For a special birthday celebration, some of the sisters went to 
Napa to go to the hot springs, but it was too crowded so we ventured over to the Petrified Forest. The forest is made up of special trees that turned to rock. The trees became covered with volcanic ash and the chemicals in the ash leached into the tree replacing the natural cell material to turn it to rock… ok, enough nerding out. It was pretty cool to see such large trees turned to rock. It was a petrifying experience (pun intended) to be in the presence of such large trees and we all tried to look petrified in this picture. After the short hike, we ate an early dinner and went to a winery to enjoy the scenery and get some dessert. What would a sisters trip be without pictures of flowers and with flowers.
International Graduate Student Ministry (IGSM) is an official graduate student group at UC Berkeley. IGSM started in the fall of 2003 with the vision to help all UC Berkeley graduate students from various countries (including students from the United States) find out the true meaning and purpose of their lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many of us also attend Gracepoint Berkeley, where Pastor Ed and Kelly Kang lead the ministry.
oh man! Check out the petrified look on May and Sam’s faces!