Since I'm not really going out this weekend cos I'm working on my paper and it's my turn to work in the student's dining room, i'll post pictures about what i did last weekend. haa..
Thursday night. Every Thursday, we have Thursday praise, which is one hour of singing praises to God. It's not a required thing, so students who want to go can go and worship with other students. It's a really wonderful time to just sing praises to God and think about what He wants us to do..
went to Chinatown friday night just for 珍珠奶茶bubble tea. Peter, Sam, Vin Sie and Meghan.
Vin Sie and I. We got durian bubble tea(it's actually smoothie with pearls in it) and it's so good!! We're so happy they have durian flavor so we didn't even consider other flavors..haha..
On Sunday morning, went to Lawndale Community Church in the suburbs by train. LCC is a church with mainly African American congregation. These are the girls who went with me. Vin Sie, Rachel, Ayren, and Chelsey.
walking towards the church. I love the purple wall with the purple flowers.
The choir. It's gospel style singing, with clapping and stuffs. It's really nice.
outside the church. It's not a very big church, but the people are really friendly.
Taking the train back to Moody. The weather was gorgeous that day..just look at the sky...
Sunday afternoon, PCM(practical Christian ministry) at Warren Barr nursing home. It's only 10 minutes' walk from Moody so it's actually very convenient for us. PCM is a requirement at Moody and it gives us a chance to live out what we learned. I have to go there every week for the whole year with my team.
Our ministry there is to lead worship service for the old people there and to talk with them. This is David sharing a short message. Only 8 people turn out for the service, less than i expected, but still good. We sing hymns with them and try to make conversations and encourage them.
They actually have a very pretty rooftop, but most of them are not very happy living there. It's understandable that they're not happy though, feeling lonely and unneeded. Please pray for me to have compassion and a heart that really loves them cos it's hard to love old people who are not related to me and who may not really understand what I say when i'm trying to have a conversation with them(because they're having trouble seeing/hearing or not very healthy anymore). I have to admit that I am not super-excited about going there every week, but i pray that God will help me truly love these old people, not just doing it because it's my assigned ministry.
The view from the top is really pretty. A nearby church.
My wonderful teammates: David, Janessa, and Lana with the ladies.
again, the view from there.
Chicago has lots of tall buildings.
Sunday evening, I went to Chinatown with a bunch of Moody students(mostly internationals) because dinner is not provided in the students dining room on Sundays.
Renee and Christi learning how to use the chopsticks from Sung Hyun. It's fun watching them learn. Sometimes we just take for granted our culture and don't realize that what may seem normal for us is actually new to others.
Our big group of Moody-ers in Chinatown.
All of us. From the left: Swen(Brazil), Sung Hyun(Korea), Lauren(Hungary), Rachel, John, Renee(US), John (Egypt), Vinsie(Malaysia), Mindy, Roy(India), Christi, Ayano(Japan), Kwang, Terry(France), and Akira(Japan). I don't know some of them really well, but international students usually know each other cos we were together during the orientation.
Old Town is a street with all kinds of nice shops such as cafes and boutiques along the way.
It may be just a little sink, but I appreciate it a lot. At least I don't have to walk out of my room every time I need to wash my hands or when I need to brush my teeth before I sleep at night. (We have a common bathroom on the floor). I took a picture or it this morning because I can't help but notice how nicely-coordinated the colors of the things my roommate and I put there are. We didn't even plan to have purple on this side and green on the other side. It just happened. *Wa lah!! ka-boom* lol...
I need to start working at 6.15am every tues morning which means I have to wake up before 6am. 'i know it doesn't seem that early to most of you, but for me, it feels really early cos most people on my floor aren't awake yet. The pic was taken this morning when i was going to work. It is the lounge area of our dorm floor and you can see a Chicago street from the window.
it's kinda funny..cos i was just "facebooking" someone asking them how's the summer going..and later when I went to choir practice, Ms. Hong told us that it's the first day of fall today. well, time does fly, huh? anyway, i took this picture yesterday while i was walking with my friends to lincoln park.. it has an "autumny" look and i really love the design of the gate.
These are my two friends, Susan(from Honduras) and Nina(from Taiwan) who went out with me last saturday. We had so much fun together going to Hershey's and the water tower place. =)
snacks! i need them when I'm stressed about writing a paper...haha..
I hope all my friends who are starting to feel the stress of exams and assignments will be encouraged by God and experience His perfect peace. =)
went to Chinatown friday night just for 珍珠奶茶bubble tea. Peter, Sam, Vin Sie and Meghan. 
Vin Sie and I. We got durian bubble tea(it's actually smoothie with pearls in it) and it's so good!! We're so happy they have durian flavor so we didn't even consider other flavors..haha..
walking towards the church. I love the purple wall with the purple flowers.
The choir. It's gospel style singing, with clapping and stuffs. It's really nice.
outside the church. It's not a very big church, but the people are really friendly.
Taking the train back to Moody. The weather was gorgeous that day..just look at the sky...
Sunday afternoon, PCM(practical Christian ministry) at Warren Barr nursing home. It's only 10 minutes' walk from Moody so it's actually very convenient for us. PCM is a requirement at Moody and it gives us a chance to live out what we learned. I have to go there every week for the whole year with my team.
Our ministry there is to lead worship service for the old people there and to talk with them. This is David sharing a short message. Only 8 people turn out for the service, less than i expected, but still good. We sing hymns with them and try to make conversations and encourage them.
They actually have a very pretty rooftop, but most of them are not very happy living there. It's understandable that they're not happy though, feeling lonely and unneeded. Please pray for me to have compassion and a heart that really loves them cos it's hard to love old people who are not related to me and who may not really understand what I say when i'm trying to have a conversation with them(because they're having trouble seeing/hearing or not very healthy anymore). I have to admit that I am not super-excited about going there every week, but i pray that God will help me truly love these old people, not just doing it because it's my assigned ministry.
My wonderful teammates: David, Janessa, and Lana with the ladies.
again, the view from there.
Chicago has lots of tall buildings.
Sunday evening, I went to Chinatown with a bunch of Moody students(mostly internationals) because dinner is not provided in the students dining room on Sundays.
Renee and Christi learning how to use the chopsticks from Sung Hyun. It's fun watching them learn. Sometimes we just take for granted our culture and don't realize that what may seem normal for us is actually new to others.
Our big group of Moody-ers in Chinatown.
All of us. From the left: Swen(Brazil), Sung Hyun(Korea), Lauren(Hungary), Rachel, John, Renee(US), John (Egypt), Vinsie(Malaysia), Mindy, Roy(India), Christi, Ayano(Japan), Kwang, Terry(France), and Akira(Japan). I don't know some of them really well, but international students usually know each other cos we were together during the orientation.
Torrey-Gray auditorium, where the chapels are held every Tues-Thurs at 10am. We are require to go to chapels.
This was one of the chapels. We usually have praise and worship time and different guest speakers.
The plaza. The main buildings are centered around this plaza, but the newer buildings such as the athletic center and Sweeting center are not.
in the plaza.
looking out from the plaza.
The sky was so pretty that day. That's the John Hancock tower which is within walking distance from Moody. the building(the wall) on the right is my dorm.
outside Torrey-Gray auditorium.
Moody publishes quite a lot of books. and as Moody students, we get 50% off for Moody published books.
This is sweeting center, where the library and some of the classrooms are located.
The glasses are actually the "roof" of parts of the library. It's actually really nice because you can see the sky and feel the sunshine when you're studying in the library.
inside the library. i love the library.
This is our goal of course, to evangelize to the world. This is a responsibility for all Christians.
Doane memorial building, where music students go for classes or practice rooms.
this is the hallway of my dorm floor. There are mirrors hanging because our floor's theme is something about being mirrors that reflect God.
Classes! i love my professors and the classes. 
Women's concert choir. it's not a real class, but we have practice 3 times per week, which makes it almost a class and we get a credit hour for it.
Ms Hong demonstrating how to play the handbell. I decided not to join the handbells this year.
College writing class. This is probably my least favorite subject because i'm lazy to write. haa..and we have lots of exercises.
same class.
Music theory class. That's Dr. Childs, he's an awesome prof. He's like a grandfather who's really kind and gentle. haa.. this is a more relaxing class for me.
