WHAT are you doing THIS SUMMER??!?

Starting in April and continuing to September, the Japanese Gospel Church of Toronto (my church!) will be constructing our very FIRST church building (we've been renting space until this point)!!!!!

We're constructing solely with volunteers, so who's free this summer? The building site is between Warden and Kennedy on McNicoll, and we'll be there Monday-Saturday. The only requirements for the build are that you be over 16, wear a pair of CSA-approved (green triangle) safety shoes, and have WHMIS training. If you don't have WHMIS training, we're having it at the church THIS Sunday at 1pm, Sunday, April 29th at 1pm, or May 6th at 1pm. These safety trainings will be at our current church location, at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (Don Mills and Eglington).

Come be a part of CHURCH HISTORY! We REALLY need volunteers! Let your friends and family know!

Check out the Building blog!

Ow, there's a plank in my eye

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Romans 12:3

Seems I've forgotten about the plank in my eye.

My fave song of the moment is Who Am I by Casting Crowns. I think it's
amazing because it talks about how little and insignificant we are (we
are but a breath!) and yet, God loves us, forgives us and has such HOPE
in us. I love the line that says, "Who am I, that the eyes that see my
sin, would look on me with love, and watch me rise again." It's such a
good reminder of His abundant grace.

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours 

You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath. - Psalm 39:5

Bittersweet goodbye

You don't really realize how much you'll miss something until it's taken away.

I'm really going to miss Bangkok Villa. True, the restaurant business is stressful. But the food was so good, the regular customers were so great...and now, I guess I won't see those people again.

Now, the old Bangkok Villa space will join the gazillions of Japanese sushi places. Sigh, just as Starbucks was opening up across the parking lot, too.

God has a plan, and I'm thankful for the Lims for showing me what stepping out in faith and trusting God with your future looks like.

I'll miss you Bangkok Villa.