Pastor John Shin

I remember Pastor John Shin as a 19 maybe 20 year old drummer guy with a pony tail who used to help out and play drums for my high school EM ministry at Valley Light of Love Mission Church.  It was absolutely crazy to see him as a pastor about 8 years later.  I was seriously so excited to tell him I was a Christian, its just such good news.  I wonder if he was able to tell back then that I wasn't really a Christian.  I was pretty stinkin good at pretending after all.  I wish I had a heart that would so joyfully tell everyone how my life has been turned around and this joy and love that I can not describe with words but sustains me, keeping me together when I'm falling apart.  And I'm always falling apart.

I love Pastor John Shin, meeting new people at ccm, seeing old people at ccm, seeing old people from Berean, Josh Lim, Justin Kim, Henry Lang, Chris Cheng, seeing old people from my class, Madeline, Jessica, becoming a Christian, not being a slave anymore, never ever being defeated, fellowship, bbqs, getting up at 8 am to setup for bbqs, smelling like bbq, stealing bites while cooking and nobody is looking, senior banquets, my last one as a member of CCM, My last days of college, a new job, a salary, a bigger tithe, more to be a steward over, more time to play, more time to invest, meeting up with people, serving, being a big brother, being encouraged by my friends, my friends....