Kite flying ?

Ha, guess what these husbands (or hunsband-to-be) were doing??



Flying kites!



Funny rock climbing :-)

It wasn't easy though... It involes a lot of coordination and trust! Of course, you need to be physically fit for the game.

The belayer needs to pay attention to the climber and listen to the commands, and react accordingly.

Don't overlook the amount of exercises as a belayer, it's actually pretty strenuous.

Climbing wasn't easy, obviously. Apart from securing yourself on the cliff, you also need to find the best path. It's testing you both physically and mentally.


(courtesy of vertical world)

Of course, you need to put your trust in your belayer, and on the system. When you say "take!" you need to release yourself and just lay back -- you can't be taken down if you keep your hands and feets on the rock!

Perseverance is also very important! Without it, one can never get to the top.

But that requires you to suffer...

suffering produces perseverance...

May be it's not that bad that we need to suffer in the work place :)

Talking about perseverance, the speaker Kwai Lin used an example of fishing to demonstrate that perseverance is very important in doing God's work (especially when spreading the gospel).

She said that Bill loves fishing that he is willing to wake up at 4am and go fishing until 11am... and often comes back without a fish! She said that there was a guy who went to fishing for 7 years and caught not a single fish.... but he still had that passion in fishing.

The Message's translation of the above verse is pretty good:

There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us...

PS1. The The Films of Charles & Ray Eames - The Powers of 10 was really good! I especially like the "901: After 45 Years of Working". The background music was from a "musical tower" Eames designed. They were truely one of the most talented designers in the century.

PS2. I'm not a big fan of football, but I'm excited to hear the news!!! GO HAWKS!