By Allison Tran

The world is a wild place and we never know what could or will happen in the future. About twenty other church members and I had the opportunity to visit victims of the Camp Fire in Chico two weeks after the fire broke out in the neighboring city of Paradise. We served at Neighborhood Church, a local C&MA church, that was serving as a fire relief evacuation center. Most of the time, when natural disasters strike, or when so much is lost, many people question God or turn away from His goodness. They continuously ask why He would do such a thing to them. Some other Youth and I were working to sort out donations and give people resources that they needed. Many people would come in and ask for socks or shampoo, and be appreciative of what we could offer them, but you could tell that a part of them was still missing and that they were hopeless. Read more →

by Betty Young

Last month we celebrated an ESL student’s 80^th birthday. This student, like many others, returned year after year and in time, became like a friend to our teachers. There was much love as we gathered with other students to celebrate a significant birthday of a cherished member of our Rockspring community. Teachers, as well as students, shared delicious food while serving and honoring one another above themselves. Read more →

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

A week after our divine encounter on the escalators where I asked the “Simple Question”, we were supposed to have our inaugural meeting.  I got to work and saw the email, “Sorry guys, I’m sick today and won’t make it to our meeting.” Of all the days to get sick?? Hrmm…. Read more →

By Linda Yung

Today was one of my hardest days as a teacher. A few weeks ago, I got a new student who came with piles of incident reports of aggressive and uncontrollable behavior. When I heard that M was transferring to my class, I quickly e-mailed some teacher friends and asked them to pray that God would do a miracle and that this new student would be sent somewhere else. I already had three students with autism in my class and I just couldn’t see how I could handle another challenging student.

Well, my friends prayed and they all prayed that I would receive this student with God’s love. I was convicted and felt so grateful for friends who prayed God’s will and not mine. As M started four weeks ago, there were challenges, but overall, I was feeling very good that God was working… until today… Read more →

by Hou Lei

Our Mandarin Congregation has been reaching out to San Jose State University (SJSU) students for almost a year now. We mainly provide them with free lunch and by that we are able to get to know them and share the Gospel with them. We learned this way from our Cantonese Congregation who pioneered their Soup Club ministry with fruitful results. This semester, a few other brothers & sisters who had a burden for this ministry also joined us, giving us additional helpful resources.

In the beginning of this semester, other than the students we met in the past, many new students were also drawn to our lunch activity. On of the Wednesday (9/12), our brother Jason Ho shared with the students the Four Spiritual Laws and 3 students decided to follow Jesus. This is indeed the work of God, and all glory be unto Him! Of course, we must have a sense of urgency to disciple them. On the other hand, we had an opportunity to meet with a group of 30 students who came from Taiwan for only a 3-month stay. We hope that we are able to get to know them more and share the Gospel with them. Please continue to pray for this SJSU outreach ministry for both the Cantonese and Mandarin Congregations. Thank you for your support!