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Just another Wednesday…and update for YOU to “Take” from the Prayer Box


I jumped out of bed today hoping it wasn’t raining. I have so much to do! Plan for my mission trip to Vietnam, (YES! I’m leaving in 3 weeks! More deets to come!), I have to renew my driver’s license (I’m soooo scared I’m gonna hafta take rewritten test. I’m gonna hafta bust a Sarah Palin, and I have all these things to send out in preparation for Chinese New Year. (What happened to the days I used to sit back and collect MY red envelopes of cash??)

Anyway, so of course to get my head on straight I had to hike out my thoughts, and head to my prayer box with specific prayers to pass on (thank you everyone for sending your requests thru!! Keep em comin, I’ll keep you covered. Email to JMail@IheartJeannieMai.com) Watch my video below to share how exciting it is when I make it to the top.

UPDATE: Because the tradition to my Pray it Forward is to “Give a prayer, take a prayer”, I want to enable those of you sending me prayers to be able to take one as well. If you send me your prayer request and a stamped self-addressed envelope to me at the following address, I will get your prayers to the box along with draw one out to have sent back to you.
Address:
Jeannie Mai c/o Steven Grossman
8383 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1050
Bev Hills, CA 90211

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How can I Pray it Forward with you?

Oh my gosh, I had the most amazing weekend I have to share with you guys.

If you live here in LA you know that it was raining like crazy for a hot second. Last week for like 5 days straight- . And everyday I was envisioning my beloved lil surviving prayer box up on that hill by itself getting soaked, possibly even blown off the hill. (I have a very dramatic imagination.) Well, I went up there right when the rain stopped for a second to check on the box, and yes it was safe! So I filled it up with fresh paper and new pens. That was 4 days ago.

Today, I hiked up to the top just to drop off some prayers (Kelly, prayin for your job situation! and my dear friend Rosa, need a miracle for her health.) Again, this is FOUR days later, and watch this video to see what I found!

THANK YOU to friends who make it to Runyon to Pray it Forward! I hope I see you there someday. It’s simple: all u have to do is leave a prayer, then take a prayer. And to those who can’t make it, do send your prayers to jmail@iheartjeanniemai.com and I’ll get it in.

(Also don’t forget to join me THIS SAT, 2/6, for my Live Chat after my show! Here’s how: http://bit.ly/bOp2SX)

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There’s so much to pray for today.

There’s so much to pray for today.

First off, let me explain where I take my prayers: My prayer box. It’s sitting at the top of Runyon Canyon here in Los Angeles, and it’s a living miracle itself. In May last year, I hiked up, chained it up there, put one prayer of protection in it, and watched it fill up with fellow hopefilled Runyon hikers I’ve never met. 4 days later, it was gone, never to be seen again, with a mean Facebook message to me that “People shouldn’t be allowed to pray.” Bitter much? Whatevs, I prayed for them! Fast forward to Jan 1st this year, the box returns, on it’s side, all dirty and mangled, with only 2 prayers in it, ONE BEING MINE.

Faith never fails.

So today I’m praying about CPAF and Haiti. I’m also praying that you as my friend reading will be touched in any way to lend your own support in these situations as you feel lead. It only takes a second to vote, contribute, or even pray. Thank you for reading. I freakn heart u guys.

1. Please click to vote HERE to protect one of the only shelters for sexually/domestically abused Asian women.

2. I have so many friends wondering how they can help Haiti.  YOU CAN. No matter what you have or who you are. I found an amazing link (thank you Twitter!) that allows ANYONE with any means see how they can personally help. Join HERE to view the ongoing events and call-ins to make your contribution through time, money, most of all, hope.

3. And of course, always email me at jmail@iheartjeanniemai.com if you have any personal prayer requests that I can take to the top for ya. I’d be honored. Have a gorgeous Sunday friends.

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The JEANNIE MAI way to have a Happy Birthday

By counting my blessings:

#31. I have friends who will actually go to the trouble each year to get me a wheat-free bday cake I can eat. God bless u babes!!

#30. My job is to make people feel fan-freakin-tastic about who they are. I get to do it whether I’m working or not.

#29. I really love the lil things I don’t love about my bod. It gets me creative about how to dress them all up, otherwise I’d just be wearing Victoria Secret wings all day.

#28. I love everyday so much I actually get sad when it’s bedtime.  Since I was freaking 4.


#27. 6 months ago I placed a GodBox on the top of Runyon Canyon. A few days later, somebody removed it and FACEBOOKED ME “People shouldn’t have the right to pray.” This year, 2010, on New Year’s Day, my GodBox SHOWED UP AGAIN out of nowhere at the top of Runyon Canyon. Ha. Faith never fails.

#26. Being a girl is so much fun!!! And I love how my gays remind me this.

#25. When I was younger, I remember being asked what secret powers I could wish to have. But to this day I’ve always had the ability to see anybody’s most beautiful potential. Anybody.

#24. I love how God gives you specific situations to remind me exactly where I need to grow . He’s a sneaky one.

#23. I wrote a story years ago about how my mom did one thing to change my perspective about my unique-ness for the rest of my life. I submitted it into a school paper, and it was denied because the editor thought it encouraged rebellion. Fast fwd 20 years later and Chicken Soup for the Soul not only approached me to share a story about Mom, but loved it and is printing it in this year’s edition for Moms. I’ll blog when book is out, and yay for Mom.

#22.I had the best upbringing in the entire world. The more I didn’t have, the more creative I got.

#21. I’ll never forget a summer job I had working at TGIFriday’s. I learned a) how to serve people. b) how to make blinking crap hot on suspenders.

#20. I love other people’s birthdays more than my own. I have no prob remembering why I was born, but I find other people do and I’m really good with that.

#19. I’m UB-sessed with fro yo. I swear I used to dream of getting behind that counter and pumping that ish myself. God bless LA…where Asians obviously feel there isn’t enough around.

#18. I LOVE bouncy butts. I certainly don’t have the best one, and I’m ok with that because I get my fix thru everyone else’s. 

#17. Even tho we can talk anywhere- there’s a special place I head everyday just to get my mind rocked with all He’s got to say called Runyon Canyon. And He’s a great conversationalist. He rambles on my way up, then it’s my turn down :)

#16. I have no idea if I’ll ever be pregnant, but I love that I know it’ll be entertaining.

#15. I can teach anyone how to feel sexy.

#14. I’m surrounded in an industry of people who’s job is to make people feel good. It’s unexplainable to be around this vision everyday.

#13. I’m so blessed with my phone camera that catches what forever looks like.

#12. This past year I hosted at an event called Catalyst that took my faith to a whole new level of understanding. Like meeting Nick Vujicic, who reminded me how every single person was made perfect.


#11. Everybody’s busy. And everyone could be doing something for somebody else. But when people like Betty Pettit takes the time to remember every single person’s birthday and bakes a wheat free pie to ensure this new girl at Extra doesn’t get forgotten, I’m blessed.

#10. I love how smiles look better with age.

#9. I was raised with F.O.B mentality. Fresh off the boat are peeps who came here from another country and don’t really care about fitting in. Which explains what’s up with pj’s in public, horrific smelling Asian grocery stores, and bad driving. And why on this gorgeous summer day my family went on the best bike riding day in flip flops and children’s bicycles.

#8. I love that I thought this was cute.

#7. I have nieces and nephews who know exactly what it means to Jeannie-jazz a picture.

#6. I love those people who think of you out of nowhere- and act on it.

#5. Good Food.

#4. My mom is “Don’t” who will damn well “Do”.

#3. I feel like my birthday is everyday. Seriously.

#2. The man who put a ring on me shows me what “I Do” means every single day.

#1. From Facebook friends and fans I’ve never met who take the time to post me, to every talented person I’ve worked with to bring creative projects together, to friends who celebrate life every time we’re together, to family who puts up with me and helps me become better– THANK YOU ALL  for another beautiful birthday.

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