Henry & Alice's Year in Review

Vegas Spring Break

Vegas Spring Break - Beatles show

 

• Dad got remarried.
• Henry went to Taiwan in March 2010 to attend the EFC General Assembly annual meeting. Experienced the earthquake in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
• Visited Vegas during Spring Break. We loved Beatles' LOVE.
• Ryan got Gastritus in May and lasted 3-4 months. Missed 6 weeks of school. Lost 10 lbs. This was a real test of our faith.  Yet God restored Ryan and he is healthier and stronger than ever.  Praise God!
• July 7, 2010 Dodger game. Ryan regains his appetite and able to hold down food.
• Erin returns Arizona for Navajo VBS Missions.
• Seattle, Bellevue, Olympic NP. Visited Auntie Mei-Hwa and cousins Becky & Mark, and Albert& Charlene.
• VHS (Venice High School) 30th Reunion.  Photo of Henry from June 1980.
• BBQ for my rescuers, Fidel, Conner & Ryan.  Read about my accident in 2008.
• EFC 40th Anniversary.
• Henry's nose surgery, 11/1/10.



Dodger games & Dodger Dogs




• Ryan's Baptism, 12/19/10.

My heroes: Ryan, Fidel & Conner

Before Surgery(after '08 accident)



After Surgery.

Erin's 2010 Year in Review

My name is Erin Ting, I’m a 15 year old sophomore at Santa Monica high school and 2010 was yet another pretty amazing year. I honestly can’t believe how fast it all went by. Just yesterday I swore I was celebrating the start of the new year on the snowy peaks of Pine Summit, the place where my church’s winter retreat is held. And just a few weeks ago I was celebrating my survival of freshman year at SAMOhi. Flash forward to now. The year is ending and here I am to ramble my thoughts down on this blog.

Rialto Beach, Olympic Nat.Park, Washington

I guess the year started off on a retreat up in the snowcapped mountains and shortly after, a long drive home curled up in the back of my parents car. I guess you could say that I started this year off pretty badly. I had gotten sick during the retreat and had to leave early so I could rest. The healing process was short and I was back up and energized for the rest of the year.

Summer came quickly signaled the end of my first year in high school. I ended the semester with solid friendships, a good dose of God in my life, and a smile on my face. I was going to take summer school over the break to avoid having to get up early during next semester. World history wasn’t half bad and my teacher made class fun and exciting. The six week course ended quickly and soon, I was off to my summer missions trip in Page, Arizona. It was my 3^rd trip to the Navajo reservation where we’d teach VBS and play with the kids for a week. Having a bigger team let me slow down and really look at what I was doing there, but before I knew it, the week was over and we were heading back to LA.

Sophomore year started with a… roll. Not necessarily a Bang!, but a nice steady roll. That gets us to now, where I’m juggling friends, God, and school work. Sometimes in the right order, but most of the time not. I’m probably going to start studying for a driver permit and Christmas is right around the corner. Although I’m not feeling all that festive yet, I wish you all a happy holidays and a fantastic new year.

Ryan's Year in Review

Seattle/Bellevue, WA with cousins

Rialto Beach, Olympic NP, Washington

Pool shark.  Vegas Spring Break

• Ryan turns 12 Y.O.
• Gastritus
• Dodger game
• Seattle/Olympic NP Summer Trip
• Henry's Accident Memorial BBQ
• TKD Red II Testing
• Baptism



My friends and I who saved my dad from drowning



Dodger Game - No more gastritus!

• Favorite Video Games

Hi my name is Ryan Ting and i an 12 year old seventh grader at paul revere middle school. Unfortunately i had a bad case of gastritis for 3 and a half months.  because of this, i had to skip 2 months of school. On the other hand i got to sit only a few seats away from the field.  we could actually see the players without the binoculars! .  We also went to seattle where we got eat at the space needle.  you could se the planes passing without looking up..  after our city tour we went into the rain forest where we slept in cabins and had a bus tour.  when we got off we went on a hike and found banana slugs.  they were about 5 inches long.  

Dad & Chun-Mei

Dad got remarried on Dec.26, 2009.  He was introduced to Chun-Mei through Pastor Wu who encouraged him to remarry as soon as possible to begin to live again.  Chun-Mei was a pastor of a small church in Taiwan.  During their overseas courtship, Dad and Chun-mei would talk to each other via Skype almost an hour everyday.  He finally convinced her, a widow for over 25 years, to marry him. They were engaged in Taiwan in late August 2009 and married several months later at EFC Los Angeles.

Although I am happy for him to remarry and find a woman who'll love him, cherish him and care for him, I wish he could've waited longer for the rest of the family to grieve. I still miss Mom deeply.  He renovated the Sunset Park house for Chun-Mei, yet they still continue to rent the spare bedrooms out to college students.  The rent they collect goes directly to Taiwan Missions.  They both serve fervently together at church and through their cell group bible studies.

Chun-Mei has 2 grown, married children and 4 beautiful grandchildren, all living in Taiwan.  For 2011, Chun-Mei hopes to learn to drive and speak English.