Erin's Year in Review

It’s a little ridiculous how quickly years go by. I find myself at sixteen years old, a junior in high school, and half-awake everyday. 2011 has been very satisfying, as well as tiring. Apart from the stressful start of junior year and the end of my social life, I’ve been able to experience new things and visit new places. The family vacation destination this year was Alaska. To be honest, I probably wasn’t the most excited person when I found out, but as the trip began and eventually ended, I ended up having a heck of a time. The blue glaciers and the moose are sights that I’ll never forget. Hahaha. I also got to go to Page, Arizona for Navajo missions for the fourth year in a row over the summer. The team and I spent the week teaching VBS and giving piggyback rides to adorable Navajo children. Watching God work through my team members and the children was truly a blessing to see. Junior year, as expected is exhausting, stressful, depressing, and all around bad, but somehow God has given me a decent amount of sleep and a strong group of friends to survive on. I’ve started a Youtube channel with my good friend George and together, we have had over 4,000 views. We also played at The Hill, an Asian American Christian conference where we served as outdoor entertainment. I currently have tendonitis in my wrist and cannot play tennis, type, play piano, or even text for a few months which makes it difficult to get through the day. I know everything has been out of order, but I forgot to mention that I finished my Certificate of Merit and is now done with piano forever!!!!  Haha just kidding. If I could, I would be playing a few festivals here and there, but unfortunately tendonitis has stopped all activites. Yay! I’ve also decided to volunteer at Saint John’s hospital in the post partum unit. I make baby bracelets and give the new mommies juice. It's a very satisfying job. Uhm… I’m not really sure what else to write and this has kind of turned into a brag session… so I shall now list a few things that I like.

I like:

-passion fruit green tea with boba

-sleeping in

-babysitting

-frozen yogurt

-Criminal Minds

-Mario Kart

-“Indie Alternative” music

-brunch

-food in general….

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I apologize for this poorly written entry.... thank you for taking the time to read this (: Until next year!

Ryan's Year in Review

2011 has been an amazing year for me.  My highlights for 2011 are being promoted from first class to staring my boy scouts of America program, having a vacation in Alaska and getting my black belt.  This year has ben a fun and interesting year for me.  I cannot wait for what other plan 2012 unravels for me.

            

Near the beginning of the year I was promoted form being a first class scout to a star scout in boy scouting. This took me a good 6 to 7 months to accomplish.  Because of this I only have to achieve one more rank till my eagle.  Although I was put back a few months because of my sickness last year, I tried my hardest to get this rank and to catch up with my friends.  This rank has been a highlight for this year because my sickness had put me back yet I was still able to catch up with my friends.

            

Fishing in Seward, Alaska

Another highlight for this year was going to Alaska in the summer.  I had never been there and was very excited.  We went to many places there and only go to stay in the hotel for a maximum of 2 days.  We flew in from Los Angeles to Anchorage and drove to Denali national park.  We stayed there for three days and took an amazing plane tour around Mt.McKinley.  We also went on a bus that was most likely the worst tour that ive ever been on.  After the Denali our family went to Homer where we stayed there for 2 days.  My dad caught fresh halibut and salmon for our families.  After that we drove all the way to Seward where we stayed there for three days.  We had about three hikes to go see glaciers that were scattered all around Seward.  Exhausted (or at least I was) our family drove all the way back to anchorage where we spent one day as a city tourist.  Only a day passed as we got on our red eye plane back to Los Angeles.  That trip was one of the best trips I had in my entire life.

            

My final highlight of this year was getting my black belt.  This was one of my first real accomplishments of my life.   I had been training since I was four years old and now I had finally got it, my black belt.  After getting my black belt certificate I felt very prestigious and felt as if my first long term goal had finally finished, but I knew that the black belt was only the beginning.  I had so much help from not only my instructors, but my parents also.  My mother and father had pushed me ever since I was four.  Without them I would have quit for good along time ago.  I also thank my dad for making a video of my journey to black belt.  Enjoy, the video below that my dad made.  And that about wraps up my year.

            My concluding feeling for my year have been very good.  I have accomplished many of my long term goals.  I have felt that this year had not been my favorite year but definitely on my top 3.    I hope that 2012 will be a lot better but not worse.

-RYAN TING

City of Angels Ride, 34 miles.

Dad taught me how to tie a tie.

Shooting with Uncle Jean.  AWESOME firepower!

Alaska 2011

We took our dream vacation (Henry's dream vacation) to Alaska this summer.  No, we did not take a cruise.  Instead, our 2 families flew to Anchorage, rented 2 SUV's for 10 days and drove from Anchorage to Denali NP to Homer and Seward and back to Anchorage.  It was fabulous trip.

We saw Mt.McKinley in all it's splendor and majesty.  We saw moose, caribou, dahl sheep, a blonde grizzly bear, eagles, foxes and more.  We came up close with glaciers, whales, puffins, sea lions and more. Henry went halibut and salmon fishing and he caught a 35 lb halibut in Kachemak Bay in Homer.

Our two families had a wonderful time and rented nice vacation homes in both Homer and Seward.  We all gained 5 lbs.each because of the fabulous food Alaska has to offer: seafood, sandwiches, steaks. All expensive, but fresh and tasty. The Alaskans were all very friendly and personable.

We took nearly 1,100 photos from 3 separate cameras.  Henry made an 18 minute music video of our trip, but it was too big to post on YouTube or this blogspot.  Therefore, I split it into 2 separate videos.  I hope you enjoy the photos, video and music.

Part 1: Days 1-5.

Part 2: Days 6-10.

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.