| | June 8 marks the 11 month of marriage for Venus and myself and we have been completely overwhelmed by the love and support of our families, mentors, new friends, the body of Christ and prayer warriors! Hallelujah! I love my Bride.
Last weekend, we got to attend a family camp near Santa Cruz (Boulder Creek, CA) called Camp Hammer. I've been preaching at CCCAC (Hayward) and they go to Camp Hammer every year for a weekend retreat, so this year I got to speak on 3 messages based on the theme "Devoted to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word". For each message, we did an Inductive Bible Study based on the SOIL method (Scripture, Observation, Interpretation, Life Application) and we walked through Acts 6, Matthew 6, and Deuteronomy 6.
My father came with us, too, which is always a blessing to be able to give him a clear presentation of the Gospel and for him to continue interacting with Christians around his age. Dad is close, and he's open to learning, and I'm praying that he'll continue to hear the Truth and respond as God leads him. Here are some pictures from the weekend retreat!
    
Venus and I will also be heading to China in July/August to do some teaching in Baoding, Hebei province. We're thrilled at the chance to teach university students and revisit some of her former students/colleagues while out there. The Olympics will be in full-swing by the time we return in August, too.
If you're interested in finding out more about where we'll be teaching, what we'll be doing, and how you might partner with is in prayer/financial support, please send me a direct message (via xanga/myspace/facebook or email) with your contact information and I'll get that information to you right away.
I've been meaning to give some props to and plugs for a few awesome people I know.
First of all, my brother Tani has been very successful in his new career venture at Toyota (Geary) in San Francisco along with balancing his Real Estate opportunities with Prime Realty. If you or anyone you know of is interested in buying a Toyota, run on over to 3800 Geary Blvd @ 2nd Ave. (http://www.sftoyota.com/) and ask for TANI and tell him that Pira sent you.
Then there's his bride, my awesome sister-in-law Gloria (Wong) Tritasavit who has been running her own Wedding Design business for the past year. She is an exceptionally gifted designer and planner and was featured recently on ABC 7's View from the Bay, right before Oprah. Watch the segment here: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=view_from_the_bay/everything_else&id=6186249
(she gets a few plugs by name...way to go Gloria!)
Gloria's website is http://sashandsugar.com/ so let any of your engaged friends or soon-to-be engaged couples know about her website and work. She's family!
Finally, as I've got about one month left in my internship, I just wanted to give God major praise and thanks for teaching me all about His grace. Each week my bride would give me very specific feedback and I am so excited about the ministry that God has given us as husband and wife, and as preacher/teacher. We make a great team and love learning and all that comes out in our teaching is just a small sample of the great stuff God continues to teach us every day about Himself, and about one another.
We just wrapped up our 7-part series on AMAZING GRACE today and all of the messages will soon be available for download through the CCCAC website (http://www.cccac.org/sermon.html).
It was an amazing journey through the amazing story of an amazing apostle who experienced the amazing grace of an amazing God! WOW indeed! Jesus is most worthy of our praise and I give Him all the glory. Soli Deo Gloria!
Next weekend: Father's Day! May I encourage you to make it a Father's Week and a ongoing daily Heavenly Father's Day every day! Give Him glory!
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