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Marcos and Danielle celebrate 365 days
I had the pleasure of working with Marcos and Danielle a few weeks ago. Marcos had emailed me a while back inquiring about taking some “new smiles and new places” for their 1year anniversary. Well…they definitely brought their smiles and the place was new for them too! Here are a few pictures, hope you enjoy!
Christmas (high)Lights
A few highlights (there were many) over the last few weeks:
1. Dean and Pauline were wed. During the bachelor’s party, Dean was given a mario mustache and a red indian dot with red lipstick from the dollar store, but the highlight was when the guys starting sharing their wishes for Dean. Dave gave a quote, “Do as the Amish do — love God, love family and work hard”. That idea, in its simplicity, is so refreshing. And so, I wish you to also, do as the Amish do.
2. During the wedding ceremony (Thomas Fogarty Winery), the pastor gave a message about how marriage is not about someone getting their own needs met, but about service and sacrifice. I feel like dating and marriage often gets reduced to finding the right one for me, the one who meets my list of conditions, the one who meets my needs, the one who will match perfectly with the way I want to live my life. But marriage is so much more than that.
3. Jenn and I celebrated our 1st year anniversary in Downtown San Francisco (Hotel Palomar). Aside from me not wanting to ask people for directions (and making a few wrong turns), and me forgetting our umbrella and having to buy some on the street during the downpour, we had a great time. Lots of walking and talking and exploring, just the two of us. We tried some new foods (Malaysian, Swedish) and talked about plans for next year. I love my wife :)
4. Spent Christmas evening listening to my cousin Eric, recent graduate from West Point, present what was termed, the discipleship pipeline. To me, this diagram is helpful in self-assessing where one stands in their calling to discipleship. It provides some concrete guidelines on what we have been doing, what we are doing now, and what we should be doing towards the ultimate goal of being disciples of Christ. I want to devote a whole post to the diagram, so I won’t say more here.
My rss reader (newsgator) was filled with posts from all of the blogs that I try and follow. Lots of quality posts, a few of which I want to link here because they are well worth your time:
