Chi Alpha @ Stanford

Paula and I will be in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. for two weeks par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Gen­eral Coun­cil of the Assem­blies of God (our bien­nial decision-making session).

We’d appre­ci­ate your prayers as we travel and as we help make some impor­tant decisions.

We’d also appre­ci­ate your understanding–we’ll check our email as fre­quently as we can, but we’re not sure how quickly we’ll be able to get back to you.

See you again soon!

By the way, there are some new pho­tos in the photo gallery. Check it out!

Hi, my name is Shaowei, and I am an inter­na­tional stu­dent from Sin­ga­pore. Know­ing the Lord has been the best thing that has ever hap­pened in my whole life. My encounter with the Lord has been one that is full of excite­ment and joy, but it has not been an easy one.

It began when I gave my life over to Christ in July 2000. As a young Chris­t­ian, I was often unsure of my faith, but I always had spir­i­tual broth­ers and sis­ters encour­ag­ing me and giv­ing me advice in my walk with Him. When I first came to Stan­ford in Sep­tem­ber 2002, I was wor­ried because I heard rumors about how col­lege life can be a stum­bling block to one’s spir­i­tual life, because of the heavy work­load and because of the intel­lec­tu­al­ism that shakes one’s faith.

So I sought out sev­eral Chris­t­ian fel­low­ship groups, and the one that caught my atten­tion was Chi Alpha. On our first day, the stu­dents and staff were extremely friendly to the new­com­ers. We had a won­der­ful time of wor­ship, and Glen, the pas­tor, gave a very hilar­i­ous talk (I still remem­ber he had his doctor’s gear on) that was also very deep and prac­ti­cal to col­lege life. I fell in love with Chi Alpha because I saw how all the stu­dents truly loved God and truly loved each other.

Since then, all of us at Chi Alpha have been through thick and thin together. We shared our feel­ings, prayed for one another, lead wor­ship, ate and had fun together, went for excit­ing retreats, and shared our faith with oth­ers. One way in which Chi Alpha really changed my life was when one of the pas­tors prayed for me at the Spring Retreat and I was deliv­ered from the fre­quent night­mares which I had since I was five. Since then, I was able to sleep well and peace­fully! Most impor­tantly, Chi Alpha has taught me, both directly and indi­rectly, how much the Lord loves me, and how to love the Lord.

Col­lege life may be busy or intel­lec­tu­ally intim­i­dat­ing, but we need to con­tinue to put our trust and hope in the Lord so that He can show us how to live it pur­pose­fully. For Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do noth­ing” (John 15:5). I pray that you will find the fel­low­ship group that the Lord has called you to soon. Take care and God Bless : )

Hi, my name is Shaowei, and I am an inter­na­tional stu­dent from Sin­ga­pore. Know­ing the Lord has been the best thing that has ever hap­pened in my whole life. My encounter with the Lord has been one that is full of excite­ment and joy, but it has not been an easy one.

It began when I gave my life over to Christ in July 2000. As a young Chris­t­ian, I was often unsure of my faith, but I always had spir­i­tual broth­ers and sis­ters encour­ag­ing me and giv­ing me advice in my walk with Him. When I first came to Stan­ford in Sep­tem­ber 2002, I was wor­ried because I heard rumors about how col­lege life can be a stum­bling block to one’s spir­i­tual life, because of the heavy work­load and because of the intel­lec­tu­al­ism that shakes one’s faith.

So I sought out sev­eral Chris­t­ian fel­low­ship groups, and the one that caught my atten­tion was Chi Alpha. On our first day, the stu­dents and staff were extremely friendly to the new­com­ers. We had a won­der­ful time of wor­ship, and Glen, the pas­tor, gave a very hilar­i­ous talk (I still remem­ber he had his doctor’s gear on) that was also very deep and prac­ti­cal to col­lege life. I fell in love with Chi Alpha because I saw how all the stu­dents truly loved God and truly loved each other.

Since then, all of us at Chi Alpha have been through thick and thin together. We shared our feel­ings, prayed for one another, lead wor­ship, ate and had fun together, went for excit­ing retreats, and shared our faith with oth­ers. One way in which Chi Alpha really changed my life was when one of the pas­tors prayed for me at the Spring Retreat and I was deliv­ered from the fre­quent night­mares which I had since I was five. Since then, I was able to sleep well and peace­fully! Most impor­tantly, Chi Alpha has taught me, both directly and indi­rectly, how much the Lord loves me, and how to love the Lord.

Col­lege life may be busy or intel­lec­tu­ally intim­i­dat­ing, but we need to con­tinue to put our trust and hope in the Lord so that He can show us how to live it pur­pose­fully. For Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do noth­ing” (John 15:5). I pray that you will find the fel­low­ship group that the Lord has called you to soon. Take care and God Bless : )

I just upgraded the photo gallery software–the new pack­age is awesome!

One of the neat­est fea­tures is that I can cre­ate user accounts for oth­ers to upload their dig­i­tal snaps. If you want an account so you can upload your Stan­ford Chi Alpha pho­tos, let me know!

Check the photo gallery. I’m still upload­ing photos.