excursion to mountain country
Here I am with wired up with free WiFi at this hotel near Vail, Colorado, where I’ll be until Sunday. Part of a weekend business trip, one of the tougher parts of one of my jobs 
I’m not going to comment to much about what’s happening here, other than to refer to the sponsoring organization’s website, and the distinguished mix of people who are gathered here. Noteworthy that they used blogging in conjunction with their pre-event communication.
My business trip part of it was that I helped coordinate the convening of 3 couples from the Bay area, and perhaps this will become an event that can gather a growing number of high net-worth Asian American Christians in the coming years, and provide a safe place for them to discern how God can use them together for Kingdom impact. Believe you me, not an easy topic to breach, but when they come together, the proof is in the pudding, and the experience priceless.
YES!!! Baseball is returning to Washington!
Just got an SMS text message: baseball is returning to Washington DC!! The scoop at Yahoo! News 3 minutes ago.
FYI, I get text message alerts from Yahoo! Alerts, a free service, and free incoming text messages on my cell phone (last I looked).
Generous like a Wofford
Our family watched the season premiere of Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and boy was it a tear-jerker! The Woffords and their community were an amazing testimony of generosity, love, and spirituality, and the designer team alluded to their tremendous stories. Even tho’ the Dad worked like crazy to make ends meet, and being recently widowed with 8 kids(!), he still exuded a sense of joy and peace, as did the whole family. Their home church, North Coach Calvary Chapel, got a few minutes of spotlight, along with their surrounding community.
Bloggers had scooped the story back in June-July, when the rebuild actually happened: Extremely touching, Local Makeover, homemade video of the reveal, phooning at the site
And to think, they used to live in the amount of space that we now live in, yet we only have 3 people. And, when the Woffords heard of a basketball team needing a place to stay, they still offered their tiny home to 3 basketball players to have a place to stay! Overflowing overstuffed generosity or what?
Plus, these side notes: Home makeover not as free as it seems, North County Family Receives Reality-Show Home Makeover, ‘Extreme Makeover’ Features Encinitas Family, Community Welcomes Home Wofford Family, Encinitas family goes from bunk beds to breathing room .
becoming a leader
Gave a talk tonight at TYF to about 100 Asian American high schoolers, about how following Jesus = Becoming a Leader. Forgot to mention it to y’all before I went, partly b/c I was busy making preparations for it, as I had just under a week to get it ready. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done public speaking / preaching / teaching. I made it more interactive, and had very good attentiveness in the first half of the room; the back half of the room, not so much. I hope to post an MP3 audio of the talk online, so you can see how rusty I am
[updated: my talk "Following Jesus = Becoming a Leader" is now online.]
Interview Invite for Asian Christians
Will you take up this invitation from Scott Tong? Whether you’re engaged or apathetic about politics, he’d like to hear from you! Please email me at djchuang@despammed.com to participate!
Scott wrote: “I’m the Washington, DC reporter for a public radio program called “Pacific Time,” which airs weekly on NPR stations. I’m doing a piece on Asian Christians and election 2004 — what issues motivate them, if any? “Minority” issues like immigration? “Christian” social issues like abortion? Or something different, like foreign affairs?
Ideally I’d find a group in the area willing to watch the 9/30 presidential debate with me. I’d interview them during and afterwards. Thanks!”
Scott Tong
KQED’s “Pacific Time”
www.kqed.org/pacifictime
