As you may know, today service will be held at 10:30am and not our usual time.
After our morning service, we will join the KM at the picnic with games, food and other activites.
The EM staff that are the children ministry teachers or Youth teachers will later join with their kids (if they want) for the games and prizes, etc. - Thank You.

Also the mission team should have arrive safely to the Mission field by the time you read this.

Yeah, can't wait to leave. Especially leaving my roommate behind.
Did you notice my new glasses. A present from my parents.
Oh aye, pray for us... even if it only my roommate (Root), Michelle and P. Joe.

Yes, we are waiting in line... Ha, Ha, Ha... can't men wait in line too. Geez.

Ya... geez, I'm already hungry for lunch...


I can't wait to get there. (Sharon)


Smile... Let's get ready...


Korean First Baptist Church S.F


Let us pray for the mission team (Senior Pastor Hoon Bae)



No... P. Joe is not going to the mission trip... He just want to feel the rental minivan seats...

Can't believe its 8:15am... Man, are we going to depart late today... God, please be with us... (Jun JDSN)

As I want to take a photo with my eldest daughter as she depart off to the mission trip.

Smile at the camera, Honey.

all this is posted by ROOT

8:30am departed thee.
So they most have arrive thee.
to the motel where they will
stay for the night.

So...

They have departed very nicely.
As they reach the goal to nightly ville.
They will be at a motel by the timely.
Who many knows what may bring.
As they glaze onto the sky and pray for tomorrow

That they be all prepared for what tomorrow may
bring.
I pray thee... Be with each of them as they are having
fun in mission work starting tomorrow.

Root.

this week Suhee SMN has given birth to their first newborn son,
Gideon Wisdom YoungJin Chu.

- please pray for them this week.

also this Saturday morning at 7:30am the Richmond Youth with the
church from S.F First Baptist Korean Church plus 4 of our EM members :
(Hannah Chung, Joanne Kim, Daniel Koo and Jonathan Yeo)
will be going to Montana. Please pray for their safe trip and back
on Sunday, June 24th around 9pm.

The drivers for our church members are the following:
Jun Eun Lee JDSN, Jonathan Yeo, Joanne Kim, and Daniel Koo.

Please also pray for them (the drivers)forthis Saturday and that
the drive is safe and comfortable.

Pray that the mission trip is exciting and they return home and so that they can
share with us the great stories and testimony on the following Sunday, July 1st.

Thanks.

With a lot of concern, CaptRoot

God Bless

Philippians 2

2nite is the nite 2 celebrate a fellow brother special nite.
or should i say "mother" special nite...
Why... What,,, Huh...
its his nickname @ church which the youth gave him.
don't ask me 2 get 2 details... I don't really know the
story 2 it...

- root

Hiking

So some of us from EM went to Mount devil.. uh, Diablo, for some hiking. We parked at the summit and took the trails that took us around the area.


Weather was kind of hot, but John didn't bring shorts:


So he rolled up his jeans like them Asian rice farmers.

Anyways, we wanted to go to this rock:


So we set off, but the trail maps confused us. So we're having a group meeting after getting lost:


But then we decided to take a group photo:


Everyone's still getting ready for the group photo. Jenny wanted the picture taken fast, and she was glad not to have photographer paid by the hour (he was kinda slow yesterday. No wonder Richmond EM managed to hire him for free.)


Everyone's just chilling as the sophisticated photo equipment is being set up for our group shot.

And finally, a test shot:


The photographer forgot that he himself wasn't in the picture.


This is it! Our beautiful group shot with the lush greens (yellows?) of Diablo in the background.

After a while, people who still wanted to go check out that rock split off from the rest of the group and set off on their own.

Some pics on our way to the rock:


That's our train pose above.


Seems like DJ and Jimmy got the pose down, but what happened to Jonathan and Andrew?


Jonathan always closes his eyes in the pictures. But he smiles at the camera anyway.

Just then...


We found the rock!


At the top:


We climbed up and down:


And headed back to where the rest of the group was chillin' - the summit. Jimmy couldn't wait for this moment.

We wanted good food, and lots of food - and realized Claim Jumper's is nearby. Jimmy and John text messaged that restaurant for reservations.



That's it~ We set off to have some great ribs.
Meanwhile, Bonnie had her portrait taken:


Bonus section:




Posted by Jonathan. Pics by Jonathan, P.Joe and DJ

so here the pics for EM dinner nite w. bro. Jonathan

the people present are Michelle Chang, Daniel Koo, me (Andrew), Pastor Joe, SuHee SMN, Hannah, Mary, Jin, Christian and of course B-day boy... Jonathan...

I have listed them by the sitting arrangement from counterclockwise.