It's a Beautiful Day

Today was a beautiful day. After church, we decided to go on a picnic as a homegroup. It was Kevin's idea and everyone agreed that it was a great one. We went to a large garden/park type of area. We discussed our praise reports and prayer requests while lounging in the warm late Summer sun as it found its way through the outstretched branches of the trees. I took my big camera and I was so glad that I did. I got so many pictures. The garden was created by the guy that started Samsung. He liked peacocks, so there is a plethora of peacocks strolling the grounds. We ate popsicles and simply enjoyed God and His wonderful creation. It was wonderful. Enjoy these shots of our glorious day!

Lazy Sunday

I hope you enjoy this image. I've gotten some positive feedback on flickr from this one, so I thought I'd share it with those who may not check flickr. (Check flickr)!!!

Rest is so important. The fact that I'll be thirty-two soon seems to be conspiring with the fact that I have moved halfway around the world. I get tired easily. I'm not saying I'm old, I'm just saying I'm not as young as I used to be. Add to that the amount of work it takes just to leave the house for a simple evening out and Micah is one tired boy. My energy as well as my will to keep chuggin' along comes from God. Knowing that He is the one that put us here makes all the difference.

I have no widget to share my music with you as you read our blog, but I would like to recommend some of the music that I have been enjoying lately. Here are a few songs and artists in no particular order: Brooke Fraser (almost any song that comes out of her including The Sound of Silence from one of her live performances), Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing as performed Sufjan Stevens and another version by Fernando Ortega (I also really enjoy a Korean version sung by one of the worship leaders at our church), a new-to-me Christian band Above the Golden State, Dave Brubeck: 50 Years of Dave Brubeck, Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Chasing Pavements by Adele, Brandon Heath: Give Me Your Eyes, Healer from Hillsong: This Is Our God(this song is pretty good, but I just found out about the author of the song faking terminal cancer! this is a parenthetical update). Those are some of the tunes I'm spinning nowadays. Listen to all of them or none of them, but please listen to all of them.

I'm out,

Micah