of us with different opportunities for learning and shaping us through the Scriptures.

Approaching Our Mastery of the Bible in Four Ways

1. Devotional Input - learning to hear from the Holy Spirit as you regularly read the Bible.

2. Mastery of Core - Really set your heart and mind to study and mastery of these sections as God reveals them to you.

3. Familiarity Reading – the sections of the Bible you don’t know as well.

4. Situational Studies – as topics come up that you need to know about, or have the opportunity to learn, God will lead you to expertise in certain areas.

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