Cai Xuan’s Farewell and Graduation party. All the best in U Conn

Made a one day stop at Brussels, Belgium on route to Frankfurt, Germany. Visited Mini Europe, shopping district, and another 1 or 2 spots as recommended by the the tourist help booth. Probably one of the funniest thing happened during the entire vacation.

We were pretty tired from lots of walking when we were at Mini Europe. We took the train to take a look at Brussel’s shopping district. It was a long ride with many stops in between, and we weren’t sure how long the ride was going to take. Phaik Lyn and I doze off a couple of times, waking up each time to check our stop – making sure we didn’t miss ours. A friendly old couple was sitting opposite us and noticed our tired looks and what we were doing. They asked us where we were going in which we gently replied – this stop where the shopping district was. They told us to just sleep and they’ll wake us up once our stops arrived. So we went ahead and took a nap, but occasionally woke up after a few stops. And at each time we woke up, they told us “Sleep sleep! We’re still not there yet!” LOL!

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John hosted a party to celebrate his success in graduating with a Master’s degree in Architecture. The food that John and Beatrice prepared that night was awesome! I wish John great success in his career in the future.

JournalStar did an article about John. Link here.

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(self note) Yikes. For some reason, I only took one picture of John during the party, and that wasn’t good one! >.<

ALFC is blessed to have so many people from different country in its congregation. We’ve got people from Malaysia (me me me! ), China, Nigeria, Jamaica, Panama, Kenya and quite a few others and not to miss out, the people from the different states of the US and A. We had a little sharing from 10 people that day about how it’s like to be a Christian in our own country, the challenges and the climax, singing the song “Jesus Loves Me” in the native language of the country. Here’s the lyrics I found in Bahasa Malaysia:

Yesus sayang padaku
Alkitab mengajarku
Walau ku kecil lemah
Aku ini milik-Nya

chorus:
Ya, Yesus sayang, sayang padaku
Itu firman-Nya di dalam Alkitab

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To celebrate the end of our project with Jacob North, Charlie brought the team out to Omaha to have some sushi. At the end of the meal, 7 of us including Charlie consumed 174 pieces of sushi, 3 bowls of edamame, 1 miso soup, 6 squid salad. Oh yea, that was the one of the best sushi meal I ever had here in US!

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