Former President Carter, the oldest living former president in US history, helps lead a build of Habitat for Humanity homes in Nashville one day after falling at his home and receiving stitches above his eye. (h/t NBC news)
Watching this got me emotional this morning. In the midst of such a crazy and chaotic political and even social landscape, it’s tempting to add to the fray of shouting, finger-pointing, blaming, screaming, dehumanizing, vilifying...and sometimes, in the name of justice and truth-telling. It sure does get messy.
And then, I’m reminded that it’s possible you can do all those things...and not be building anything. In other words, don’t just tell us what you’re against, tell us what you’re for. Better yet, show us what you’re for. Build a better story.
Thank you, President Jimmy Carter and First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. We are grateful for your commitment to kindness, humility, and service. Thank you for giving us an imagination of being, doing, and building.
It's typically taboo for Koreans to show PDA in public but c'mon, Minhee and are getting too old to care. Lol.
Minhee's 50th Birthday Month is coming to a close but one final trip. Grateful for the privilege to be in Los Angeles and at UCLA. An honor to speak at His Hands On Africa's annual gala and cheer on Tom and Lita Lee as they embark and relocate to Rwanda soon to help build Hope Dental Center and train, equip, and empower what we pray will be thousands of indigenous, local Rwandan dentists and health workers.
In between Minhee and I got away to do a little Korean drama kiss at Getty Museum. And of course, I fed my queen again and again. Happy 50th birthday month! You deserve it.
Grateful! This past weekend, @onedayswages celebrated our 10th Anniversary in Seattle with our amazing supporters.
We hosted about 300 people and collectively raised $255,538 to power our work. This is significant because this is the only event that we host to raise funds for ourselves because we commit 100% of other donations directly to our partnerships. In 10 years, we've already invested $5.8 dollars in carefully vetted projects (and will easily surpass $6M by the end of year). Most importantly, our movement has allowed us to impact approximately 730,000 people around the world through clean water and sanitation, education maternal health, medicine, education, fighting trafficking, etc.
Much love to our incredible staff, volunteers, and interns incl. @kenziebertram @meggie.anderson.sandoval @michelle.stibbs
@n.kkiriggins
Grateful for the steadfast support of Minhee and our kids. We did this together.
Shout out to all of our generous sponsors and in-kind donations
Gratitude to all of our partners this past year including those who came to support us at the Gala. We don't want to reinvent the wheel so it's a privilege to collaborate together.
And finally, to all of our donors of all amounts, ages, backgrounds, states, and countries. Those that give monthly, give their one days wages, start birthday campaigns, build snow sculptures, run marathons, get their churches involved, and those that pay an outrageously generous $3600 to go fishing with me or $3100 for a home cooked Korean BBQ meal with Minhee. All of it.
We can't do what we do and be who we are called to be without YOU and your support. Thank you.
And if you're interested in giving to our 10th anniversary fundraiser, it's not too late. Link is in bio.
I hate birthdays, parties, and being in a crowd but as I'm getting older, I'm realizing that these celebrations are meaningful. They matter. Also, #IntrovertProblems. And also, it's not my birthday. It's Minhee's birthday month so we've been taking a few moments throughout this month to be celebrate. This weekend, we stopped by Vancouver, BC and then came back for a special dinner hosted by her friends. She is one blessed woman.
Praise God for the gift of life, family, grace, and community.
Minhee, Happy 50th Birthday Month!
Happy 50th birthday to my amazing wife, Minhee! In light of this big milestone, I asked her where she wanted to go around the world and she said, "Japan." So thanks to all those years of flying and saving credit card points, we just returned from a memorable family trip to Japan (and Korea). Minhee: We love, honor, and bless you. It's been an amazing 50 years and I'm so grateful to have spent 23 of those years with you. I can't wait to see all that God has in store for you...and us.
