Hi Family, This is the grave of Vivienne Ahn’s father, Soon Ki Chae, in the countryside of Mongolia.  He and his wife lived there as missionaries and planted three thriving churches in a land where Christianity was almost non-existent just a couple of decades ago (his wife continues to lead the churches to this day).  [...]

Hi Family, Once again, we spent the entire Saturday before Thanksgiving slaving away in the kitchen, frying turkeys, making 12 sides (No joke, I think about the bacon-grease-loaded-mashed-potatoes at nights now, after I had eight helpings in two days), and having an amazing time in fellowship.  I was at church for 13 hours that day, [...]

Hi Family, I looked up the first Thanksgiving, fully expecting the story to be a fairy tale that never happened, with the real story involving betrayal and massacre, but it the traditional story really took place!  (Cue URC History Channel…) The traditional first Thanksgiving meal was in 1621 @ Plymouth, when 53 pilgrims and 90 [...]

Hi Family, Every single time we’ve done something with UMEC, it’s been really fun: 2007 Winter Retreat, bowling x 2, V-Ball, B-Ball, MORe Retreats, you name it (Why do we look so gross, compared to them in the picture?  Hahahahaa).  We have a lot of commonalities: Same denomination, love for food and sports, both start [...]

Hi Family, In college, our friend made the fatal mistake of leaving for class with her dorm room door unlocked.  Of course, we went in and changed all her clocks to an hour forward, so she went to her next class an hour early, all alone.  When the inevitable angry reaction came, we pointed out [...]