update 6/1

After going to the doctor last friday, my stomach feels MUCH better, the medicine he gave me relieved a lot of my pain and got me back to business as usual. Thanks for all of your prayers.

On another note, I just found out today that I was not accepted to the spiritual formation program at Talbot. I am put on the waitlist, but I also have to opportunity to still attend Talbot and take other required courses and apply to the Institute of Spiritual Formation at a later time. I was and still am kind of bummed after finding out. Right now, I'm just trying to keep my options open and we will see where God leads.

stomach problems

please pray for me as I have been having very bad stomach cramps and pains. I got food poisoning two days ago, and for the past few days I have not been able to sleep because of my stomach pain. I finally went to the doctor this morning and he told me that my intestine was infected, he even did an ultrasound on my stomach, which was pretty cool. But anyway, I was supposed be a part of a boating team, rowing a boat for the Dragon Boat Festival this weekend and on Wednesday, but I don't think my body will recover by tomorrow. I hope that I can get some much needed sleep as well as feel some relief in my abdominal area. good night.

g'day mate

It has been a busy past few weeks. A few weeks ago I went to Sun Moon Lake (about an hour and half drive from my place in Taichung) because my roommate Josh was in a Triathlon event as well as a few of my other friends. It was a beautiful lake, and I got to swim in it! Sun Moon Lake
This past week I got a chance to visit Sydney, Australia for a few days.
It is winter in Australia, so it was pretty cold. The first day, I basically walked all around the city. It was great to see the city by foot, but pretty tiring. I visited the Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay Wharf,
And The Rocks, Darling Harbor, City Centre, and the Sydney Aquarium.
The next day I visited Bondi Beach.
Then I took a ferry ride from Circular Quay, and then I went to the Sydney Olympic Park, where the 2000 Olympics were held.
But it was then also that my right knee started to give me some problems. I think I might have sprained my LCL in my knee, because it was really difficult to bend my knee to walk the entire trip after that, and I still had a lot to do. But I continued on trying my best to walk past the pain. That night I went to Hillsong Church's college-aged service on Friday night called Powerhouse. They had great music and they had a guest speaker for the weekend, Erwin McManus, the pastor of a church in LA called Mosaic.
It was a great night. The next day I went on a tour of Blue Mountain, the local mountains around the city. It was awesome, I got to see a lot of great sights, although walking through the mountain trails was a bit of a challenge because of my knee. I also went to a wildlife park and saw kangaroos and koalas. And I rode on the steepest railway in the world.

It was a great trip, I thank God that I have gotten the chance to travel as much as I am able to. And also that my mom works for China Airlines. (if you want to see more pictures go to my flickr page, I took a lot of pictures)
These past few weeks I've also gotten the chance to lead a few sessions of the Chung Hsing Bible study. A few weeks ago, I shared a message about suffering and trials and yesterday I gave my testimony and a led a discussion time. It was really fun and great to see people getting it when it comes to following Christ.
This morning I had my phone interview for Talbot School of Theology. It went pretty well. Let's hope for the best.

Please keep praying for the ministry here, especially with the relationships I've made here. And also that I would be able to continue supporting myself financially here.

I miss you all,
Wes