I got this from an email, some of them are really true and helpful.
對基督徒非常有幫助的29條建議
1.下次如果覺得自己了不起時，試試行在水上。
2.當魔鬼提起你的過去時，請提醒牠的未來。
3.你不是幸運，是蒙福。
4.若想要真正活著，得先徹底死去。
5.機會也許只敲一次門，但試探卻總是在按門鈴。
6.我們常在強壯時，忘了神。
7.那些只在星期天呼喚"天父"的人，在一星期餘下的日子�活得像孤兒。
8.不要以自我為中心，要以基督為中心。
9.沒有基督，沒有平安；認識基督，得到平安。（No Christ, no peace; know Chrsit, know peace）
10.為什麼我們不常向朋友提起神？因為我們不常向神提起我們的朋友。
11.當把你的一切獻給基督，因為祂把祂的一切都給了你。
12.你現在所追求的，值得基督為它死嗎？（好問題…）
13.使你向神靠近的人，是你真正的朋友。
14.神愛我們，不是因為我們是怎樣一個人，而是因為祂是怎樣一位神。
15.神的應許像夜空裡的星星。夜越深，星星的光芒越亮。
16.沒有基督的生命，是無望的盡頭。有基督的生命，是無盡的盼望。
17.我雖不知道未來掌管著什麼，但我知道誰掌管著未來。
18.把你的重擔交給主，讓它留在主那裡。
19.不要畏懼明天，因為上帝已在那裡。
20.當你除了神，一無所有時，你將知道神就是你全部的需要。
21.放手交給上帝，別再向神講述你的 風暴有多大，當向風暴講述你的神有大。
22.能夠滿足人心的，是造人心的那一位。
23.請常常保持著你心裡的光，因為你不知道，誰會藉著這光走出黑暗。
24.當我們只顧工作的時候，我們獨自工作；當我們祈禱的時候，神工作。
25.神無所不在，所以我們可以隨處禱告。
26.一個沒有需要的人永遠見不到神蹟。
27.敬拜提醒我們生命的價值，但世界卻使我們忘記它。
28.步履艱難的時候，別一味的禱告，卻不邁向神要你走的路。
29.禱告會為我們作很多事，憂慮同樣可以。(what does this mean?)
2009年1月28日 星期三
2009年1月26日 星期一
The Power of Prayers
Yesterday, a pastor from Taiwan (but originally, he's from Korea) came to our church to preach, and he said that when he prayed, the Holy Spirit told him that there are only few people praying for our church. We have over 700 people in the Chinese congregation, and it's very dangerous to expand when there are only few people praying for it. Without good prayers, the more people we get, the more shaking it will be.
I think that he is right. Even with a regular prayer life, I seldom pray for my church, my fellowship and my small group in the fellowship. Different from many people, my prayer time is in the early early morning...even before 5am! Every night, I wake up naturally (not by alarm clock) to call Hee to the bathroom and check on Ha (他每天踢被）， and when I go back to my bed, I start to pray. (Laying on the bed may not be a good position to pray, but this is the way that I felt the most comfortable and most doable) Mostly, I pray for my family, friends, and my 事奉, and from time to time, I pray for few singly brothers and sisters and hope that God can give them a partner for life. I even pray for our country, but I almost never mention about our church, our pastor, or our fellowship. In my mind, "somebody" will do that, but now, I realize that many people maybe just like me. They pray, but they don't pray for the church because they thought that "somebody" will do that.
Lacking of prayers may be the reason why comparing with my previous church, fellowship and small group when I was in college, this church may have more resources, but is not as hot spiritually. The fellowship program runs smoothly week after week, but the whole fellowship doesn't seem to be very close, and even the coworkers hardly know each other. We have Bible study very often, but most of the time, we hear a lot of inputs, but not many insights. I'm not blaming anyone because I am one of the people in it, too, and I never pray for it. If the words that we say in the Bible study are not from God, are not back up by our prayers, we just waste each other's time because 知識只能叫人自高自大，並不能造就人。We may know a lot about the Bible, but we may not help each other unless God helps us to do so.
Even though I didn't pray for the church or fellowship, I made sure that I prayed for my 事奉， and I found that with prayers, 事奉is very easy. I am going to lead the singspiration this coming Friday, and I haven't thought of the songs . I prayed this morning (at 4am), and before I knew it, two songs pumped out from my head, and they just matched the theme that I wanted to bring out. With the prayer, I didn't even need to flip through the song book, and it saved me a lot of time. The other example was that I was AWANA speaker two weeks ago because the original speaker was not able to make it for some reason, and I only had two days to prepare for it, so I prayed. When I got the material from Angela, I really thanked God because it was exactly the same message that I prepared in early January for kids' program. I only needed to spend little time to make the story telling into a presentation.
I am also participating in 3rd Sunday service worship team, and I can feel the stronger Spiritual connection with brothers and sisters in that small group even though we are from different fellowship, and we only meet once a week to practice the songs. We only have about 10 people, but many of them are strong spiritually. Yesterday, when we shared and prayed together, Cindy mentioned about the importance of being close of God, and I really appreciated that we have such a good sister in the group (and she is in my prayer for singles. She's a really nice and warm sister.)
Anyways, this is what I thought in my prayers this morning, and god urged me to write the down to remind myself and encourage others.
多禱告，多有能力；少禱告，少有能力；不禱告，沒有能力。我們要常常禱告！
I think that he is right. Even with a regular prayer life, I seldom pray for my church, my fellowship and my small group in the fellowship. Different from many people, my prayer time is in the early early morning...even before 5am! Every night, I wake up naturally (not by alarm clock) to call Hee to the bathroom and check on Ha (他每天踢被）， and when I go back to my bed, I start to pray. (Laying on the bed may not be a good position to pray, but this is the way that I felt the most comfortable and most doable) Mostly, I pray for my family, friends, and my 事奉, and from time to time, I pray for few singly brothers and sisters and hope that God can give them a partner for life. I even pray for our country, but I almost never mention about our church, our pastor, or our fellowship. In my mind, "somebody" will do that, but now, I realize that many people maybe just like me. They pray, but they don't pray for the church because they thought that "somebody" will do that.
Lacking of prayers may be the reason why comparing with my previous church, fellowship and small group when I was in college, this church may have more resources, but is not as hot spiritually. The fellowship program runs smoothly week after week, but the whole fellowship doesn't seem to be very close, and even the coworkers hardly know each other. We have Bible study very often, but most of the time, we hear a lot of inputs, but not many insights. I'm not blaming anyone because I am one of the people in it, too, and I never pray for it. If the words that we say in the Bible study are not from God, are not back up by our prayers, we just waste each other's time because 知識只能叫人自高自大，並不能造就人。We may know a lot about the Bible, but we may not help each other unless God helps us to do so.
Even though I didn't pray for the church or fellowship, I made sure that I prayed for my 事奉， and I found that with prayers, 事奉is very easy. I am going to lead the singspiration this coming Friday, and I haven't thought of the songs . I prayed this morning (at 4am), and before I knew it, two songs pumped out from my head, and they just matched the theme that I wanted to bring out. With the prayer, I didn't even need to flip through the song book, and it saved me a lot of time. The other example was that I was AWANA speaker two weeks ago because the original speaker was not able to make it for some reason, and I only had two days to prepare for it, so I prayed. When I got the material from Angela, I really thanked God because it was exactly the same message that I prepared in early January for kids' program. I only needed to spend little time to make the story telling into a presentation.
I am also participating in 3rd Sunday service worship team, and I can feel the stronger Spiritual connection with brothers and sisters in that small group even though we are from different fellowship, and we only meet once a week to practice the songs. We only have about 10 people, but many of them are strong spiritually. Yesterday, when we shared and prayed together, Cindy mentioned about the importance of being close of God, and I really appreciated that we have such a good sister in the group (and she is in my prayer for singles. She's a really nice and warm sister.)
Anyways, this is what I thought in my prayers this morning, and god urged me to write the down to remind myself and encourage others.
多禱告，多有能力；少禱告，少有能力；不禱告，沒有能力。我們要常常禱告！
2009年1月23日 星期五
Happy New Year!
This coming Sunday will be the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I don't think that I will post new entries during the weekend, so "Happy Chinese New Year" in advance!!!!!
I knew that this Sunday, Jie may prepare some special soup for the 3rd Sunday Worship, and I'm looking forward to it. My dad's fellowship will have special potluck dinner to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but our fellowship doesn't have any special program for it. I saw 年糕 in the market, but it was not very fresh, so I didn't buy it. I may try to do it myself or just 省略 it。 I will cook some 湯圓，fish, ...... 應該差不多像過年了吧～
I knew that this Sunday, Jie may prepare some special soup for the 3rd Sunday Worship, and I'm looking forward to it. My dad's fellowship will have special potluck dinner to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but our fellowship doesn't have any special program for it. I saw 年糕 in the market, but it was not very fresh, so I didn't buy it. I may try to do it myself or just 省略 it。 I will cook some 湯圓，fish, ...... 應該差不多像過年了吧～
2009年1月22日 星期四
惡作劇
Sunday morning, we had 土司 pizza, and each of us "ordered" different toppings (except for Hee, he wanted to copy his Daddy's.) I also 烤了兩片土司 in case someone is still hungry after the 土司 pizza. 把土司 pizza分給大家之後， 我就先去刷牙，他們三個可以先吃。
我一回來，發現我的土司 pizza上又蓋了一片土司。
Stephen: "妳的pizza不見了！”
Ha and Hee很有正義感: "是爸爸弄的。爸爸在亂搞＂
Ha:"像葛榮！”
Ｈｅｅ：“像愛愛的爸爸！”
Ｈａ和Ｈｅｅ的觀察力真是一流啊！以上兩位男士的確是我認識的人中會幹這種事的前兩名！
我一回來，發現我的土司 pizza上又蓋了一片土司。
Stephen: "妳的pizza不見了！”
Ha and Hee很有正義感: "是爸爸弄的。爸爸在亂搞＂
Ha:"像葛榮！”
Ｈｅｅ：“像愛愛的爸爸！”
Ｈａ和Ｈｅｅ的觀察力真是一流啊！以上兩位男士的確是我認識的人中會幹這種事的前兩名！
2009年1月21日 星期三
Blueberry and Blackberry
Because Martin Luther King believed that everyone should be nice to each other, the sharing topic of Ha's class this week is to bring something that can be shared with other kids. Since I found out the topic after I picked up Ha from school, and I was too lazy to go shopping with two of them, we decided to bring something that we have at home.
The healthiest choice was to bring the fruit. Ha said that his friend Ben brought apples yesterday, so he wanted to bring something different. I counted our blueberry and blackberry, and both of them are over 21 (20kids+teacher), so Ha brings blueberry and blackberry today.
I told Ha : "blueberry is sweeter, and blackberry is not as sweet as blueberry, so you should eat blackberry first, and then eat blueberry."
Ha said: "But they are so small, and I will eat both of them in one bite."
That's true, and more realistic. Sometimes, adults' thoughts are more complicated, but it doesn't mean that we are always right.
The healthiest choice was to bring the fruit. Ha said that his friend Ben brought apples yesterday, so he wanted to bring something different. I counted our blueberry and blackberry, and both of them are over 21 (20kids+teacher), so Ha brings blueberry and blackberry today.
I told Ha : "blueberry is sweeter, and blackberry is not as sweet as blueberry, so you should eat blackberry first, and then eat blueberry."
Ha said: "But they are so small, and I will eat both of them in one bite."
That's true, and more realistic. Sometimes, adults' thoughts are more complicated, but it doesn't mean that we are always right.
2009年1月20日 星期二
Rick Warren's Prayer
Today is Obama's Inauguration Day, and I recorded the whole ceremony for Ha and Hee to watch after school, so if they are elected as the presidents one day, they know what's going on in inauguration. (哈哈哈.....，我想太多了！）
Anyways. Before they went to school in the morning, I also invited them to watch the inauguration for about 5 minutes. Ha left for school early, and Hee and I saw Rick Warren's prayer. I was so touched and excited to see our Lord's Name being lifted high in such an important occasion. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA! MAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GO BACK TO GOD!
Here is the link to Rick Warren's prayer from MSNBC.
2009年1月19日 星期一
別急著說再見—— 從「忍受」到「享受」婚姻
from：http://www.gospelherald.com/template/view.htm?code=lif&id=8510
結婚好像金絲鳥籠？
英國有一句古話說：「結婚好像金絲鳥籠，籠子外面的鳥想住進去，籠內的鳥想飛出來；所以結婚而離婚，離婚又結婚，沒有了局。」這是對婚姻一個寫實的觀察，不過，觀察到的只是外表。
對要結婚的男女來說，雖然知道世界上的婚姻都有問題，但我們仍然勇往直前，以為我們的婚姻將會與眾不同，因為我們倆是真心相愛。事實上大部份的夫妻，婚後沒多久，對婚姻的滿意度就像一般的統計報告一樣，每況愈下。雖然每家都差不多，但你不用悲觀，因许多為多照著神的教訓努力去行的人，常常能夠享受婚姻的幸福。
婚姻原是一輩子的情歌
人是神造的，婚姻是神設立的，應當是美好的，但是，為什麼那麼多的夫妻都在忍受婚姻呢? 神當初設立婚姻時，原是要亞當一輩子都對夏娃唱情歌，說﹕「你是我骨中的骨，肉中的肉。」神要夫妻倆人相親相愛、白頭偕老，但亞當、夏娃不聽神的話，在犯罪的過程中，他們已經失去了丈夫和妻子的角色和本份，而犯罪帶來的咒詛，使男女在婚姻中的角色更加混淆。女人想要控制男人，而男人不讓女人控制，反而用強力來轄制女人。兩個想要控制對方的人生活在一起，難怪婚姻有衝突，家庭有問題。那問題怎麼解決?
享受婚姻的秘訣
婚姻最高的專家是神，輔導最有效的原理是聖經的教訓。然而夫妻關係牽一髮而動全身，婚姻問題剪不斷理還亂。這就是坊間為何有各式各樣幫助夫妻和家庭的書籍。佩芬所寫的「別急著說再見」一書就是以聖經為原則，經驗為例證，讓人看到神的心意，明白各人不同的角色，委身自己當行的本份，就一定能靠神的恩典建立幸福的婚姻和美滿的家庭。
妻子的本份——敬重順服自己的丈夫
現今的世代講要人順服的言論，已經不受歡迎，要講妻子順服丈夫，不管在中國或美國，都可能被人批判為食古不化、八股老調。但神真理的話正是這時代的需要，因為聖經中所指的順服，和世界對順服的要求﹕要人降服、屈服、臣服…等等，有天壤之別。順服的意思並非妻子是奴隸、僕人毫無自由，事實上順服丈夫的妻子是最自由的人，因為她已達成神在她身上的一個心意。妻子要順服丈夫是神以祂的智慧，對夫妻婚姻關係的設計。
妻子要如何順服丈夫呢？她除了要順服主，還要幫助丈夫。當神造了亞當以後，耶和華神說：「那人獨居不好，我要為他造一個配偶幫助他。」《創二18》神設立丈夫作頭，是要妻子幫助丈夫，丈夫的成和成就就是妻子的成和成就。西諺所說：「每個成的男子背後都有一名賢內助」。認識神的智慧婦人，都知道要幫助丈夫成。神要妻子順服自己丈夫，婚姻就會美滿幸福。
男人內心最大的需要是妻子對他的敬重與仰慕。以弗所書五章卅三節說：「妻子也當敬重她的丈夫」。「敬重」是一個決定，不是一種「感覺」。靠感覺妻子可能永遠無法敬重丈夫，因爲他是不完美的人。男人需要妻子一生敬重他，無論他成功否。
丈夫的本份——要愛惜成全自己的妻子
這是神給丈夫角色最基本和最重要的命令。丈夫愛妻子的榜樣就是基督愛教會。所以丈夫要效法主耶穌犧牲的精神。捨己絕對不是一件容易的事。真正的愛乃是捨己，就是放下自己。丈夫要放下自己，而做一些妻子喜歡的事情，比如：管教孩子，清潔廚房，主動做家事，送鮮花…等等，丈夫若願意為愛妻子而甘心捨己，神也會幫助我們的。
丈夫愛妻子也需成全妻子。成全一個人當然是以對方為主，為要建立對方。丈夫愛妻子時，也當有一個的目標，是基督給妻子的目標，就是使妻子更為聖潔、榮耀、沒有瑕疵。丈夫要達到這個崇高的目標，就必須甘心捨己，讓妻子可以照神給她的恩賜，盡量發揮，不斷成長，達到她的目標。
丈夫愛妻子也需顧惜妻子，如同愛自己的身子，丈夫有責任關懷妻子，供應他們需要，發展他們的才華潛能。丈夫代妻子要存心溫柔，如同母親乳養自己的孩子。丈夫享受妻子的保養顧惜很好，神更要丈夫保養顧惜妻子，要對妻子無微不至，無限溫柔。
努力改變自己吧！神為人預備的婚姻和家庭不是金絲鳥籠，不是城堡，使人沒有自由。而是好像伊甸園一樣，可以使人休息、享受、學習、成長。深願你能從『忍受』進到『享受』婚姻。
美滿的婚姻關係需要營造滿足與喜樂的人生並非靠做好事積公德，也不能靠著自己的努力，真正的愛和安全感來自與神的良好關係。祂除了給我需要的愛和完全的接納外，也給了我無比的力量。你目前的光景如何？你是否正為自己的自卑掙扎？你是否正在尋求無條件的愛？你實在不需要在這方面太煩心，因為你可以經由你與主耶穌基督的關係，得到你所追求的愛與歸屬感，並有足夠的愛來修復與配偶的關係。
作者簡介
蔡佩芬現任「加拿大學園傳道會」 中國網路事工主任，負責編輯出版新麗人網路雜誌，丈夫王大慶牧師在北加州灣區基督之家第一家牧會，育有三位兒女，曾任美國鳳城華人基督教會中文學校校長十年。請上網 wwww.fhl.net瀏覽她的【新麗人＿阿佩姐專欄】阅讀家庭‧ 親子‧ 家庭的文章。
結婚好像金絲鳥籠？
英國有一句古話說：「結婚好像金絲鳥籠，籠子外面的鳥想住進去，籠內的鳥想飛出來；所以結婚而離婚，離婚又結婚，沒有了局。」這是對婚姻一個寫實的觀察，不過，觀察到的只是外表。
對要結婚的男女來說，雖然知道世界上的婚姻都有問題，但我們仍然勇往直前，以為我們的婚姻將會與眾不同，因為我們倆是真心相愛。事實上大部份的夫妻，婚後沒多久，對婚姻的滿意度就像一般的統計報告一樣，每況愈下。雖然每家都差不多，但你不用悲觀，因许多為多照著神的教訓努力去行的人，常常能夠享受婚姻的幸福。
婚姻原是一輩子的情歌
人是神造的，婚姻是神設立的，應當是美好的，但是，為什麼那麼多的夫妻都在忍受婚姻呢? 神當初設立婚姻時，原是要亞當一輩子都對夏娃唱情歌，說﹕「你是我骨中的骨，肉中的肉。」神要夫妻倆人相親相愛、白頭偕老，但亞當、夏娃不聽神的話，在犯罪的過程中，他們已經失去了丈夫和妻子的角色和本份，而犯罪帶來的咒詛，使男女在婚姻中的角色更加混淆。女人想要控制男人，而男人不讓女人控制，反而用強力來轄制女人。兩個想要控制對方的人生活在一起，難怪婚姻有衝突，家庭有問題。那問題怎麼解決?
享受婚姻的秘訣
婚姻最高的專家是神，輔導最有效的原理是聖經的教訓。然而夫妻關係牽一髮而動全身，婚姻問題剪不斷理還亂。這就是坊間為何有各式各樣幫助夫妻和家庭的書籍。佩芬所寫的「別急著說再見」一書就是以聖經為原則，經驗為例證，讓人看到神的心意，明白各人不同的角色，委身自己當行的本份，就一定能靠神的恩典建立幸福的婚姻和美滿的家庭。
妻子的本份——敬重順服自己的丈夫
現今的世代講要人順服的言論，已經不受歡迎，要講妻子順服丈夫，不管在中國或美國，都可能被人批判為食古不化、八股老調。但神真理的話正是這時代的需要，因為聖經中所指的順服，和世界對順服的要求﹕要人降服、屈服、臣服…等等，有天壤之別。順服的意思並非妻子是奴隸、僕人毫無自由，事實上順服丈夫的妻子是最自由的人，因為她已達成神在她身上的一個心意。妻子要順服丈夫是神以祂的智慧，對夫妻婚姻關係的設計。
妻子要如何順服丈夫呢？她除了要順服主，還要幫助丈夫。當神造了亞當以後，耶和華神說：「那人獨居不好，我要為他造一個配偶幫助他。」《創二18》神設立丈夫作頭，是要妻子幫助丈夫，丈夫的成和成就就是妻子的成和成就。西諺所說：「每個成的男子背後都有一名賢內助」。認識神的智慧婦人，都知道要幫助丈夫成。神要妻子順服自己丈夫，婚姻就會美滿幸福。
男人內心最大的需要是妻子對他的敬重與仰慕。以弗所書五章卅三節說：「妻子也當敬重她的丈夫」。「敬重」是一個決定，不是一種「感覺」。靠感覺妻子可能永遠無法敬重丈夫，因爲他是不完美的人。男人需要妻子一生敬重他，無論他成功否。
丈夫的本份——要愛惜成全自己的妻子
這是神給丈夫角色最基本和最重要的命令。丈夫愛妻子的榜樣就是基督愛教會。所以丈夫要效法主耶穌犧牲的精神。捨己絕對不是一件容易的事。真正的愛乃是捨己，就是放下自己。丈夫要放下自己，而做一些妻子喜歡的事情，比如：管教孩子，清潔廚房，主動做家事，送鮮花…等等，丈夫若願意為愛妻子而甘心捨己，神也會幫助我們的。
丈夫愛妻子也需成全妻子。成全一個人當然是以對方為主，為要建立對方。丈夫愛妻子時，也當有一個的目標，是基督給妻子的目標，就是使妻子更為聖潔、榮耀、沒有瑕疵。丈夫要達到這個崇高的目標，就必須甘心捨己，讓妻子可以照神給她的恩賜，盡量發揮，不斷成長，達到她的目標。
丈夫愛妻子也需顧惜妻子，如同愛自己的身子，丈夫有責任關懷妻子，供應他們需要，發展他們的才華潛能。丈夫代妻子要存心溫柔，如同母親乳養自己的孩子。丈夫享受妻子的保養顧惜很好，神更要丈夫保養顧惜妻子，要對妻子無微不至，無限溫柔。
努力改變自己吧！神為人預備的婚姻和家庭不是金絲鳥籠，不是城堡，使人沒有自由。而是好像伊甸園一樣，可以使人休息、享受、學習、成長。深願你能從『忍受』進到『享受』婚姻。
美滿的婚姻關係需要營造滿足與喜樂的人生並非靠做好事積公德，也不能靠著自己的努力，真正的愛和安全感來自與神的良好關係。祂除了給我需要的愛和完全的接納外，也給了我無比的力量。你目前的光景如何？你是否正為自己的自卑掙扎？你是否正在尋求無條件的愛？你實在不需要在這方面太煩心，因為你可以經由你與主耶穌基督的關係，得到你所追求的愛與歸屬感，並有足夠的愛來修復與配偶的關係。
作者簡介
蔡佩芬現任「加拿大學園傳道會」 中國網路事工主任，負責編輯出版新麗人網路雜誌，丈夫王大慶牧師在北加州灣區基督之家第一家牧會，育有三位兒女，曾任美國鳳城華人基督教會中文學校校長十年。請上網 wwww.fhl.net瀏覽她的【新麗人＿阿佩姐專欄】阅讀家庭‧ 親子‧ 家庭的文章。
2009年1月16日 星期五
順服的真諦 -馮志梅
順服的真諦 馮志梅 from http://www.tccc.org.tw/women/?p=78
在一場對婦女的演講中，我提到聖經教導妻子要順服丈夫時，一位中年婦人建議我以其他字眼代替「順服」，因為這兩個字令她相當排斥；此外，也有些基督徒覺得「妻子順服丈夫」的聖經命令，是針對古代婦女所寫的，早已不符合現代的夫妻關係。
誤解順服的定義 有人以為順服代表「次等」；有人擔心順服會失去自我認知；有人害怕順服將有被奴役、被踩在腳底的感覺；也有人懷疑順服就是盲目的服從……。這些想法都是對順服的曲解，誤以為「女人順服男人」和「子女聽從父母」是相同的意思。事實上，聖經中的「順服」在英文譯為submission，乃是甘心樂意將自己放在另一人的權柄之下，發自內心的順從，這意味著兩人原是平等的。
中國文化要求女人順服丈夫，常使女性覺得非常委屈、忿忿不平，感到被欺壓、被貶低，而這絕對不是聖經的意思。聖經中要妻子「順服」，其實是上帝保護、祝福她，也是建立她丈夫最好的方法。聖經中的任何命令都有雙重目的：保護和祝福。上帝不是要剝奪女人的特權，乃是要我們經歷最幸福的婚姻生活。
以弗所書五章廿二節吩咐妻子：「你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。」順服丈夫的關鍵態度在於「如同順服主」。試想，當我們站在交通繁忙的十字路口，交通號誌亮起紅燈，但交通警察以哨子揮手示意，叫我們穿越馬路，此時該怎麼做？當然是按照警察的指示去做。雖然經驗告訴我們，闖紅燈是極危險的事，但我們仍會順服。是這位警察的IQ比我高，因此順服他？或因為他的學歷比我高而順服他？還是他的靈性比我好？都不是！順服警察的原因是他擁有國家賦予的權柄，我們順服的是他背後的權柄，而不是他這個人。同樣地，在婚姻生活中，妻子並不是順服丈夫這個人而已，更重要的是，順服他背後上帝的權柄。上帝要妻子順服丈夫，因為祂賦予丈夫一家之主的權柄，以弗所書五章廿三節說：「丈夫是妻子的頭。」意即如此。
信實上帝負全責 那麼，如果丈夫做出錯誤的決定，妻子仍要順服嗎（似乎大多數女性都認為自己比丈夫聰明）？請記得，夫妻是平等的，妻子需要表達自己的看法和意見，但也必須尊重丈夫的最後決定。
如果順服丈夫後，結果是負面而不幸的，又該如何面對？請放心，上帝會負責；就如順服警察的命令卻發生意外，國家也得賠償。人間的政府或許不可靠，但信實的上帝是絕對可靠的，祂不但負責保護妳，使妳不受傷害，還要祝福妳，並藉此教導丈夫成為懂得愛和負責任的一家之主。
有一位姊妹的先生打算與人合夥，投資一筆金額不小的生意，根據她的判斷，這是極具風險的投資，因此極力勸阻；但先生卻覺得妻子總是限制他的發展，於是兩人的關係陷入緊張。她來請求輔導時，我告訴她，既然能做的她已做了，看法也已表達了，先生仍然不聽，若繼續堅持，兩人的關係將被破壞，而夫妻關係的合一應比金錢更重要。我鼓勵她冒險來信靠、順服神，因為每次的順服都是跨出信心的一步，這是多麼令人興奮的事！我們可以期待上帝為我們行大事。
那天，這位姊妹回家後，表示願意順服丈夫的決定。兩個月後，事實證明丈夫的判斷是錯誤的，合夥人騙了他們的錢，以致血本無歸。這位丈夫因而謙卑下來，並公開表達以後一定看重妻子的建議，他說妻子是上帝賜給他最好的幫助者；更令人驚訝的是，他居然和妻子一起上基督徒的理財課程。不久之後，賠掉的錢竟也賺回來了。
姊妹們，妳們願意得到上帝的保護與賜福、看到丈夫被上帝所改變嗎？彼得前書三章一節說：「妳們作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫；這樣，若有不信從道理的丈夫，他們雖然不聽道，也可以因妻子的品行被感化過來。」
順服，絕對是最好的方法！
在一場對婦女的演講中，我提到聖經教導妻子要順服丈夫時，一位中年婦人建議我以其他字眼代替「順服」，因為這兩個字令她相當排斥；此外，也有些基督徒覺得「妻子順服丈夫」的聖經命令，是針對古代婦女所寫的，早已不符合現代的夫妻關係。
誤解順服的定義 有人以為順服代表「次等」；有人擔心順服會失去自我認知；有人害怕順服將有被奴役、被踩在腳底的感覺；也有人懷疑順服就是盲目的服從……。這些想法都是對順服的曲解，誤以為「女人順服男人」和「子女聽從父母」是相同的意思。事實上，聖經中的「順服」在英文譯為submission，乃是甘心樂意將自己放在另一人的權柄之下，發自內心的順從，這意味著兩人原是平等的。
中國文化要求女人順服丈夫，常使女性覺得非常委屈、忿忿不平，感到被欺壓、被貶低，而這絕對不是聖經的意思。聖經中要妻子「順服」，其實是上帝保護、祝福她，也是建立她丈夫最好的方法。聖經中的任何命令都有雙重目的：保護和祝福。上帝不是要剝奪女人的特權，乃是要我們經歷最幸福的婚姻生活。
以弗所書五章廿二節吩咐妻子：「你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。」順服丈夫的關鍵態度在於「如同順服主」。試想，當我們站在交通繁忙的十字路口，交通號誌亮起紅燈，但交通警察以哨子揮手示意，叫我們穿越馬路，此時該怎麼做？當然是按照警察的指示去做。雖然經驗告訴我們，闖紅燈是極危險的事，但我們仍會順服。是這位警察的IQ比我高，因此順服他？或因為他的學歷比我高而順服他？還是他的靈性比我好？都不是！順服警察的原因是他擁有國家賦予的權柄，我們順服的是他背後的權柄，而不是他這個人。同樣地，在婚姻生活中，妻子並不是順服丈夫這個人而已，更重要的是，順服他背後上帝的權柄。上帝要妻子順服丈夫，因為祂賦予丈夫一家之主的權柄，以弗所書五章廿三節說：「丈夫是妻子的頭。」意即如此。
信實上帝負全責 那麼，如果丈夫做出錯誤的決定，妻子仍要順服嗎（似乎大多數女性都認為自己比丈夫聰明）？請記得，夫妻是平等的，妻子需要表達自己的看法和意見，但也必須尊重丈夫的最後決定。
如果順服丈夫後，結果是負面而不幸的，又該如何面對？請放心，上帝會負責；就如順服警察的命令卻發生意外，國家也得賠償。人間的政府或許不可靠，但信實的上帝是絕對可靠的，祂不但負責保護妳，使妳不受傷害，還要祝福妳，並藉此教導丈夫成為懂得愛和負責任的一家之主。
有一位姊妹的先生打算與人合夥，投資一筆金額不小的生意，根據她的判斷，這是極具風險的投資，因此極力勸阻；但先生卻覺得妻子總是限制他的發展，於是兩人的關係陷入緊張。她來請求輔導時，我告訴她，既然能做的她已做了，看法也已表達了，先生仍然不聽，若繼續堅持，兩人的關係將被破壞，而夫妻關係的合一應比金錢更重要。我鼓勵她冒險來信靠、順服神，因為每次的順服都是跨出信心的一步，這是多麼令人興奮的事！我們可以期待上帝為我們行大事。
那天，這位姊妹回家後，表示願意順服丈夫的決定。兩個月後，事實證明丈夫的判斷是錯誤的，合夥人騙了他們的錢，以致血本無歸。這位丈夫因而謙卑下來，並公開表達以後一定看重妻子的建議，他說妻子是上帝賜給他最好的幫助者；更令人驚訝的是，他居然和妻子一起上基督徒的理財課程。不久之後，賠掉的錢竟也賺回來了。
姊妹們，妳們願意得到上帝的保護與賜福、看到丈夫被上帝所改變嗎？彼得前書三章一節說：「妳們作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫；這樣，若有不信從道理的丈夫，他們雖然不聽道，也可以因妻子的品行被感化過來。」
順服，絕對是最好的方法！
2009年1月15日 星期四
神是我們的避難所，是我們的力量，是我們在患難中隨時的幫助
It's year end and quarter end. I'm too busy at work to write my blog entries, so before the end of January, I'll post some good articles instead.
「神是我們的避難所，是我們的力量，是我們在患難中隨時的幫助。」 （聖經詩篇 46/1）
常有人問神為什麼不早一點幫助我,我們的回答是這不是神的次序.神要你先在患難中學習功課.神的應許是他在急難中 我要與他同在我要搭救他 使他尊貴（聖經詩篇 91:15）
神必須先和你同在急難中,然後再救你從其中出來,什麼時候才救你出來呢?就是在你不再好動 不再煩躁完全鎮定、安靜的時候.那時候神要說夠了（聖經撒母耳記下 24:16）.
記得有一次,有一位年老的弟兄對我說:當神試驗你的時候,正是你試驗神的好機會.你可以把祂的應許拿來,放在祂面前,盡量向祂索取你在試煉中所需要用的一切.
要脫離試煉有兩種方法:一種是直接求神救你脫離試煉.當試煉過去的時候,就應當感謝.另一種是承認試煉是從神來的一個挑戰,你應當抓住這個機會向神索取更大的祝福,這樣連撒但也被你利用了,反對你的卻成了你的幫助這就是靠著愛我們的主已經得勝有餘了（聖經羅馬書 8:37）.
親愛的朋友,神常常藉著患難給我們寶貴的功課,目的為要教導我們,當神的目的達到了之後,我們就要得著榮耀的報償.所以 患難裡面蘊藏著的其實是甘甜的喜樂和真實的價值.這樣看來 神給我們的不是患難,反而是機會.
本文摘自荒漠甘泉中文版九月七日圖片來源:感恩於09-07-2006
「神是我們的避難所，是我們的力量，是我們在患難中隨時的幫助。」 （聖經詩篇 46/1）
常有人問神為什麼不早一點幫助我,我們的回答是這不是神的次序.神要你先在患難中學習功課.神的應許是他在急難中 我要與他同在我要搭救他 使他尊貴（聖經詩篇 91:15）
神必須先和你同在急難中,然後再救你從其中出來,什麼時候才救你出來呢?就是在你不再好動 不再煩躁完全鎮定、安靜的時候.那時候神要說夠了（聖經撒母耳記下 24:16）.
記得有一次,有一位年老的弟兄對我說:當神試驗你的時候,正是你試驗神的好機會.你可以把祂的應許拿來,放在祂面前,盡量向祂索取你在試煉中所需要用的一切.
要脫離試煉有兩種方法:一種是直接求神救你脫離試煉.當試煉過去的時候,就應當感謝.另一種是承認試煉是從神來的一個挑戰,你應當抓住這個機會向神索取更大的祝福,這樣連撒但也被你利用了,反對你的卻成了你的幫助這就是靠著愛我們的主已經得勝有餘了（聖經羅馬書 8:37）.
親愛的朋友,神常常藉著患難給我們寶貴的功課,目的為要教導我們,當神的目的達到了之後,我們就要得著榮耀的報償.所以 患難裡面蘊藏著的其實是甘甜的喜樂和真實的價值.這樣看來 神給我們的不是患難,反而是機會.
本文摘自荒漠甘泉中文版九月七日圖片來源:感恩於09-07-2006
2009年1月14日 星期三
Ha's Classmate's B-Day Party
Ha was invited to one of his classmates' birthday party on 1/3/09, and they were in a cooking school. That day, kids were making the pizza themselves starting from making the dough (but of course, the final pizza was made from the dough that the teacher made before hand).We have made pizza few times at home, so it's not something new for Ha, but cooking with friends was fun. He had a good time there.
2009年1月13日 星期二
驅離妙方
Sometimes, Hee likes to go to Ha's room to see what he's doing (because Ha always had some fun inventions going on in his room), and most of the time, Ha would just ignore him and concentrate on his own work. However, if Hee 動手動腳，Ha would ask me to bring Hee out of his room.
Once, Ha asked me to ask Hee out, but Hee didn't want to, and at this very moment, Ha 放了個屁，and Hee ran out of his room immediately.
Yesterday, we were ready to pick up Ha from school. I was still searching for my keys, and Hee was around. I asked him to go to the car and wait for me because usually, it will take him few minutes to wear the shoes and sit in the car. He didn't want to, and I asked him few more times. He said: "妳放一個屁我才會走”～～～Well, it's not so easy to 放屁when you try to do it intentionally, so I said: "我好像快要放屁了”，and he's gone before I was able to finish the sentence.
If you are eating right now, very sorry!
Once, Ha asked me to ask Hee out, but Hee didn't want to, and at this very moment, Ha 放了個屁，and Hee ran out of his room immediately.
Yesterday, we were ready to pick up Ha from school. I was still searching for my keys, and Hee was around. I asked him to go to the car and wait for me because usually, it will take him few minutes to wear the shoes and sit in the car. He didn't want to, and I asked him few more times. He said: "妳放一個屁我才會走”～～～Well, it's not so easy to 放屁when you try to do it intentionally, so I said: "我好像快要放屁了”，and he's gone before I was able to finish the sentence.
If you are eating right now, very sorry!
2009年1月11日 星期日
Back to Normal
I started eating "normal" food yesterday, and I believed that my teeth are about 90% recovered. I still tried to avoid nuts, sticky food or big, hard meat, but I can eat most of the food that other people eat. Last night, I thought that I needed to bring my babyfood to PJ's house while other people enjoyed their 大餐； however, when I woke up in the morning, I found that my mouth felt a lot better, so I ate normal food for breakfast and lunch; and of course, I had a delicious 大餐 as dinner. Thank God for healing my teeth in 5 days! It felt so good to be able to eat the normal food again!
I love to play games
Recently, I had a lot of opportunities to play games with relatives and friends: Uno in Elk Grove; A Disney board game in brother's house; Connect-4, match game and Chess at home; and a Growing bean game in P&J (peanut butter & jelly?)'s house last night. I really enjoy playing all kinds of games with people because we talked and laughed during the games. I didn't care if I won or lost, and I just loved to get an opportunity to use my brain and to connect with people. I have no interest in computer game or game boy because they didn't have 人味. One board game that I was not very interested in was Monopoly. I used to like it, but now, I thought that it's kind of boring. It didn't require a lot of the brain power to play it~~just purely luck.
Ha never wants to play the game, and I believe that the main reason for that is that he's afraid of losing the game. He doesn't want to feel defeated. It's not very healthy, and I try to help him to face the challenge and overcome his fear; therefore, nowadays, I liked to team up with him or asked Hee to team up with him, so when he lost, he had a partner, too. He's a very lucky person, and when he joined the team, the team mostly won, so he didn't get many opportunities to face the failure. Hee likes to play, and he's ok to play alone, so every day, he will ask Stephen or I to play with him one or two games. It's good to stimulate his brain and to help his interpersonal skills.
If you have any suggestions of good and interesting board games, please let me know!
Ha never wants to play the game, and I believe that the main reason for that is that he's afraid of losing the game. He doesn't want to feel defeated. It's not very healthy, and I try to help him to face the challenge and overcome his fear; therefore, nowadays, I liked to team up with him or asked Hee to team up with him, so when he lost, he had a partner, too. He's a very lucky person, and when he joined the team, the team mostly won, so he didn't get many opportunities to face the failure. Hee likes to play, and he's ok to play alone, so every day, he will ask Stephen or I to play with him one or two games. It's good to stimulate his brain and to help his interpersonal skills.
If you have any suggestions of good and interesting board games, please let me know!
2009年1月9日 星期五
# 100
I started posting in this blog on 10/7/08 (after moving from Http://360.yahoo.com/yisunhuang), and this entry is my 100th entry here. 3 months, 100 entries, not bad!!!!!
I like to write the blog because I am not good of remembering things. I am afraid that when Ha and Hee grow up and ask me "what happened when I was 3, 5, 8...25?", and I will be like "mmm...aaaa....oooo..uuuu...I forgot"; also, there are many things happening everyday which we are thankful for, and I don't want these moments just slipping away; therefore, I try my best to record these moments. I imagine that when I am old, Stephen and I sit on a comfortable chair, drink good tea and read the blog entries one by one.....
Anyways, Happy 100th entry!
I like to write the blog because I am not good of remembering things. I am afraid that when Ha and Hee grow up and ask me "what happened when I was 3, 5, 8...25?", and I will be like "mmm...aaaa....oooo..uuuu...I forgot"; also, there are many things happening everyday which we are thankful for, and I don't want these moments just slipping away; therefore, I try my best to record these moments. I imagine that when I am old, Stephen and I sit on a comfortable chair, drink good tea and read the blog entries one by one.....
Anyways, Happy 100th entry!
2009年1月8日 星期四
Tour of Ha's Room
What did I do for the New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and the day after New Year? Answer: Cleaning Ha's Room!There are so many things in Ha's room because he kept every single thing: empty boxes, strached papers, wires, nails, and on and on and on....Well, besides the trash, he did have some goodies in his room, but since the room was very messy, no one could find the goodies, so I decided to have a huge clean up of his room.
I didn't know that it would take so long, but now, it feels so good to walk into his room. In order to 慰勞 myself, I took some video clips of his room to show my achivement. If you have time, please join the tour of Ha's room:
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVj1egVkT4&feature=channel_page
2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEjz2Ue2wZA&feature=channel_page
3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24h_5VGWfTQ&feature=channel_page
4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yStT905-Jp4&feature=channel_page
5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEbxNN6daQ&feature=channel_page
6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nrYAbu1nM&feature=channel_page
7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqFjJwY8Yc&feature=channel_page
8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arq6LJ-TZw8&feature=channel_page
泥水匠
Few weeks ago, Ha warned us that some of the 浴室的磁磚有點鬆動，so Stephen decided to fix them during the New Year vacation. Since our house is old, and the tiles may be 10 or 20 years old, it may be hard to find the same pattern of the tiles in store or online. If he broke the tile or made any mistake, we may end up living with an ugly bathroom with different patterns of tiles, or we may need to replace all the tiles in the bathroom( Oh, it sounded scary even just thinking of it!)Luckily, after 一陣敲敲打打，the tiles were fixed, and they were as good as new, and Stephen was added a new title: 泥水匠!
2009年1月7日 星期三
My Teeth want to work!!!!
Even though my "babyfood" was yummy (Ha had that for yesterday's snack, part of his dinner, and he brought it to the school for lunch), but I really had a desire to use my teeth to chew; especially when I was cooking their dinner, I truly wished that I could have it, too.
I started thinking again...what could I eat? And I got a great idea again: 旺仔小饅頭！ Baby can eat it, so I should be able to eat it, too. Thanks to Hee that he wanted to buy it last week, so we have a big can of 旺仔小饅頭 at home. I tried few, and I was the most delicious thing that I had had in these few days. I refilled and refilled my small plate, and I felt the sense of satisfaction.
Dinner time, since I cooked Tofu, I had some of it, too, and I never loved Tofu like the way that I loved it last night.
While Stephen read books to them at night, I baked apple& banana cupcakes for them as the breakfast. When they came out from the oven, I couldn't help but took a small bite; surprisingly, it's very easy to chew and swallow, so I had a whole cupcake for my bedtime snack.
It felt so good to be able to eat some "solid" food!
I started thinking again...what could I eat? And I got a great idea again: 旺仔小饅頭！ Baby can eat it, so I should be able to eat it, too. Thanks to Hee that he wanted to buy it last week, so we have a big can of 旺仔小饅頭 at home. I tried few, and I was the most delicious thing that I had had in these few days. I refilled and refilled my small plate, and I felt the sense of satisfaction.
Dinner time, since I cooked Tofu, I had some of it, too, and I never loved Tofu like the way that I loved it last night.
While Stephen read books to them at night, I baked apple& banana cupcakes for them as the breakfast. When they came out from the oven, I couldn't help but took a small bite; surprisingly, it's very easy to chew and swallow, so I had a whole cupcake for my bedtime snack.
It felt so good to be able to eat some "solid" food!
2009年1月6日 星期二
拔牙大餐
這兩天，醫生說，有些不能吃的東西：
1. All seeds, nuts, fruit that have seeds ( strawberries, kiwi, ect...)
2. Popcorn
3. Rice
4. Hot foods
5. Straws
那吃什麼？
Ensure? good answer! and that's what I had in mind at first; however, when I thought of drinking the same thing for every meal, I felt bored. Then what?
I thought and thought and thought for few days, and finally, I got a good idea: Baby Food~~Homemade babyfood!
When Ha was young, he didn't like those bottled babyfood, so I gave him half store babyfood and half homemade babyfood. When Hee was young, I felt that making babyfood at home was even easier than bringing 2 young children to the store to get the babyfood, so he ate almost 100% homemade babyfood after he's about 10 mouths old and was ok to eat more varieties of food.
Let me introduce my food for today:
1. 當歸紅棗香菇雞湯，五轂米，鹵肉，鹵蛋，紅蘿蔔。。。：用電鍋蒸成稀飯，再用果汁機打成汁
2. 五轂米，紅棗，桂圓，蓮子，水：用電鍋蒸成稀飯，再用果汁機打成汁
3. Sorbet
Very yummy, better than Ensure! Ha tasted a little, and he loved it, too.
1. All seeds, nuts, fruit that have seeds ( strawberries, kiwi, ect...)
2. Popcorn
3. Rice
4. Hot foods
5. Straws
那吃什麼？
Ensure? good answer! and that's what I had in mind at first; however, when I thought of drinking the same thing for every meal, I felt bored. Then what?
I thought and thought and thought for few days, and finally, I got a good idea: Baby Food~~Homemade babyfood!
When Ha was young, he didn't like those bottled babyfood, so I gave him half store babyfood and half homemade babyfood. When Hee was young, I felt that making babyfood at home was even easier than bringing 2 young children to the store to get the babyfood, so he ate almost 100% homemade babyfood after he's about 10 mouths old and was ok to eat more varieties of food.
Let me introduce my food for today:
1. 當歸紅棗香菇雞湯，五轂米，鹵肉，鹵蛋，紅蘿蔔。。。：用電鍋蒸成稀飯，再用果汁機打成汁
2. 五轂米，紅棗，桂圓，蓮子，水：用電鍋蒸成稀飯，再用果汁機打成汁
3. Sorbet
Very yummy, better than Ensure! Ha tasted a little, and he loved it, too.
2009年1月5日 星期一
Wisdom Teeth? All Gone!
This morning, I was scheduled to have my lower wisdom teeth removed. My upper wisdom teeth had been removed 10 years ago. The lower two were still under the gum, but since they started making damages to my other teeth and gum, they had to go.
My appointment time was 8am, so I went there alone, and Stephen and Hee came to pick me up after they dropped Ha off at school.
I was given intravenous anesthesia, and I lost my consciousness within few seconds after the medication was given through my vein. When I woke up, the surgery was done, and Stephen and Hee were there. I was still very sleepy on my way home and at home, so I took a big nap. When I got up from the bed, I was dizzy and uncomfortable, and no matter what I ate or drank, I threw up. I even fainted once in the kitchen; fortunately, Stephen was there for me. Then, I figured out that the reason that I threw up might be because some blood flew into my stomach, so I tried harder to stop the bleeding, and I felt better at night.
Ha gave me a homemade electrical candle as a gift, and Hee drew a picture for me. Best of all, Stephen was working at home to take care of me and the kids. I was so grateful for what he has done. At the beginning, I thought that it's only the removal of two teeth, and how bad could it be, but now, I really appreciate that Stephen was around to take good care of us while being busy at work. I haven't taken the pain killer for my teeth because it's not very painful, and I think that the worse thing is the physical discomfort which I experienced in the afternoon. I'd better go to bed now, and I'm sure that tomorrow, I will get better. Good Night~
My appointment time was 8am, so I went there alone, and Stephen and Hee came to pick me up after they dropped Ha off at school.
I was given intravenous anesthesia, and I lost my consciousness within few seconds after the medication was given through my vein. When I woke up, the surgery was done, and Stephen and Hee were there. I was still very sleepy on my way home and at home, so I took a big nap. When I got up from the bed, I was dizzy and uncomfortable, and no matter what I ate or drank, I threw up. I even fainted once in the kitchen; fortunately, Stephen was there for me. Then, I figured out that the reason that I threw up might be because some blood flew into my stomach, so I tried harder to stop the bleeding, and I felt better at night.
Ha gave me a homemade electrical candle as a gift, and Hee drew a picture for me. Best of all, Stephen was working at home to take care of me and the kids. I was so grateful for what he has done. At the beginning, I thought that it's only the removal of two teeth, and how bad could it be, but now, I really appreciate that Stephen was around to take good care of us while being busy at work. I haven't taken the pain killer for my teeth because it's not very painful, and I think that the worse thing is the physical discomfort which I experienced in the afternoon. I'd better go to bed now, and I'm sure that tomorrow, I will get better. Good Night~
2009年1月2日 星期五
Snow Trip
Back in 2008, we went to a snow trip with JF's family and my parents on 12/27. Since their houses are closer to Rano and Tahoe and sno-park, we brought our equipments and coats in the car, but we didn't know whether we would really go because Hee was having a cold during the Christmas time. On 12/26, he seemed to be a little bit better than the past few days, so we decided that if he's better on 12/27, then we would go to the snow park. On 12/26, when we were on way home from Nut Tree Park and Fresh Choice, Ha and Hee were so tired and sleeping in the car, so we put them on the bed when we arrived my parents' house. It was only 7:50pm. With a good night sleep, they were good in the morning, so we confirmed that we were going. We called JF's family, and they would go with us. Surprisingly, my parents decided to go, too.
There's no traffic on our way to snow park, and Hee was so excited to see the snow again ( Ha was in my parents' car). I thought that finally, we came to the sno-park again, and this meant that I should be able to throw away the snow in our freezer which we brought back home last year. The Yuba Pass Sno-Park was so full that we couldn't even get out from the highway exit, so we drove another 5 miles to the place that we went last year: Cisco Grove. It was actually a Gas Station, but this year, it was packed with people, too. We parked on the curbside of the road where many people parked and ate lunch in the car and went to play with the snow.
Before playing, should we go to the bathroom first? Good idea! Ha, Hee and Stephen went in and out in few minutes, but I waited in line for about 15 minutes. Unfair! At this time, it's good to be a man.
We slid down the small hill for a few times, and Ha, Stephen and my Dad wanted to go to a higher hill when Hee wanted to make a snowman. The snow was not very soft, and it's not easy to make the snowman, so I made a mini one for him, and he was happy about it. We went to find the rest of the people on the higher hill, but we couldn't see anyone of them. We standed there for few minutes, but we still couldn't see them, and I decided not to waste all of our time at looking for them, so we slid down the hill ourselves. When we climbed back to the hill, we looked for them, and if we didn't see them, we slid down again. Hee and I had a great time playing on that high hill. After few rounds of playing, I saw a tow truck at where we parked our car where was about 5 minutes ( if I walked by myself) or 10 minutes (if Hee was with me) away from where we played. I told Hee that we should go & check on our car, so we went. As soon as we got down from the hill, the first car we saw was Stephen's car. He was so happy to see us (他說好像在戰亂中看到失散的親人）because he came to look for us, but he couldn't find a place to park. He had been driving circles for few times.
The whole story was like this: My mom sat in the car while we were playing in the snow area, and a policeman came and told her that where we parked was highway exit ( It didn't look like a highway exit to me. There's no sign of it. Maybe the snow covered it.), and the tow truck was coming to tow the cars away. My mom called our cell phone, but nobody answered, so she was nervous in the car. There were 2 trucks, and the cars in front of us and in the back were towed one by one. JF's family played enough and decided to go to Rosevile Mall ( we couldn't find them when we went, so we were in the different places playing), so they went back to the car. They found out what happened, so JF came back to look for us. She looked and looked and looked, and finally, she saw us. However, we were still on the little hill at that time, and without the snowboard, she couldn't get down to reach us. This was when Stephen, Ha and my dad decided to go up to higher hill...and they saw JF, but they needed to move the car immediately, so they were unable to notify Hee and me, and that's why we 失散。
I believed that God was watching over us , so even though we couldn't contact each other, we met each other at the right timing, and we didn't need to go to the towing parking lot to get our cars back in such a cold weather (but unfortunately, some people needed to do that. I couldn't imagine how they were going to get a ride in this kind of 鳥不生蛋的地方。）
Anyways, I guessed that we will never go to the Sno-Park or snow area during the holiday because there were too many people. Last year, we just went there on one regular weekend, and it's not so crowded. Well, we don't need to worry about this thing for another 12 months.
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