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Made Conference Experience with Vivian Mabuni

Willful, Will-less, or Willing Sometimes when I speak I find myself sharing things I didn’t plan on sharing. Weird audio-visual mishaps take place, derailing my train of thought, and I’m left scrambling on the inside. But sometimes those unplanned things end up being exactly what someone needed to hear. I’d chalk that up to […]

Chinese New Year: More than Just a Ritual

Red. Bright lipstick red, splashed on walls, hung over doors, and embroidered into dresses. Children open their palms for lucky red envelopes stuffed with cash and candy. Flowers and oranges perfume the kitchen, along with the irresistible scents of moon cakes, dim sum and seasonal delicacies. Chinese calligraphy adorns homes that have just been swept […]

Epic Legacy Summit

“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.” 1 Cor 6:19b-20a (ESV) These words hit hard in the hearts of students that attended the Epic Legacy Summit. Being challenged to live a life for Christ in a world that screams at them to live for themselves, these students felt the […]

The Ultimate Love Story

It was a great honor and privilege to speak as this was my first retreat engagement as the main speaker. Most of the time, I split the sessions with my wife, Steph or others. Since I had to design the theme of the retreat, I prayed and thought about what was most important to […]

100% Sent

Where do I go next? God Can I Please Have a Roadmap? When it gets hard for me to trust and follow God, I wish He would just send down a burning bush, or a give me a big nudge on what I should do next. I went to 100% Sent Conference in New […]

Reflections from Fall Retreat (LA and Texas)

During October, students attended Fall Retreats in their respective areas. Fall Retreat was a time of fellowship and connection for the students. In addition, they were able to take a break from their busy lives and spend time with the Lord through messages, prayer, and personal devotional times. Here are some of the students’ […]

God, Nature, and Relationships

I learned the importance of setting aside my own quiet times with God and being vulnerable in building intimate relationship with others. Whenever we think of the word “retreat,” I think we tend to associate that with “getting away” from our normal lives, leaving our physical surroundings, and finding a place free from daily […]

Faith and Passion

I was searching for a faith that was unlike the American faith, one that was less polished and more raw. While overseas, I definitely learned a lot (a lot about myself), my passions and desires, and more about what evangelism and the Gospel is in a broader, more global context. When my team first […]

Here and Now

It was apparent throughout my summer that God was going to work in His own way and on His own timetable, not mine. Prior to my summer project in Kyoto, Japan, I created this romanticized, preconceived notion that I “would not be the same person coming out of summer project as I was going in.” […]

A New Life

“I am so ready to get baptized. This is a new start, this is my new family, this is my new life.” We took 65 students to the west side of the island for our Fall Getaway 2013. We had a ton of new students, including Lini, a girl who stopped by our table […]