BreakAway!

Despite the rain, lack of sleep, and our first ever broken leg...we survived another year of BreakAway!

We had only been at the camp for like an hour when Do Kuen broke his leg while playing basketball. We didn't think it was broken so he actually stayed the night at camp...and the next morning when he was still in pain, Mr. Ha took him back to Corvallis to see the doctor. Turns out...he had broken his leg in THREE places! In retospect, I would say he was a pretty tough kid.

So, in three years of BreakAway we have only had one causalty...but it broke in three places...one for each year. Luckily he won't need surgery and is in a cast.

As for the rest of the weekend, it was awesome! My dad came and spoke which was really cool. The twins, Daryl and Ryan along with Sun and Angela led worship. Charissa's parents cooked amazing food all weekend.

I'll try to tell some cool stories over the next week...so check back...for now, here is two pictures of our group.

Risk

Sitting above my desk at church is a Calendar that my sister gave me for Christmas. Each month has one or two pictures from the youth group. There are two pictures for the month of March. The first is a funny one of Lois, Seihwa, Jane and Angela all looking scared and worried. There picture is taken with a sign that reads, "Ride at your own risk." Here it is...

It makes me laugh every time I see it. It was taken at Thril-ville two summers ago. You can find that same sign throughout Thril-ville in front of nearly every ride. I'm sure there is some risk when you get on the different rides. Some of them are pretty old and look like they may just break at any moment. Despite the risk, how much would we miss out on if we looked at that sign and said, "I'm not willing to 'take a risk' and go on this ride."

There are a lot of things in life that are"ride at your own risk." There are numerous examples that come to my mind.

Sharing Christ with a friend is a risk. You might be rejected.

Standing up for truth is a risk. You might be rejected.

Choosing to live a life that is "set apart" is risky. You might be rejected.

I've read stories of countless people who have given up great, well-paying jobs to be a pastor or missionary. Pastor Paul Kim, our pastor, has a PhD in something crazy like nuclear science... but he gave it up to be a pastor...what a risk!

Someone once said, "the greatest risk is not risking anything at all." I'm not sure who said it, but its true.

The second picture on my calendar for the month of March is of me and Joe on a ride at Thril-ville. Here it is.

It was a pretty fun ride. I guess you could say, "the risk paid off."

The Bible is full of risk takers.

Moses going before Pharaoh.

David standing before Goliath.

Peter stepping out of the boat onto the water.

Paul giving up his life to preach the Gospel.

God didn't save us to sit behind a sign scared, he saved us to take a risk and live a life for him. I wonder how different our church would be if we were willing to risk everything to reach everyone. I wonder how different our lives would look if we were willing to risk our pride to serve others.

I wonder how many of us are sitting behind the sign sacred. You're probably risking more sitting there, than if you were out doing something.

We are less then three weeks away from BreakAway! If you haven't signed up yet you better get on that! If you still aren't sure if you want to go, watch this video of the top ten reasons to go on BreakAway. Maybe it will convince you.

I told everyone at church yesterday it is 80% wierd and stupid and 20% funny...

Last Weekend

Last weekend my wife, Charissa, was out of town. She went to the beach for a women’s retreat with Salem Heights Church. So, I invited Daniel, Jae and Shane over for the weekend. They came home with me from youth group Friday night and I took them back to Corvallis on Sunday for church.

It was a pretty awesome weekend! I didn’t get a lot of sleep though. The three of them actually got less sleep than me.

Basically, the weekend consisted of us playing video games, Shane drinking Mt. Dew, playing basketball, eating Tater Tot Casserole, and making a crazy video (that we will show in church next Sunday).

The crazy thing about working at CKC is that we get new students all the time. In fact, a year ago, I had never met Jae. He was somewhere in Korea, but this past summer he moved here with his family. The sad part is, he is only here for one year. The cool part is, he’s a pretty cool guy. I feel like he has always been a part of our youth group. So, it was fun to hang out with him this weekend!

This next weekend Charissa has invited all the high school girls to come hang out at our house! What a difference a week can make.

Here are some pictures from this weekend…I stole them from Jae’s facebook.