It has been almost two years, and I still remember the night I attended Testimony of the Generation, an evangelical conference sponsored by China Soul. Yong was the photographer for the event, and I volunteered as an usher. It was an amazing evening with professional pianists, singers, movie stars, army officers, and pastors all born in China telling their stories about how they came to know Jesus. Even though each of them has only a few minutes on stage, their life long pursuit of faith was condensed and shared, and lingered vividly even after two years. And I have to say, that night, Yong had captured some of the best pictures I have seen from him.

Two years later, we had the honor to photograph the wedding of Cathy, China Soul’s cinematographer, and her fiance David. Pastor Zhiming Yuan, an acclaimed evangelist among Chinese circle and founder of China Soul, held the wedding ceremony for the couple. David, currently enrolled at Fuller Theological Seminary, is leading a youth fellowship at church with Cathy, who just finished a 10 episode TV documentary titled Beyond.  As the young couple tied their knots, they have already serving devotedly together, reminding me of the scripture: As for me and my house, we will server the Lord (Joshua 24:15).

Cathy and David, congratulations for your wedding! Marriage is the place where we grow, and learn the true meaning of love. This journey won’t always be smooth but with HIM along the way, every step will be full of blessing. We wish you a fruitful life together.

It is often said that opposites  attract.  People who know me and Yong know how different we are.  Yong is quiet, and I am loud.  Yong always thinks before acts, and I am spontaneous.  Our different strength and weakness allow us to complement each other, especially when it comes to parenting.  I am the one that organize all Sylvia’s play days, and we can have so much silly fun together.  But when it comes to setting boundaries, disciplines etc, Yong always steps up.  And we have many friends and brides and grooms who are paired up this way.  Debra and Dan is one such couple.

The first time we met with them, we noticed how different they are.  Dan is a computer science Ph.D, working with computers day in and day out, while Debra is an eye doctor, who works with people all the time.  Debra is easy going and she can make you feel at home the moment you meet her.  Dan, like most folks with engineering focus, is very logical and detailed oriented.  He even helped us to improve the wording of our contract.  At their wedding, they had a Lego theme game.  That was just so Dan J.   It is amazing to see how different they are, yet how much they love and care for each other.

Debra and Dan, thanks for having us for your wedding.  Yong and I know you together will be an invincible team!

Opposites Attract by Boogs

Everyone says I’m a good girl and yes it’s true
no one understands why the one I’m with is you.
no matter how much bad you’ve done, to me you’ll never lie
thinking of my life without you makes me wanna cry.
people dont understand why I’m the bad boy’s chick
but what they don’t see is that you’re here for me through thin and thick
people stare like it’s wrong everytime we’re in sight
well if loving you is wrong then i dont want to be right.
we love each other very much and its a fact;
who cares what people say or think, the truth is opposites attract.