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A weekend @ Bethel~ Happiest place on earth.
March 22, 2010

The package finally came!!! It was air shipped from Bethel Church in Redding, to my house in LA, then to Taiwan. Air Fare...Not cheap.

Title "Iolana" (Soaring Like a Hawk-Hawaiian Origin) By Raina Pratt. (rainapratt.com) Thank you for blessing me with this painting~
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It's a prophetic painting...while The church band is rockin the audience on stage, there are painters on the side painting without planning, just really letting God's paintbrush guide the hand. The music is amazing there. You think Mtv knows rock music...think again. My sister Wendy and I went out there for the weekend. It was a such a journey just to get there. We were delayed at our layover and waited in SFO for like 6 plus hours. The plane to Redding from SFO is only a 30 seater, so you can only imagine how booked the flight is. Thank God we were able to get there even though we were delayed. Once we got there, seriously the atmosphere is unbelievable...completely different from anywhere I've been. It's very peaceful...and people there are very happy...no joke.
We were invited to stay at Kris Vallatton's house. We met a year ago in Singapore where he was speaking at a conference. You should definitely here this man speak...none like you've ever heard. Their house was amazing, and the best part is, him and his wife Kathy worked on the house pretty much all by themselves. Awesome~? Um...YES~! Now they've have what I call real collectibles~
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This decor in this room was all collected from Africa. They travel there every year to visit the orphanages they opened there. God bless them~
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We checked out the prayer room before night time service...Very Chill~ Good place to relax, and collect your thoughts~
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The morning and night time services are all so packed...can you find Wendy?
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Kris and Kathy thank you both so much for your hospitality and generosity. Love you both~
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Bill and Beni~Thank you both for your prayers, hope to see you both soon again.
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Redding California...Home of Bethel Church. The Happiest place on Earth...Yes even more than Disneyland y'all for real~ Be happy, be blessed, be loved~ beloved. Now go spread the Love~

26 Comments

  1. Posted by: Faye on March 22, 2010 at 9:14 am

    wooow.. thats just amazing!! awesome place nice people and wonderful experience man..

  2. Posted by: Clare on March 22, 2010 at 9:16 am

    that's a lovely painting...*sigh* i miss painting...the smell of linseed oil, the canvass...you should try it, very therapeutic...

    hope you are feeling better now, your recent tweets got so many people worried i think.

    God bless.

  3. Posted by: may on March 22, 2010 at 9:24 am

    always loved to live in that kind of house with all the beautiful sceneries n atmosphere. but dont think so will hv the chance to. haa.. enjoy ur everyday vanness!!

  4. Posted by: Candace on March 22, 2010 at 9:24 am

    Wow...U know what? In fact, I've heard this place, Redding because a friend of mine went there for one-year study. Just like what u said, the place really looks peaceful!! No wonder u like it that much~ As for the painting, it's REALLY amazing!! It's a pity that we cannot watch the painting process personally... Well, thanks so much for sharing all of these with us!!!

  5. Posted by: Nina on March 22, 2010 at 9:33 am

    有愛的地方,任何一處都是美好的
    上帝愛你,我也是
    開心~~

  6. Posted by: june on March 22, 2010 at 9:34 am

    WOW!!!!!

  7. Posted by: Serene Tan on March 22, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Hope I will have the chance to go there, The Happiest Place on Earth ~~~
    God is so great!

    Serene

  8. Posted by: I-Jun on March 22, 2010 at 9:49 am

    WOW! The house is amazing with all the personal touches here and there. I especially liked the prayer room (I'm guessing it's the one with stone sculpture?) :) I can almost feel the serenity of the wonderful place! You're blessed to have a place where you can be when you need to get in touch with some inner peace. I'm still looking for mine :) Perhaps, I can visit this happy land when I have a chance in the future. Here's wishing you to more happiness in each and everyday. God Bless :)

  9. Posted by: Yen on March 22, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Hello VanNess

    Glad to read your updated dairy!!!
    Hope everything is fine for you!

    God bless you!

    your fans: Yen

  10. Posted by: YM*~ on March 22, 2010 at 10:35 am

    mm really haven't heard of the place at all, but the house looks amazing, and the place seems so warm and lovely. You are very lucky :) Thanks for sharing!*~

  11. Posted by: thuy on March 22, 2010 at 11:18 am

    You know for a celebrity, I truly give you credit for still blogging and trying to keep in touch with your fans! Keep up with the good work and hope you'll come back to Cali soon again!

  12. Posted by: liz on March 22, 2010 at 11:24 am

    That's why are we waited for. I love the blue part, feel hope, peace.... but, I can't feel the prediction that you said.. >///< (I think, I don't have a ability to gain a prophesy) or maybe, you can give one to me???

  13. Posted by: Jean on March 22, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Ah...no way! Is it the Jesus Culture Conference that you went this time at Redding? how was it this year? Ya, Redding is rated the fastest recovered place from the the financial disaster this year! It's crazy how much blessing that God is pouring down at the area through Bethal church = ) BTW, Bill Johnson is also a great preacher and a great man of God. You can listen to his sermon on Bethal.tv.

  14. Posted by: Boyacı on March 22, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Congratulations very nice sharing

  15. Posted by: Jdhet on March 22, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    I just like how peaceful and relaxing the prayer room LOOKs....

  16. Posted by: Winnie on March 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    love this painting so much.. feel peachful looking this

  17. Posted by: Cecilia on March 23, 2010 at 1:06 am

    The painting is awesome.
    Van Ness, Hope you happy every day.

  18. Posted by: anasuya on March 23, 2010 at 4:01 am

    Hi There;

    go twitter & have a look. your latest Twitter follower posted 3 songs & a prose. try some yoga exercise. Cheer up

    anasuya

  19. Posted by: Marwa on March 23, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    the painting is really beautiful, lovin it

  20. Posted by: 13 on March 24, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    yo bill johnson is epic...

    Vanness you checked out the film " finger of God " and " furious love " yet?
    should check it out man.

    God bless

  21. Posted by: Sun on March 30, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    I love this painting idea... I wonder if we could do this at IHOP... I mean we already have singers musicians and dancers...

  22. Posted by: forex robot on April 3, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!

  23. Posted by: gin on April 5, 2010 at 10:42 am

    the happiest place on Earth...is where one has love in his heart and able to spread the love to others too...

  24. Posted by: shakesmhe14 on April 5, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    OK so I've always been your fan since Meteor Garden season 1 was first introduced to the Philippines. I was bummed out when I could not afford of watching your concerts there. I remember just watching your concerts on a B&W 9x7in TV screen that ABS-CBN would air. Then in '03, I moved to US and lived in Redding,CA leaving all of my f4 memoirs behind. At that time, nobody really knew f4 in US especially in a coutryside so I couldn't really relate to anybody with my interest. Three yrs later, I moved to SoCal knowing that one day maybe I would run into you. Then I found out now that out of all the cities in NorCal you went to where I used to live?!?!?!?! Isn't life so amazing?! LOL. Well LIFE is amazing... but I guess I'm not meant to meet you yet =( BTW, Redding is the place where i first developed serenity & faith in God. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay there. Anyways, good luck with your career & future life adventures! Take Care always & God Bless you & your family.

  25. Posted by: Chari on April 22, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Kris wrote one of my favorite books:The Supernatural Ways of Royalty. Bill wrote another one: The supernatural Power of a Renewed Mind.

  26. Posted by: Laura Cheng Vk on May 19, 2010 at 4:13 am

    Yes, I do agree is probably the happiest pl on earth- was there 2008 n had a blast and wonderful experince with God . Enjoyed the warm n happy community n tremendous blessings fr them .. Did u go thru the fire tunnel n the intercessory (spiritual spa ) experience ? AWESOME ! Hope you hv a greater encounter with Papa God daily. BlessingS : )

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