Greetings! Thanks to DJ and Dave. I approached Dave a few years back thinking that I would be able to contribute to Next Gen’s blog. Then I went through a spell of writer’s block. In Feb. DJ asked me to come back. Defn. am a different person since 2009, and I thank God for that!
Last week, my Pastor linked to Timothy Lo’s post which “outed” me. I remember telling someone on writing here,
“Y’know I haven’t written for the blog since 2009!”
And I cannot believe that three years have flown by!
I wanna say I am a different person than when I first started here. But I still think the same in some ways. Not sure what I can offer but I added to a meme once* (see below). What more can I say about myself? To reference DJ’s post from April 4, “I’m a Cantonese Boy”. Ironically my wife is part Canto/part Shanghai (like that video). Well not totally Shanghai but close…We have a daughter who is “tree!” (Three).
Last year we suffered the miscarriage of our 2nd daughter. She was about 20 weeks old. We named her Joshlynn Hope Woo. Joshlynn is the female form of Joshua, which means “The Lord is Our Salvation”. Jesus is a form of Joshua! Our testimony is that our Hope is in Jesus who is our salvation. And I wrote that in our yearly family newsletter last year to testify to that. I wish I had asked on that newsletter, “Is Jesus your hope? Your salvation? So I write that here.
Well, what more can I write? I am going to graduate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I am an intern at Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles. I grew up in El Paso, TX. Came to know Jesus at the El Paso Chinese Baptist Church (formerly: Grant Ave. Baptist Church).
I am among some great bloggers, I hope that I can pull my weight! Thanks again and hope to read and write with you all through the days, months, and years.
Edit-My Blog and Twitter.
@William, welcome back to ng.ac! Thanks for sharing a bit of your pain with miscarriage, very sad to hear about that. I trust God’s goodness and comfort have seen you and wife and family through, and maybe sorta like walking with a limp. Would like to hear more about how you’ve become a different person during the past 3 years. Blog away
Thanks DJ. I was trying edit my comment to the Timothy Lo post and realized I couldn’t. So I will double check this (perhaps triple check). Thank you for your words of encouragement.
How am I different? We all should be growing, and as followers of Christ, growing to Christlikeness. Defn. want acknowledge some growth. Hopefully I am less cocky! And being married, my wife has made me a better man.