So I’m cutting my hair on Sunday–no big deal, right? I’ve been cutting my hair for the past eleven years (one mirror, one trimmer and nerves of steel) to varying degrees of success. Well… my standard of success means that after my haircut, I should a) still be recognizable as me and b) not elicit [...]
Man. Where to even start?
I started working at Riverbed about three months ago. Three months! Time does fly.
What do you do? I’m a User Interface Developer with them, where I design the management interface to the Steelhead, their WAN acceleration product. What this means in plain English is that I design the look and feel [...]
Since I’ve been here last, things have changed. I graduated from college, went to Africa, started working in the City, changed churches, moved homes. In the span of one week, I’m in San Francisco, then Emeryville, then Saratoga, then Oakland and back. I’ve said goodbye to friends, made new ones, and rediscovered old ones.
I gotta [...]
I think Grace is jackhammering into my creaky l’il religious heart right now. A simple word from Romans is tearing me apart like it hasn’t before.
8 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because,
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus [...]
We made it safely back in one piece! Thanks for your continual prayer and support, we couldn’t have experienced all this without you.
One morning, I woke to a revelation that I fear a life wasted.
I realized that one of my biggest fears was that if I were to totally surrender my life to follow Jesus [...]
Mmm, Rusk…
Originally uploaded by andrewhao
Allow me to introduce you to the rusk. Think of a biscotti, but chunkier. Perfect in coffee or tea for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or midnight snack. Awesome.
Sure, Jack Bauer sniffs out terrorist sleeper cells to save the world in 24 hours, but did you know…
Zhie heads a womens’ empowerment project in Maun.
Zhie harvests maize and peanuts and guavas in her backyard.
Zhie has provided foster care for a local child.
Zhie singlehandedly raises at least three kids at home, at least one of [...]
Nelisha is Sarah’s friend from 2006. We bumped into her at church the first week we came in, and we were invited to dinner a week later! Here, as we are waiting for the food to come out, Nelisha is trying to teach Sarah Shona, with limited success.
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So life here has been a whirlwind of activity:
Mercy Ministries
Last Thursday, I shadowed Zhie, a social worker and community organizer, as we drove on dirt roads from borough to borough and delivered food. It gave me a great perspective on life outside the mission. Zhie really inspires me as somebody who pours her heart out [...]
This is the house I’m staying in. Pretty cool huh?
Listen to the cacophony of animals I wake up to: