Senior Year Revisited

I wanted to write this post for some time. The winter quarter of my senior year was when I committed my whole life to God. Ever since then, life has not been the same! I would like to show pictures from each quarter of that year. Please click the pictures to see the captions and descriptions together, as they both work together to tell my story.

Note: You have to scroll down on the pictures to see the associated descriptions.

Fall quarter 2012

: Celebration

: Fellowship Experience

: GP Berkeley HQ

: Breakfast

: Last Testimony

Winter quarter 2013

: NEW Skit

: Friendship

: Ranch 99 Spree

: Chinese New Years at Lexington

: Home Group 3

: College is Over

Spring quarter 2013

: Jay and Joseph

: Hard at work

: Just do it!

: Got Cajon?

: Senior TFN Band

: Fire after Senior TFN

: Senior Friday prep I

: Senior Friday prep II

: Senior Friday prep III

: The song sheets

: Kevin Han

: Unforgettable

: Jun’s text

: Line for Graduation Attire

: Graduation Ceremony

: Last meal with Samuel Sampson

: Cupcakes for me

: Before leaving

Thanks for going through this post! God definitely blessed me this year. I hope he will do something amazing with your life as well!

Learning, Life, Relationships

Taiwan Mission Trip

I expected to live out a communal life during Camp Blue. This expectation was met through the discussions I had with the Taiwan students after each morning’s set of presentations. Frisbee, bowling, king-kong shower, photo taking as well as dorm activities (i.e. presentation prep + teaching drums) also allowed me to share life with the students.

Another expectation I had was to expose college students to the importance of God. This was fulfilled through my participation in and follow-up for Gospel-Fest and Friday Night Plus. These events encouraged the students to seek happiness from relational bonding and answers in Christianity.

For the mission trip, I prayed for praise to open people’s hearts and that at least one person in my team would find interest in Christianity. After Gospel-Fest and Best-of-the-Best of Wednesday night, I decided to provide follow-up regarding Gospel-Fest with my roommates (Eugene + Sean) despite my fatigue. For an hour, I discussed the sacrifices that Camp Blue members made. Their interest in Christians peaked since they expressed gratitude for us during the third presentation. Taking advantage of this moment, I shared a part of my testimony where I changed from being selfish with my time to willingly spending time with others. I also mentioned how Christian lifestyles emerged because of Jesus’ grace and mercy. After the discussion, Eugene asked me to define sin and allowed me to further elaborate on Jesus’ sacrifice as a motivation to make loving sacrifices. At least one of these roommates considered coming to Friday Night Plus and learning more about Christianity.

There’s more I could discuss, but I’d rather finish it off with some pictures. God bless! 🙂

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Learning, Relationships

Friends and family

As I go on Facebook less, and meet with people more often, I do not feel as alone as I used to.

I am starting to see myself as part of something bigger – a big family of Christian believers. Whether it’s at SF or at Davis, I have loved others and been loved by others. It’s been two quarters, and I am glad for the struggles that my peers and I have went through.

I do not have much to say. Only a gallery of photos can do service. I will try to summarize this in quarters:

Fall quarter was an opportunity to live with over 30 guys! What a feat…in my Senior year of high school, I wouldn’t imagine myself doing that all. I would ostracize myself instead! When I look at these photos, they tell me a completely different picture:

Guess who looks like a bird (hint: he’s at the top of the photo). I’ve been with him since Freshman year, and I am just amazed by the transformation that he underwent. Soon we’ll be having a Taiwan Mission Trip together! I can only imagine what I have in store for myself

Speaking of mission trips, I had a wonderful time at a Mexico Mission Trip in Ensenada during my winter break! It was hot, and I spent a week and a good amount of money (heck, I missed a video gaming session too). However, I think this one moment among many others was worth it:That kid reminds me so much of myself! My wish is that he may find true love even when I am gone – perhaps more piggybacks! 🙂

Winter quarter was difficult at times since I had all core classes. Still, I had time to spend for my birthday, with others and learning how to love. I fall short in the ability to love, but thankfully there are so many opportunities to improve:

See? My past self agrees!

This Spring quarter has just started, and we just had a photo of the staff and (mostly) everyone in our class.

This is one of the many photos where I had a chance to reflect on the staff’s generosity and the care that I received from them during one-on-one talks about tough questions I held in my heart about Christianity and life.

There’s a lot to say about this year, but this collection of photos should do the job: