what's going on...
So.... what is going on with me, ... quite a bit (but those who know me well, know that that's not new). Work for the last 4 months has been insane. along with long days at times, it also has been shift work, changing shift work. working weekends, working 6 days in a row, working holidays, like Christmas and New Year's. But, there is light at the end, and its coming up quick. Work is slowing down for me, in fact, the first time in my 9 year career, I won't be on a full-time project starting Mar 3rd (at least not for a while -- which is okay, because.... see second point below).
First, i'd like to share what i have been doing, in between my crazy work hours.
last month i participated in a half-marathon. yep, i did a half marathon. jog / walked it. it was fun, exhausting, but the trip reminded me how much i miss to run and be away, away from computers, tv, work, and just enjoying thing things around me, like the rain on my face, the sun over the ocean, the ocean waves, being outside. it also was a huge risk in some sense, i stepped out of my comfort zone, ran / walked longer than i had in my life, in the rain, no doubt. I mean, i could've bailed and forfeited the run (with a good excuse, it was raining), but i prayed about it, as i was conflicted, i have a tendency to want to try something crazy and new, and then when the moment comes, i bail out. after much thought and prayer, I felt that i need to try to do it, and just do it. [I think the Lord was telling me that its okay to step out of one's comfort zone, and take on a bit more than one thinks they can handle].
i've been working with a group called rjcnetwork.org. their a networking group of retired and current missionaries, Reaching Japanese for Christ. They're an amazing, grassroots type organization that has tremendous momentum right now. shortly on the website, i'll be posting a video promo i put together for their 2008 international rjc conference held this past weekend up in seattle. me and my gear went up to seattle for three wonderful, blessed days. very powerful and informational, as i learned that Japanese churches are sending missionaries to the US to reach Japanese! had a great time and hope to continue to be able to work with them and help provide my God given media and technology skills to their ministry.
Second, i want to share what i will be doing, in 7 days. i am hopping on to a plane bound for Quito Ecuador. why Quito? well, its a bit lengthy, (and this is the summarized version of it...)
at urbana 03, as i sat in the wok-bowl of a place at Urbana, there was this whisper, "you're going to do missions, with the technology and engineering talents i've gifted you with". i was like, "uh, yeah, me, full-time missions, yeah, right." i thought God was kidding. then the weeks and months after urbana 03, the vision of the future started to reveal itself, it wasn't going to be a 'quit my job now and go off to south east asia'.... It was more like, 'you're at where i want you to be, continue to learn and absorb all this amazing engineering where you're at, i am preparing to use you, later....'. i was like, 'sweet, that means i can continue to fly satellites, i can go to school and have my company pay for it, earn another degree, i am down with that.' i also visited Wycliffe's technology group, JAARS, in North Carolina. Seeing and feeling first hand the need for talented technology, system and software engineers to help use those resources to further His kingdom.
at urbana 06, i went back as a volunteer, i was hoping to do something with technology, but God showed me that i don't have to directly do something technological to serve him. I was a volunteer at the information booth, but i got to use my organizational, scheduling and tasking skills to help the IV staff to organize the function of the booth, and i got to hang out at the global connections area quite a bit on my off shifts. here is where hcjb comes in. i was roaming around in the global connections area on day 1, and came across this multi-media booth that was very awesome in presentation and form.... and it was hcjb. then i remembered, randomly (of course nothing is random with God), i knew someone back in 1992 that went off to be a missionary with them.... so i asked the guy behind the counter, did he know a guy named Allen Graham. The guy behind the counter was like, 'yeah, he's here'. I was like, no way! I hadn't seen Allen in 16 years, and he was there. I got to reconnect with Allen, and also find out more and more about hcjb, by hanging around their booth all Urbana-long. the amazing thing about hcjb, they do three major resources: radio broadcasting (which at times, they use satellite up and downlinks, as well as deploy satellite dishes, etc); medical services; and water resources. i've always had a fascination with medicine and first aid; my BS degree is in Civil Engineering with a water resource emphasis; and i currently work in communications field as a system engineer (and i seem to enjoy all things in media technologies). hcjb seems like a good fit for my multitude and diverse interests.
in 2007, after returning back from another trip to Dubai, this one being 6 weeks of 12 hour days, i vacationed in Colorado for 4 days, visiting hcjb's global headquarters in Colorado Springs. I had a blast there, meeting different folks, seeing what their IT / software and web guys were doing at the time. They kept saying, you should go down to Quito. I was hoping to, but i didn't seem to be able to fit the timing in, well, until now!
so, mar 3 at 6am i head to miami, then quito. i come back on mar 10. i will be going as a visitor this time, but hopefully in the future, i may go as a working visitor. i am totally stoked. excited to see what the Lord may have in store for me.
also later april, i'll be heading to the NABshow, attending the workshops for technologies in worship.
all the while, i'll be working on recap videos for the RJC folks as well as serving as IT director at Venice (my home church) and hanging out with the Christian Surfer's of South Bay.
First, i'd like to share what i have been doing, in between my crazy work hours.
last month i participated in a half-marathon. yep, i did a half marathon. jog / walked it. it was fun, exhausting, but the trip reminded me how much i miss to run and be away, away from computers, tv, work, and just enjoying thing things around me, like the rain on my face, the sun over the ocean, the ocean waves, being outside. it also was a huge risk in some sense, i stepped out of my comfort zone, ran / walked longer than i had in my life, in the rain, no doubt. I mean, i could've bailed and forfeited the run (with a good excuse, it was raining), but i prayed about it, as i was conflicted, i have a tendency to want to try something crazy and new, and then when the moment comes, i bail out. after much thought and prayer, I felt that i need to try to do it, and just do it. [I think the Lord was telling me that its okay to step out of one's comfort zone, and take on a bit more than one thinks they can handle].
i've been working with a group called rjcnetwork.org. their a networking group of retired and current missionaries, Reaching Japanese for Christ. They're an amazing, grassroots type organization that has tremendous momentum right now. shortly on the website, i'll be posting a video promo i put together for their 2008 international rjc conference held this past weekend up in seattle. me and my gear went up to seattle for three wonderful, blessed days. very powerful and informational, as i learned that Japanese churches are sending missionaries to the US to reach Japanese! had a great time and hope to continue to be able to work with them and help provide my God given media and technology skills to their ministry.
Second, i want to share what i will be doing, in 7 days. i am hopping on to a plane bound for Quito Ecuador. why Quito? well, its a bit lengthy, (and this is the summarized version of it...)
at urbana 03, as i sat in the wok-bowl of a place at Urbana, there was this whisper, "you're going to do missions, with the technology and engineering talents i've gifted you with". i was like, "uh, yeah, me, full-time missions, yeah, right." i thought God was kidding. then the weeks and months after urbana 03, the vision of the future started to reveal itself, it wasn't going to be a 'quit my job now and go off to south east asia'.... It was more like, 'you're at where i want you to be, continue to learn and absorb all this amazing engineering where you're at, i am preparing to use you, later....'. i was like, 'sweet, that means i can continue to fly satellites, i can go to school and have my company pay for it, earn another degree, i am down with that.' i also visited Wycliffe's technology group, JAARS, in North Carolina. Seeing and feeling first hand the need for talented technology, system and software engineers to help use those resources to further His kingdom.
at urbana 06, i went back as a volunteer, i was hoping to do something with technology, but God showed me that i don't have to directly do something technological to serve him. I was a volunteer at the information booth, but i got to use my organizational, scheduling and tasking skills to help the IV staff to organize the function of the booth, and i got to hang out at the global connections area quite a bit on my off shifts. here is where hcjb comes in. i was roaming around in the global connections area on day 1, and came across this multi-media booth that was very awesome in presentation and form.... and it was hcjb. then i remembered, randomly (of course nothing is random with God), i knew someone back in 1992 that went off to be a missionary with them.... so i asked the guy behind the counter, did he know a guy named Allen Graham. The guy behind the counter was like, 'yeah, he's here'. I was like, no way! I hadn't seen Allen in 16 years, and he was there. I got to reconnect with Allen, and also find out more and more about hcjb, by hanging around their booth all Urbana-long. the amazing thing about hcjb, they do three major resources: radio broadcasting (which at times, they use satellite up and downlinks, as well as deploy satellite dishes, etc); medical services; and water resources. i've always had a fascination with medicine and first aid; my BS degree is in Civil Engineering with a water resource emphasis; and i currently work in communications field as a system engineer (and i seem to enjoy all things in media technologies). hcjb seems like a good fit for my multitude and diverse interests.
in 2007, after returning back from another trip to Dubai, this one being 6 weeks of 12 hour days, i vacationed in Colorado for 4 days, visiting hcjb's global headquarters in Colorado Springs. I had a blast there, meeting different folks, seeing what their IT / software and web guys were doing at the time. They kept saying, you should go down to Quito. I was hoping to, but i didn't seem to be able to fit the timing in, well, until now!
so, mar 3 at 6am i head to miami, then quito. i come back on mar 10. i will be going as a visitor this time, but hopefully in the future, i may go as a working visitor. i am totally stoked. excited to see what the Lord may have in store for me.
also later april, i'll be heading to the NABshow, attending the workshops for technologies in worship.
all the while, i'll be working on recap videos for the RJC folks as well as serving as IT director at Venice (my home church) and hanging out with the Christian Surfer's of South Bay.
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