Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Battery Effort!

I was up and Alan was off early... He had discipleship with a new guy and then tennis and then off to the buffet breakfast at the Metropolitan... 

After Isaiah left, I sat and read! Anywhere I flip in that Signature Classics of CS Lewis is fantastic... "Cardinal Virtues"... those are so lost...Prudence, Temperance, Justice & Fortitude... What do you think? Would you agree?

Alan was back and we started to look into the battery situation. We want the car for our outing on Friday... and that's the beginning of the four day long weekend... I had a marvel idea: What if he removed the battery and we bring that over to the Toyota Dealer for them to charge it up for us???? And that's exactly what we did... after 'negotiating' with them, they finally agreed. We came home and had a wonderful afternoon at home with the AC on... ha, ha, ha... 

I had no tutoring... and no engagements... until 8:45 for prayer and then 9pm for online study... 

I will keep you posted on the battery ordeal... it is to charge for eight hours... 

Daily Lovely Insight:

VERSE OF THE DAY ISAIAH 35:3- 6"Strengthen the feeble hands steady the  knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not  fear; your God will come, He

My knee is feeling like I can run again... the stuck feeling is gone... No pain and I can walk normally... It's weird... God has healed it... I continue to pray... I will keep you posted! Pray for a neighbor... I was helping with the recycling area in B1 and this couple came to throw out their recycling trash and the lady noticed the patch on my knee... we started to talk and her husband has severe knee problem... and I shared with him Hebrews 12:12. And I invited him to pray... I want to see them again... and ask about their 'faith'. I believe the husband at one time had attended church. I have no idea... just a feeling I had, even though he didn't seem familiar with the book of Hebrews. Yet, when I asked him to pray to God of the Bible, I saw a hint of recognition... Like, 'yes, I have thought about praying to the God of the Bible...' I am not sure if there was that hint in his heart. I pray God is using that recycling 'time' to encounter people from our complex and talk to them about Jesus!

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net

Monday, September 21, 2026

Interesting Monday

I was up and Alan was up earlier for the game... they lost... 

Alan went to have the buffet breakfast at the hotel my brother is staying at... yes, he's back up in Taipei. And he loved it... Isaiah took off for work and then I went and ran errands. I had a check to deposit. I also went and bought soy bean milk and updated our postal account books. I stopped by the Toyota dealer to see if they would loan us a better battery... but no... they were not helpful. When I got home, Alan was home. We did a little research and then we had to head out. Off we went to Danhsui. The toilet was clogged yet again. 

This time I went with a snake, borrowed from a friend. It worked... but we don't know if it was completely unclogged or not. We shall see... We headed back home, stopping at a car parts place and looked at the cost of a jump start battery.

We were home by 4pm and will do more research. We would like the car to be moving by Friday as we were hoping or planning to have a trip to Taiping Mountain and go for a nice hike around this beautiful lake... It's a four day weekend! Mid-Autumn Festival and Teacher's Day!

At 5:30, I had prayer time... and then at 8pm we were at church for the in person prayer time.

The day sure had flown by... It was indeed an interesting mix of events...

Daily Lovely Insight:

Psalm 37:11

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Sunday!

I was up early... and Isaiah left to play tennis... He needs to exercise more... After his trip to the States, he is now at 85kgs. 

Alan went later... 

And I was home alone... I sat and read CS Lewis. He is such an excellent writer. I can flip to any page in that signature classic and read... and absolutely enjoy it. 

Isaiah came back pretty early and did a load of laundry and took down the recycling and trash. Alan came back about 30 minutes later. 

I did not plan to run any errands... just sat and had my breakfast and then a nice salad for lunch.

What a joyous morning... 

By 2:45, I left for church as I do the Love Cafe set up... 

I also translated for the service. 

After church, I had to go to my friend's house as her daughter couldn't find her glasses. They think they are still at the house. I could not find them and after doing a bit of tidying, I headed home. I was home by 9pm. Alan was already in bed because the Chargers' game is set to start at 4:20. I think he and Isaiah will get up for that...

Monday... ahhhhh... prayer time at 5:30 and prayer time at 8pm... 

We do have to get the car fixed and go over to the Danhsui house to fix the toilet... The week is going to be a busy one... so what else is new?!?!?!

Daily Lovely Insight:

I am praying this verse for today and this week... I need God to steady the knee that a give away... Maybe I will be able to run in another 7 days...

VERSE OF THE DAY Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give  way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God  will come, he will come

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net

Saturday, September 19, 2026

A Typical Saturday!

I was up and had a delightful morning... I finished reading the rest of the chapters for the book, Heaven and continued on my CS Lewis book. That's such a captivating book.

I had tutoring at 11am and took off... the hour flew by. Then I went to get my scooter tuned up and the guy lent me a battery... it didn't work to start the car.

Alan and I went to Mega PX as he needed a new glass protector for his cell phone and we decided to buy lunch there... it was a delightful spontaneous date... 

When we got back, Isaiah said that he can meet up for dinner... we had such a late lunch... but still... it was nice to have Teppanyaki at our usual place at the IKEA Mall... so back we went over there... 

The parking lot had a flea market, but it was wrapping up... oh well... 

Dinner was great and I got some hot dog buns from the grocery store there... 

We were home by 8:30 and Isaiah took Fenny home.

It was a typical Saturday!

Oh... as of today, I have not had a run for two weeks... Wow... God has helped me to not run by keeping the weather quite HOT... My knee is feeling better, but I know that it has not fully recovered!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Thirsts for You | Psalm 63:1 - Tricia Goyer

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net

Friday, September 18, 2026

Great MOE Day

I woke up early... and it was my MOE Day...

I was there on time and the editing project is still being being reviewed... SO... I had a free day... YIPPY!

I read... and at lunch time, I walked to ask about a check... I didn't make my step goal... and it was hot... 

I was heading to my tutoring at 5:05 and made it there early... 

The hour went by fast and I was home by 8pm... Alan was having a grilled cheese sandwich and I had a salad... YUMMY!

Prayer time at 8:45 and then I had the rest of the evening free... The weekend has started!

Daily Lovely Insight:

God Alone - Psalm 62 - New Covenant Baptist Church

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Movie & Reading Time

I was up and had planned the day... 

Since Alan is back, he had the external DVD player. I had planned to finally watch the Jane Eyre BBC 2006 Version. I borrowed the DVDs from the local library, but could not play them on our Blu-Ray DVD player as the 'region' was not compatible. 

After Alan and Isaiah both left for work, I started on the DVDs. What an enjoyable morning.

I then worked on my talk and ppt for September 28th. 

Reviewing memory verses and reading on the sofa were also on the agenda for the day... 

Needless to say, the time flew by!

I had tutoring at 6:00pm... and it takes about 40 minutes on my scooter to get to this kid's house... 

90 minutes... On the way home, I stopped at the library... three more books came... I also reserved Theo the Golden, so that should be coming in the next few days... I didn't pick up the book until after the tutoring as I didn't want to spend the entire day reading, like I did last Thursday! I'm going to bring the book for my MOE Day... I'm not sure how much free time I will have...

Alan had basketball this evening... Isaiah had a baseball game. 

Prayer time at 8:45.

I got things together for my MOE Day tomorrow... plus tutoring!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Psalms 116:1-2 (KJV)

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse (KJV) - DailyVerses.net

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Alan Is Back!

I was up and ready to go pick him up... but the car didn't start... so he took a taxi from the SongShan Airport... It was only 9US$! We will work on the car at another time...

He unpacked his clothes and I unpacked the box sent from Annie... IT WAS AN ENTIRE BOX OF OLD PHOTO ALBUMS... NEXT SUMMER PROJECT. What I noticed was many of them were only half filled... so I will need to go over them and fill them up... most of the pictures are Mom and Daddy George... so... I will have to decide to keep or not... It will take a block of time to get that done.

Alan went to play tennis and to the sports center while I finished all the unpacking and organizing and putting  things away. I was finished at around 11am! YIPPY! His clothes were all still on the bed!

He came back at 1pm and ate lunch and turned on the AC... ha, ha, ha... and took a nap!

I had tutoring at 3:40, so I took off at 3:15... on the way home I stopped to buy the 2027 filler for his date book and had tutoring at 6pm.

I was glad to be home... 

Alan had taken off to meet up with my brother at Miramar Mall for dinner... YIPPY!

Prayer time at 8:45!

Please pray as Isaiah met with the real estate agent and the worker to access the problem with the leak in his house. No one wants to take the responsibility to pay for repair... is it the fourth floor responsibility? Is it the previous owner's? I will keep you posted!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Take Heart! | John 16:33 - Tricia Goyer

Seek Him First!

1 Timothy 6:12 - Bible verse - DailyVerses.net