by Timothy Ko

I remember the first time God put missions in my heart…it was my Junior year of High School, I was sitting in Chapel and It was during a Missions Conference where Dr. David Thompson came to speak and I remember his wife was speaking to all the youth about their lives in missions. It was at that moment where I first became interested in using my career for missions. I remember as my Dad was driving me home, I was telling him about how interesting I thought their lives were and at the end, I said “I think I might be interested in that.” My Dad was supportive of me but as I look back upon that time, I wonder why I was so hesitant to say that I was interested in long term missions. After all, my parents never dissuaded me from missions. Read more →

By Andi Kuo

Our Taiwan Short Term Missions team had 6 members this time. We saw the work of the Holy Spirit. When God’s children prayed in unity, miracles happened, glorifying God. Every morning, before we set out, we prayed with the Word of the day, asking the Holy Spirit to guide us.

On the 1st day, we arrived in Yilan, Taipei. As soon as we met Soo and Hannah Hwang, the Korean speaking Alliance missionaries, Soo told us that he received a Word from God recently, that was from Psalm 106:8, where it said, “Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.” And then, we had the first gathering at a restaurant; we called it “The Lord’s Feast.” Although there was a lot of unknown, we held on by faith. The people who came were people with physical challenges. One of them was the father of one of my preschool staff. Before we left for Taiwan, we had asked this pre-school teacher if she wanted us to see her parents, but she turned it down. As soon as we recognized the father, Mr. Lo, it seemed like we saw the glory of God. He was doing His wonders, making His mighty power known! After lunch, Mr. Lo invited us to his home. Soo remembered that he had been praying for this village for a while, and he believed that God would make His mighty power known in this place. I personally also believe that the parents of my preschool teacher will soon be saved. Read more →

By Wayland Shih

The few weeks leading up to the birth of my first child were a mixture of excitement, anticipation, and fear. I had never developed paternal feelings and emotions toward infants. I never volunteered to babysit, I never had the desire to hold someone else’s baby (they just seemed slimy and dirty), and I always sought a place of quiet and relative solitude. Part of me was gripped with fear — that I would become bitter at my child with how my life would be changed by his addition — goodbye lazy weekends, sleeping in, watching sports, romance, and autonomy with my time at home, with friends, and at work. Because of this, I feared that I would not be able to provide the love that my child would need. Read more →

By H. Leung

(A mini-series on my journey of starting a bible study group at work)

In the late 90’s, there was a Hollywood movie called Armageddon. As the movie sets up for the climatic ending, the protagonist and his damsel in distress were having a romantic moment by the hillside prior to, literally, the end of the world. One quote that sticks out in my head 20 years later is this:

“Do you think it’s possible that anyone else in the world is doing this very same thing at this very same moment?” Read more →