It’s also hard for me to reply emails because then I too must reciprocate to you about my mom, thus bringing her up again. It’s incredibly difficult, but time heals all wounds and I am starting to experience that. So here is my simple email to you.

Thank you for your words, for your memories. My mom loved you as much as she loved the next person sitting next to her on the bus. That was the kind of woman she was. She knew that you were a beautiful creation by God and that no matter how much love she gave you, she couldn’t give you what God can. So that was her life goal, to make God known to others. She had to experience it herself before she could preach it. There were times when it was really hard and she felt hypocritical, but by God’s grace she always came back to Jesus almost immediately. I remember during her last days when she was already fully unconscious and in a daze, I asked her, “Do you know that Jesus loves you?” hoping she would be sane enough to answer. She didn’t reply for an hour, then about an hour later she looks at me and goes..”I was thinking about what you asked me? About if Jesus loved me?” I said, “yeah…” She goes, “YES! HE DOES LOVE ME!” She smiled and laughed to herself. I was so eternally comforted by that. Despite her Flesh and Heart failing her, she did not let it stop her from knowing His love for her. Reminds me of Romans 8:38-39.

The more and more I think about her death, I truly am starting to slowly, not quickly, slowing rejoice in that she is with the Lord. This morning we attended church. To be honest, it was painful because there is nothing more tortuous and awkward than seeing tons of people who have no idea what to say to you. When they do they say something, they know they set off something. My family and I seriously just did a lot of nodding, yeses, and thank yous. But anyway, the message was on Joy, of course. It was also in Mandarin. My mandarin is decent but not Church message decent. So I opened the hymn book and started looking through it. I opened it to a random page and started “practicing” my mandarin in my head. The hymn was called, “Face to Face.” I don’t remember all the lyrics but at the end it wrote, “Till one day I will meet you face to face, I await that day I’ll meet you face to face.” (I’m paraphrasing). But it hit me once again…She did it! She has finally met him and will be with him forever. All the days of our lives we will toil and enjoy some days, but none of it will compare to the day we meet him face to face. How glorious that my mother has reached it. It’s not that cancer beat her, death beat her, but that…she beat cancer, she beat death. She has eternal life! Something we can only await to receive.

It’s amazing that in this time of tremendous pain and sadness, God is shedding light. Few nights ago, my father’s friend called and said she had a dream about my mom. She was standing at what looked like Bethel, waiting on some stairs, waiting to be received to heaven. She had hair again and was laughing filled with joy. After my dad heard that, he felt supernatural comfort. God knows we are hurting. He is so excited for my mom, yet he still hurts with us.

We all thought mom went a little psycho in the last days. Three days before her passing she was the happiest we’ve seen her all through these trying months (October-January). She would say something (which we didn’t understand) and laugh. Then for no reason she would laugh. We thought she was loosing it, especially when she said, “Look! Who is that? Who is that at the door?” There was no one at the door. Absolutely no one. But for the next hour, she would just look at the door and smile and wave as if she saw someone.

A week before that, a pastor magically (holy spirit led) came and gave a short message to my mom. He shared about not focusing on the temporal but not the eternal, not on the seen, but unseen. It started to make sense to us. Who knew what my mom saw? Maybe she was hallucinating. But I believe, I truly believe, she saw something we didn’t. I truly believe that Jesus told her each step that she would take and that she was ready. She knew someone was waiting for her, her creator to take her home.

My mom died at a strange time. Why do I say strange? Well, we kept an eye on her the whole time. How was it that she left and none of us knew until a minute later? That night Brandon and I went home to sleep after staying at the hospital for 2 nights. It was my dad and brother who were at the hospital. They both stayed up until 3am and at 3 they crashed. At 3:30 a pastor called (the pastor that will lead the memorial service) and said, we need to pray for your wife. They prayed, my mom’s heart was still beating, at 140 (very fast) but still beating. Then at 4, my dad randomly wakes up, not because of sound, just woke up. That’s when he saw that her Electro Cardio Gram (the box with the heart rate) had become a line. He woke up John and got the nurse. Nurse got doctor, doctor declared mom’s time of death. Yes, this is truly a tragic ending to some, but it was so strange how it happened. She left so quietly, no scene, not even time to be anxious nor sad, and it’s done. To me, I think this was her request to God. “Please let me gather my things, say bye to my family, and we will go. Let my family sleep in peace.” She was so motherly even at her death.

I share all of this with you because you’ve shared with me, with us. We want you to know we accept all our prayers, sympathies, condolescenes, etc. But, we want you to know..it is well. Yes, it will take time to heal because her presence is still all around us, especially her things. But, it is well. This was God’s will, He has perfect timing, and He showed His love and provision in the most tender and gentle way in the midst of the most horrifying and painful time. God is with us. We truly experienced that.

May your tears be dried after reading this and may you know that our God is full of Love, Gentleness, and Hope.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18

Love in Christ,
Phoebe

Mom’s battle with cancer will not cease in difficultly. The cancer has once again metastasized to this time, her ribs.

Here is another reality:

Despite the “bad news”  and of course, this could be devastating. Praise the Lord that instead it brought them to trust God at a new level and I believe God rewarded them by bringing them on a 2 and half week vacation to America, specifically, LA and can you believe it..BERKELEY!!!

Some SUPERB and OUT OF THIS WORLD highlight:

• Since I work at a christian school one of the “perks” if you will, is that I get to pray every morning with my students. I have really started to enjoy this time because it is when they share with me what’s going on in their lives. Anyway, we were praying for my parents to come visit all of us. So….two weeks ago, I took a day off on Friday, and surprised my entire class with my parents visiting! My mom shared about her testimony with little third graders and one of my boys who detested praying, freely offer to pray for my mom before she left! He has been praying ever since! Since her visit, I have also been able to share with my students’ parents and had the opportunity to pray with two of my non-believing parents at the recent parent conference.
• My parents visited our church in Berkeley. This meant a lot to all of our members because so many of them pray on a consistent basis for my mom and to finally meet the lady they’ve been praying for…it was a powerful moment!
• My mom woke up one morning unable to stand or walk. We were all so afraid and nervous that they were so close to cutting their trip short; they even booked an earlier flight. But the night before they left, a sister from my dad’s work called and with two words, “don’t go.” they were encouraged to stay. Because of this Brandon and I were able to visit my parents in L.A. and my mom gave her most recent testimony at her church.

This is Mrs. Chiu in Mrs. Jue's Class

My mom with my class! They made a ginormous card upon her arrival. My parents hung it on their wall!

she just looks adorable here in my kitchen

My mom seriously hugged everyone there!

Mom and Dad with members of Living Hope!

Having cheeseboard in Kensington! My mom's favorite meal here in Berkeley! She has good taste.

She loves laughing and she loves her Baby Blue beenie.

Breakfast in Pomona with the fam, don't get any better than this?! Oh, if John was there too!

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing with y’all! I’m updating this and it is way past my bed time, but it so good I must share!!

Back so soon? Why yes, I’ve got some news that will blow your minds! Perhaps I have already jumped the gun by giving it away in the title, but what the hay! It’s the truth. My parents are coming back to L.A!! Of course, this is not permanently. We all know that is not the wisest choice, but she is coming back for a good few weeks.

They just booked their ticket for October 17th. That is absolutely amazing! Now, let me share the reality. Cancer is still there, in fact, it has spread. The doctor recently told her that it has went into her ribs. I heard this news on Thursday last week and it devastated me. I have to be honest that my make up was running by the time we ended our staff meeting at work, but thankfully, my husband was there and prayed for me before class started. To my surprise, my students brought great comfort to me and when I shared with them, they offered to pray too. These little 8 year old drive me up the wall day to day actually brought peace to me! God’s love and power demonstrated through my children! That is why, we do not stop at devastation.We continue to hope in God, our only way to fight!

My mom is not going to let this hinder her from experiencing the fullness of Christ. That morning God reminded me of Psalms 23 where it says, “..goodness shall follow you all the day of your life..” It is the promise. The promise that “goodness will follow us.” Amen?

Prayer Request:

*The obvious! Pray for their safety and travel mercies on their flight. Flying is always very difficult for her, please pray for the Lord’s protection over her body throughout the entire flight and pray for deep sleep the whole time. The Lord has done this countless times already.

*Pray for peace with my family. My dad is the leader of the family, and this load is not an easy load to carry. Pray for peace with in his soul and steadfast trust in the Lord.

*Pray for my family and their relationship to be a “PRESENT TENSE” relationship with God (Just learned this at our conference training). In this time, it is so important to stay IN TUNE with the Lord. If this isn’t a reminder for us, may it be a reminder for you. God desires us to draw near to Him!

*This is my selfish prayer and their selfish prayers too. They want to visit Berkeley. They believe that they can drive up here. My mom also misses the days when she would drive so my dad really wants to make that happen. Please pray that the Lord may “spoil” her in this way. It would also mean the WORLD to me if they can come up. They are planning to come up the 20th of October. If they do, that was passive. WHEN they do, we want them to see our church (all those that have prayed for them consistently.) We also want to bring them to our workplace, I know my kids want to see her! How powerful would that be?! How powerful would it be to one of my students’ whose dad passed away the third day of school. I know the Lord has great things in store, and deep in my heart, I know it is Gods will and mandate for them to come back to America..even for a short while. God’s timing is perfect and it is good. So pray, pray with great fervor! Pray for God’s kingdom to come in these next weeks with my parents arrival!!!

I’m reading “Narnia” to my students and we are at the part where they are at the beavers house. The beavers are warning them that the “white witch” is taking over, but that, “Aslan is on the move!” Brothers and sisters, the white witch is so apparent and so strong, but Aslan is on the move! Can you feel it? Will you believe it? Pray with me!!!

I read this this morning and now it dawned on me how much this makes sense..

“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe i him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” Romans 10: 15

Let us pray for these feet to touch the grounds where the Lord calls!

Your Sister,

Phoebe Jue

Due to my lack of usage of FB, here are tidbits of our life and ways that goodness follows us.

At the CCS Annual Luau.

Colleagues at CCS at the ACSI (Association of Christian Schools Internationals) conference

This sister wept when she prayed for my mother on the car ride back from the conference. Her tears have comforted and encouraged my family. It is amazing how God brings people alongside of us in his perfect timing.

The Wei's and their new born baby LILY!!

Oh Lily! How we love you already!! And how your Gan Dei can't wait to see you!

In the midst of great hardship and sufferings, God brings joy and celebration to our lives!

Time to update. This morning was one of the first mornings that I had a decent quiet time. Yes, I know, how unholy of you to only have one good quiet time out of a month! However, the reality is so. I pray that God will help me be engaged in the Word, the way I am eager to engage my students in class.

Speaking of students, teaching has truly proven to be challenging. 18 students at a private school doesn’t really feel like only “18″ students. It’s like 18 students, 18 parents, and then some. Brandon and I stay until 6 everyday and then we spend most of our nights planning for the next day. Both of us are still learning the ropes, if you will, and are finding it much more difficult than so. Everyday I come home extremely humbled and sometimes full of humiliation (Hey! Word Family! for the teachers out there!) Parents want the best for their kid which translates into I need to be the best. That definitely puts enormous pressure on me. Somedays I wake up and ask myself, “Is this really what I want? What I dreamed about?” Thankfully, at the end of the day it is still a yes.

Married life is different. Seems like most days it’s just me and the husband at home. Occasionally, we will have guests over. Recently it was our landlords and our reunion from small group last year. Those days are always special because we want to share our life with others. Ministry has in so many ways taken a back seat, but we know it is only for a season. Besides, we are still in ministry, just that instead of college students, it’s 18 little third graders and their parents!

Okay, I am getting really excited about my new mundane yet wild life! So enough about me…let’s talk more about the big man himself!

Mom is doing phenomenally right now! She just had her “nth” physical exam and the results show that though cancer is still there, the cancer is controlled. Her right lung is significantly smaller than her left lung. But thanks to God’s design in the human body, her left lung has gotten larger to make up for the right lung. The fluid did not increased either. Due to the lung becoming smaller, her heart is now slightly out of place compare to a normal person’s heart. While an average person’s heart rate is 60-70beats, her’s is 90-100beats. This does not discourage her because she already knows her life is one of utter and complete Grace of God. My dad says she is God’s testimony of His glorious and infinite power.

Prayer Request:

My mom is a woman of faith, as is the rest of my family. We are praying fervently for my mom’s return to the United States in October. This still seems like a long shot because her body is at a constant critical condition, however, we believe that if it is God’s will then it will happen. My own selfishness wishes desperately that she comes to visit Berkeley, and I know God knows that is my desire. We shall see how the Lord leads, but please pray with me still for continual healing and miracles in her life. You are all part of this testimony.  

So back to my quiet time. The verse goes, “The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!” Psalms 22:26

Praise the Lord.

The following are pictures taken recently. (FYI, I have deactivated facebook so this is as close as I’ll get to the internet world. I recently was inspired to not be submerged in the internet social network world–it’s my own thing. Nothing personal at all)

These are our official IDs that indeed, we are teachers!

The boys playing bbal because it was actually warm in Berkeley!

We went on a whim and tried the "Pea Soup" at Pea Anderson's on the five.

Here it is! Definitely tasted like "Pea Soup" What did we expect?

Dinner with Last Year's Freshmen's! Now Sophomores!

..and back to grading and planning.

Despite the perpetual tiredness, the Lord has been gracious and always providing our every need. We are settled in our new home just a block away from our old place. It’s different living completely on our own, but it is much needed and we are really enjoying our little one bedroom apartment. (come visit anytime! We got an extra mattress!)

It’s been my dream to be a teacher, and it’s finally come true! However, private schools wasn’t my original intent. But you know God..He always likes to do things His way and in the end it is the best way. I’ve been asking the Lord to show me what His purpose for me is there, as many of you well know that my heart still longs for the urban community. I think God is taking me on a path where I am learning not to rely on myself. Everyone knows the first year is the hardest. But, I am so glad that I am married! I never would have thought that I would be the third grade teacher known as Mrs. Jue before Ms. Chiu. But it is definitely a blessing to be Mrs. Jue. Brandon has been a great support for me and hopefully I for him.

On a different note, but just as praise worthy. Mom is doing great! My brother practically spent his whole summer in Taiwan and mainly in the hospital with my mom. She had a bad case of the Shingles that truly took a toll on her body, physically and emotionally. The shingles left such horrible scars that she had to stay at the hospital because her flesh would come off in big chunks! Thank God my brother was there! He did a great job taking care of her and relieving my dad so my dad was able to come back to the States for two week (He even visited us in Berkeley! That was truly amazing and also a dream!). She is doing much better now and my dad is back with her.

The Lord has been good and I must share. I was reading Duet today and this was when Moses was speaking to the Isrealites and reminding them of God’s faithfulness.

Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. ³⁰ The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, ³¹ and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”

 ³² In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, ³³ who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

So I had quiet time with a friend this morning at a coffee shop. As I shared with her it dawned on me that God truly is so faithful and loving to carry us. Always. God is so good. Praise the Lord. Life gets busy and tiring and we become weary, but let us not forget that we have a God that carries us. May you be encouraged.

Dad visiting us!

Our new home.

Mrs. Jue's Desk

Our first project.

“Wun Ja Jing Ba!” This means, “We are very full!”

Yes, from the moment the plane landed, I’ve been eating and from the moment Brandon landed, he’s been eating too. We have been eating, walking, shopping, laughing, praying, more eating and spending precious times with my family. How truly precious it is! Can you believe, tomorrow will be our last day in Taiwan before we catch a plane back to SF and then after another 2 days, catch yet another plane to N.Y for our second visiting family trip.

In this time, unlike a typical vacation– many of our days are spent sitting quietly next to my mom watching her sleep or just sitting there, resting. Other times when she is awake we may go out to eat a meal, go for a walk, and come home and watch t.v. I was able to use my mandarin skills to rent some dvds to watch together as a family. Something about the lighting or the way the living room is set up, I always feel like I am in a real theater at home! (We watched “Blindside, Julie & Julia, a Japanese movie, and The Pursuit of Happyness”) This has been one of my favorite times.

The Fall

I forget if it was Tuesday or Wednesday of this week I faced one of the scariest moments of my life. Although now that I look back, it wasn’t THAT bad, but at the time it was. The phone rang at  8am and both Brandon and I were asleep. I was too groggy to get the phone, although I should have. I heard from my ear a running sound and within that second I knew it couldn’t be good. Next, I heard a rumbling and huge BAM on the floor. This is an old Japanese styled house so the floor is marble and not carpet. When I ran out, I saw my mom flat on the floor with her face planted in the ground. I ran to her crying out “Mama! Mama! What happened to you?!” She couldn’t talk because she was in so much pain, but only started to cry. I have not yet seen my mom cry like that. It was like seeing a little girl fall off the monkey bars. I was frantic and afraid, but thankfully, Brandon ran out too. Brandon was very calm, immediately got ice for her, and began icing her face and shoulders.

Things started to calm down and she was able to sit up from the floor. She still grabbed for all the ice to ice her face and shoulders because it all began to ache. But at least we knew that nothing was broken and that she would be fine. My dad came home soon after and sat her back on the couch while we continued to iced the wounds. It worked out well that that was also the same day she needed to go to the hospital so that the doctor could double check her body.

Son-in-Law & Wheelchair

A few hours later we went to the hospital. My brave mom still walked or I should say limped down the 4 stories with just an umbrella as a cane. She was much weaker after the fall and had to be in a wheelchair. Brandon voluntary came and wheeled her to all the different locations she needed to go such as x-rays, medications, etc. Although we spent many hours in the hospital it was a special time for my family to see how much their son-in-law loved them so much. My mom felt especially comforted by him.

The doctor visit turned out to be quite promising. The doctor said that the new medication “Tarceva” is controlling the cancer and her fluid has not increased either. Although there is still no medication to help get rid of the cancer, we still praise God for the amazing healing work that is taking place. I did not mention this last time, but about a month ago before this medication her primary doctor had said, “Why don’t you pack up and go home?” If the doctor is saying that and he is the one with all the cures, we can only imagine what this means. So what I’m trying to say is this is a HUGE DIFFERENCE! I remember Brandon telling our church at the time, “Phoebe’s mom has been through many hurdles, and we don’t know if there will be any more.” That was one of the most heart wrenching words I heard. But praise God that the Lord was and is not done.

“Much”

Sometimes we think that we can’t do much. There are things that humans cannot control. This is true, but what isn’t true is that we can do “much.” Like the Bible says, “Where your heart is, there is your treasure also.” God really saw that, and I believe my mom and dad really saw it too. Both Brandon and I came to Taiwan wanting to just spend time with family and in a sense, “add gas” for our mom, but what ended up happening was countless delicious meals, innumerable laughter, and a myriad of photographs we all took together. We’ve learned that this may not seem like “much” but indeed it is “much.” By God’s grace He has taken our little, and multiplied it –all in the name of Jesus! 

My father had a conversation with Brandon the other day on the importance of name. A name can hold such power, eminence, and promise. That is why calling on the name of the Lord never fails. Like Jesus said to Jairus about his daughter, “Do not fear. Only Believe. She will be made well.” Indeed we continue to experience this. Praise the Lord.

The Lord saves, and the Lord also is a true romantic. Although Brandon and I came with an attitude of serving. In so many ways, this trip in Taiwan has been like a second honeymoon to us. We’ve been able to take smaller day trips, and spend so much time talking, reflecting and find ourselves enjoying one another’s presence in each way. Next, we will be going to New York for his family, and perhaps a 3rd honeymoon?

I can find no better way to conclude this entry but with a Psalm I recently read. Psalms 52:9

 ⁸But I am like a green olive tree
   in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
   forever and ever.
⁹I will thank you forever,
   because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
   in the presence of the godly.

Indeed, His Name is Good!

The Following are some pictures to share with you all of our happenings here, enjoy!

our double date.

love birds and Danshui in the back

Visited the church we got married at

Brandon & Mommy

Fine dinning with some bubblies..

Outside Cafe Grazie. Amazing Dinner!

Dinner at Sunshine Restaurant that oversees Taipei. Dazzling!

Chiu family, Lin Family, & Jue Family!

Till Next time!

If you didn’t know I am in Taiwan with my parents right now. We just got back from the hospital and Praise God, things look better. In short, the doctor said that there seems to be a decrease of fluid, very little, but still a decrease none the less. This is hopeful news. Right now the doctors concern is the cancer activity count. But as of now, that seems okay but we won’t know until she does the full examinations which includes CT scans, MRI’s, etc. This won’t be until Mid July. Obviously the tension has lessened a whole lot so Praise, praise, praise the Lord.

Please do continue to pray for the decrease in fluid reason being that the fluid causes her to cough constantly. It is worst when she sleeps or basically lies down. Sometime she can cough up to half and hour. This disrupts her sleep and everyone’s sleep. Please pray that she will be able to lay down and not cough or at least, not too much and can rest well. If she rest well, she wakes up with energy, if she has energy she will exercise and move around, if she exercise and moves around, she’ll eat, If she eats well and exercises, she’ll be tired at night and therefore can sleep well. Thus is a healthy cycle for her. (I know that was a terribly long run on sentence.) But yes, let us continue to pray in faith!

Emmanuel, God is soo with us,
Phoebe Jue

I am currently in my favorite place in the whole world, Taipei! By God’s grace I can once again be with my mom and dad. I don’t know why but coming back this time was a lot more tiring than in the past. Maybe it started from the 4 hour layover in Japan, making it 20 hours of traveling, the jet lag, or the incredible excruciating humidity everywhere that I barely did anything for 3 days.

Honestly, I’m starting to sweat just from typing and I’m sitting directly in front a fan too! (We seriously are so spoiled by the weather in California!) At any rate, despite all the environmental changes, to see my mom and dad is the only thing I want and I have it right now.

My mom was so eager to that I was coming back that she left the hospital one day early so that by the time I got up the 4 flights of stairs, a nice surprise awaited me! My mama! Her and my dad were sitting on the couch waiting for me.

Since I’ve been back my mother’s condition has improved a lot. To make things clear, she has fluid in her pleura. Pleura is a body cavity that surrounds the lungs. Due to this, she experiences a lot of pain and is unable to breathe many times. This results in her coughing incessantly. This is very dangerous. She has undergo “Plurea Effusion treatment” multiple times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleural_effusion. She has reached the maximum drainage and cannot get the rest out. At first, this was very disheartening news to us. Due to this reason, she now has an Oxygen Concentrator that she uses to help her breathe. It was uncomfortable at first, but this machine that produces small dosages of oxygen into her body has been quite helpful. Praise God for that. Also, the doctors have began a new treatment. This treatment is called “Target Therapy.” Target Therapy is unlike chemo because chemo is done through injections, where as target therapy is done by taking medicine. She currently takes one pill per day among all the other medicine she takes.

Praises & Prayers for Mom & Family:

Praise God that she can be at home with us.

Praise God that we have been able to take walks with her, and she can eat a lot of foods. (Someone ill who has an appetite is always a plus)

Praise God that she can still do everything we can do, with the exception that she naps multiple times through out the day. She experiences fatigue because her body is fighting so hard with all that is going on inside (This we can never understand but it’s okay).

Praise God that our family is spending wonderful, sweet, precious times together.  

Next week, we will go to the hospital and she will have Xrays and bloodwork done. As much as she “feels” good, the doctor still wants actual evidence, data if you will, to prove that her condition is improving. So PLEASE PRAY! Please pray that God is a God that heals physically! Let’s pray for physical proof that she is being healed by Jesus!  

Please also pray for my father, it breaks his heart every time she coughs (her coughs are intense), and as the daughter it breaks my heart to see him like that. Let us pray that God will comfort his heart as we read in Pslams 30 today. With that, please also pray for my brother. He is almost done with his first year in MedSchool! Woot Woot guh guh! But it is a mad world and He needs God’s grace to finish and soon he will be joined with us!  

“Sing Praises to the lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For His anger is but for a moment and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night but joy comes with the morning.” Pslams 30: 4-5

On Brandon & Phoebe’s Life:

If you read my last update, Brandon and I both got jobs at the same school. In a nut shell it happened like this: Same interview, same job, same school! God’s grace has done it again! I believe Brandon experience even more of God’s goodness because for him, deciding for this job was a greater challenge. His request to God was to open a math position when they had only offered him a Chemistry position at the time. But boy does God love my husband, in the end the school found math positions for him too! This was a great confirmation from the Lord and we both signed our souls to CCS! haha

Both Brandon and I feel like God is transitioning us into a new chapter in our life as a young married couple. We get married and then a few months later, jobs! God is so good indeed! Along with new jobs, we will also be getting a new home or I should say, a new apartment.

We will need a lot or prayer as well for our marriage because there will be a lot of “new” things. As far as ministry, I believe God is calling both of us to rest in that area (college), and ministered in a different way. We have no idea what next year will look like, but we are excited that God has brought these blessings to us.

In today’s Proverbs reading God showed me:

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3

Praise the Lord!

Phoebe Jue

Photographs for your viewing pleasures in Taiwan!

Mom found this on our walk.

Our Dual KungFu Shoes!

Having some afternoon Tea with mom and dad

YAY! taiwan green tea!

This is the Oxygen Concentrator that helps her breathe. It looks scary but it's not.

Mama and I! She' got the best Expressions!

mama napping..ok bye bye!