| Bye Bye America, Hello Hong Kong + China :-)Last year, I went on a biomedical service trip that really opened my eyes. We traveled to different clinics and orphanages in Southern China and worked mostly with kids with cerebral palsy. Most of them could not walk and many were abandoned. Our team worked with a university in Hong Kong to provide foot, ankle, and knee orthotics for these children. Even though I didn't always know what was going on, I can say that it was the most eye-opening experience I have ever had. I went into it thinking it'd be an educational trip, but it turned into a life-changing trip.
These children are still children of God and able to experience the same feelings of happiness, joy, sorrow, and love. They're no different than who we are. People think they can't enjoy life, they can't be a child, they can't grow up in a happy family, but I saw them do what others said they could not do. I saw people who gave their hearts to these children and I saw parental love for children who had no parents. I saw dedication, passion, and I saw a desire to give life, to live life, to be life.
Those who loved were not Christians. If our God's love is so much better and so much stronger, then how much more can I love?
I've been blessed with another opportunity to go to China and this is what I wonder - With the knowledge and the experience God has given me, how can I go back and love like God loves?
Off to China I go  . Pray for me. This isn't a missions trip, but my life is always a mission. |
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| Start of Jesus WeekTonight, Jesus Week started .
For those that don't know, it's a week at my campus where Christians come together to make known the presence of God on campus. By doing so, we want to share the amazing love of Christ through our words, our actions, and our prayers. Plus, it's also for Christians. A lot of us here are too focused on school and the future, money and time, and our desires and dreams, that we often forget the sole reason that we're here - God. We hope to remind Christians that our life is about Christ. We don't want it to be just a week of Christ-centered loving, we want it to be the start of a life-long love.
Tonight's opening Campus-wide prayer was amazing. We were all excited because tonight, we were finally going to see the start of God's work for Jesus Week. There were only a few of us, but the prayer was real and sincere. I missed that . Oftentimes, I feel like fellowships and churches can seem institutionalized and directed to fit our needs. We aim to end meetings at exactly Xpm or repeat the same prayers every week that it has become merely a jumble of words that have been engraved in our brains. We sometimes lose focus and everything becomes routine. We don't realize why we're here, why we have fellowship, why the fellowship is connected to the church, and what God has called us to do.
But tonight, with the small group of really passionate people, I saw and felt the sincerity. We really want this God . Start with us first and work throughout our campus. Help us all to love you and love strangers. Let our hands and eyes be your hands and eyes. That is my prayer.
Please pray for Jesus week and the upcoming 24/7 Prayer tent. It's going to be an amazing two weeks.
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| It's that time of year again - Relay for LifeHi guys,
This will be my 3rd year fundraising and participating in relay for life!
Our teams walk around a trackfield from 8pm-8am this Friday-Saturday in order to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
It's actually one of the more meaningful years because one of my close mentors from my church has recently been diagnosed with cancer. We give our thanks to God for her amazing doctors who are treating her. However, it takes effort from all of us to help the fight against cancer gain momentum. One of the ways that we can help is to donate to the American Cancer Society. If you guys feel compelled to, please donate to the American Cancer Society through my service fraternity's team at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/YoungYim.
Once again: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/YoungYim
-Young Yim
PS: This is something totally off-topic, but I've noticed that I need A LOT of prayer when it comes to doing things for God so please pray for my friends and I as we work to glorify God's kingdom at my school's Jesus week! |
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