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Name: vanessa
Birthday: 4/1/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: God. guitar. vball.
bowling.football.etc. eating. music.
writing. showering.
friends. duckies.
food. family. traveling. laughing.
smiling. taking pictures. reading.
thinking. colors. sunsets.
dresses. raw food [sushi&such].
dangling earrings. hugs.
pooh bear and co. beach. sun.
rain. asian movies. kids&babies.
flip flops. spicy foods. faith&hope.
Expertise: eating.laughing.
making fun of people.
licking my elbow.being:outgoing/
crazy/insomic/a klutz/man/
weird/loud/hyper/active.
thinking.sweating.
bletching.
tying a cherry stem with my tongue.
having a long tongue...
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  fairiedust041
Yahoo:  one1ove041
MSN: vanessaaa041@hotmail.com
Member Since:
3/24/2002
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| missions trip to Thailandahh so freshman year is over! ::gasp:: :) so i am heading off to thailand next weds, may 23 until june 27 for a missions trip with InterVarsity. below is my prayers missions letter- so please keep me and my team in prayer for the duration of the trip that God will truly just use us there to do His work and have servant-like hearts..humbled and just ready to do the work He has already prepared for us to do! :)
Dear Brother/Sister,
Greetings
from down South, straight from Nashville,
Tennessee! My freshman year at Vanderbilt University is almost over. I’ve been
greatly involved in the Asian-American Christian Fellowship on campus, which is
under InterVarsity. Also, I currently attend a Presbyterian Korean church.
I had the blessed
opportunity to attend Urbana
this winter break. I learned a lot about God’s calling in our lives and what it
truly means to live a life that is worthy of His calling. My experiences at Urbana really opened my
eyes to the urgency to do His Work all around the world.
“Then He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.” || Matthew 9:37
And He placed on my heart
to go on missions this summer; to take what I’ve learned and truly live it out,
striving to be more Christ-like and more like a woman after God’s own heart.
This summer, God has given me, a close sister from
Vanderbilt (Crystal Fang), and a team of 16 others from different universities
the wonderful opportunity to embark on a missions trip. We will be going to Bangkok, Thailand
from May 23- June 26 through a Thailand Global Project (GP). This summer
missions program in Thailand
is sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an inter-denominational
ministry among university students. The basic purpose of GP is to give students
like me “hands on” experience in the mission field. Through working among
people from another culture for a summer, I hope to better understand my role
in world missions in the future.
Prayer is essential, powerful, and so VERY
awesome! So I humbly ask that you please pray for our work and the use of us as
God’s ambassadors. Here are a few prayers requests:
*
Traveling
mercies. We will fly first to LA, California
for training and then to Bangkok,
Thailand.
Please pray for our safety in getting there and coming back home. Lastly,
please pray for all of our safety while on the mission trip.
*The
people that we will be ministering to. Pray for the readiness
of the people to know and experience God’s love and truth, for them to have
open hearts to hear His Word, that they will be ready to receive Jesus Christ
and His salvation.
*
Prayer
for our team. Please pray for unity among our team, and for
open hearts to witness God’s Grace and Mercy. Please pray for everyone to know
God’s call to serve in Bangkok,
Thailand this
summer.
Your prayers are most important, but I also
respectfully request for your financial aid. The total cost of this trip is $2885,
which includes training, airfare, food and lodging for the duration of the
trip. If God is calling you to financially support me, please make all checks payable to InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship, and send contributions in the enclosed envelope by May
13, 2007, although late checks are accepted until July 28. If possible, please
reply before March 30, which is my first fundraising deadline for $1500. All
financial gifts are tax-deductible. Please send back the response form whether
prayerfully or financially supporting me. Thank you!
Please keep me in your prayers that our Lord may
guide me during this time. I will send you an update after the trip to let you
know how God worked through me. If you have any additional questions, please
feel free to contact me at (516) 633-2922 or email me at one1ove041@yahoo.com.
Thank you for your support and God Bless! :)
“He
is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” || Colossians 1:17
In Him <><,
Vanessa Yu mhmm through it all, God's still good.
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| slow down..please?im still in love with the themed google homepages. and bc of those silly fortunes that comes up- "your eyes have magnetized a secret admirer" -gosh what kind of sillysillysilly mind thinks up of these? lol they are like cheesy hallmark love cards. gosh i can so DO much better with my corniness! :] (ps yess i am proud of my corniness- what can i say, im just a cornball. :P)
as the year winds down, there seems to be so much more happening. and its just like building up. everything is speeding by it seems like and i feel like im doing everything i can to catch up. to somehow make it slow down for just a bit so i can try to make a little sense of it. so that i can breathe..sorta. having even weirder sleeping patterns, haha as if they arent weird/abnormal enough, but its okay..it fits me :) lol gosh its like a cruel rountine- thoughts, stress, laughter, study..but its okay..there are still lots that make my heart warm inside and me smile :]
but through it all, i dont think that God's ever taught me so much about myself, about others, and about His own nature and character..and has just taught me so much about living- and yeah, sometimes it hurt to truly love someone whom you genuinely care about and that just because it hurts (sometimes an unbearable amount) that we should stop loving them. been through the fire several times, but He's still holding me tight. ive been molded, tempted, challenged, hurt, struggled, but through it all..He's been a sure and sturdy foundation..making me realize how much more i need of Him..day to day. and constantly finding that this verse (and so many other verses) so incredibly and even at times so freakishly true- "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together." colossian 1:17. and slowly learning to find happiness and true joy in the small things in life.
and you know what?..that there is still beauty in pain. i mean just look at Jesus' sacrifice to the world and how much beauty came out of that. mhmm makes you wonder sometimes huh?
"Love is the spirit of giving with out expecting anything in return."
"Love is being stupid together" (although im cynical about love and "falling in love" and all that jazz haha this one is cute/aww!!) :P
"The most difficult thing to explain in life is the simplest truth called love." ~ Ramanathan Srinivasan (gosh..how truee...)
you know whats really encouraging? knowing that although there will always be change, and i for one am afraid of change, i guess mainly because ive gotten used to the way things flow and such....but then this yeat God's taught me and more and more what it means to rely on Him bc times do change and ppl do change, but His love and His grace for us doesnt.. | | |
| a totally pointless post :D so i
am currently in love with the personalized google homepage!! its so
much fun and i am in awe at how the picture changes according to the
time of day! and so i jazzed it up but putting some add ons. so
everyday i get to see pictures of adorable babies posed on flowers, a
daily sudoku, the temperature, some quotes of the day, a fortune
cookie, and some love quotes. haha i got some pretty interesting
fortune and love quotes today. sorta reflective of my thoughts. HAHAHHA
"Loving can cost a lot but not loving always
costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is
an emptiness that robs the joy from life." Merle Shan [mhmm not so much fear of love, but fear of relationships. haha they scare the hebegebes outta me!]
my fortune-WHICH HAS GOT TO BE THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER READ: hhahaha
"someone is interested in you. keep your eyes open." gosh that was a good laugh. what a absolutely sillysilly one. hahaha
ps- ive been reallyreally gassy lately. and i cant even rid it by bletching..haha so now i have resorted to farting + burping!!. :D
sorta ironic how my fortune today was "courage is your greatest present need." haha those silly fortunes..its also quite entertaining. i checked again the another totally true one popped out of the fortune "you will always be surrounded by true friends." gosh how absolutely true.
so today, 4.24 i got another semi true fortune "your laugh and your enthusiasm pleases those around you." :)
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| thoughts..singleness is also a gift from Godright now i am learning to just learn life, bc
worrying about it so much doesnt allow me to just live, make memories, share
some laughs, shed some tears, feel some hurt, cherish
family&friends&relationships, experience God = all part of life!
:]
mhmmm and so more and more i find that im attractive moreso to ppls personalities and such rather then their outward appearance..i mean that adds to the overall attractiveness, but haha the personality is key...just something random..haha lalal~ and like their heart and their willingess and passion to want to serve God and to know Him more..mhmm beautiful...
one
more thing..i think that many times the term "single" seems like such
an ugly word, but its not really, bc just like a relationship is a gift
from God, so is being single..and ive come to realize more and more
that its also a time when God is molding me and my heart...preparing me...
Masked by me
she sits cross-legged,
her head bowed low.
silent tears falling; each a unique crystal.
each sparkle,
cascading down the mahogany red
veneer of her cheeks.
the world around spinning,
yet her own world still.
her heart in a tug-of-war,
a whirlwind of emotions.
her heart in pain,
tears blinding her eyes.
she liberates a sigh from deep within-
why?
time is in frozen motion,
as she tries to make sense of everything...
her hurt is masked on the outside;
everything hidden behind a smile.
but inside, her frail heart is besieged.
yet she lives her life on the outside,
because its easier to live with a smile,
than with the pain.
because sometimes, it's easier to pretend,
than to be real.
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| no matter what happens- "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together". || colossians 1:17
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The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor...
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
||isaiah 61:1a, 3-4||
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