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2009-2010 Year End Newsletter
I know this is like the first print newsletter I’ve had in over a year. I hope you enjoy it! I’ve moved on to email newsletters for most of the year, so if you’re interested in receiving those you can subscribe here.
In this issue:
-2009-2010 Summary
-Jesus in the Numbers
-”One” Praise Night Recap
-Senior Testimony: Joanne Shiau
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A Christian Response to UCSD’s Growing Racial Tension
I’m not going to claim I know all the answers. Nor am I going to speak on behalf of any organization or particular group. Rather I want to speak right now as a follower of Jesus who is desperately seeking God’s heart on how to act in the midsts of a lot of pain and anger that’s escalating at UCSD.
Today as I joined hundreds of others on campus to say “no” against blatant acts racism, I watched person after person take the mic and share their hearts. Some shared impassioned pleas to actions, others shared words of solidarity, and still others shared their pain and fear. As I stood there for 3 hours listening, I began to ask two very disturbing questions. First of all, where was the Asian American presence? As a majority minority on this campus, do we not have the responsibility to at least say we stand is solidarity with those who are suffering? But I think what was more troubling was I kept asking where was the Christian presence? Of the 30 or so people who spoke this morning representing everyone from the LGBT to faculty and even an openly Communist representative, I did not witness one person represent Jesus in the midsts of all this. Read the rest of this entry
REVIVE09 Video
Thank you all for your continued prayer and support! Here is a recap video of all that God did at UCSD during REVIVE09!
REVIVE09 in numbers:
- 140 leaders loving the campus through outreach
- 15,000+ Flyers Passed Out
- 1,600 Students Fed at Free BBQ
- 750 Students at First Large Group
- 34 Students became Christian
- 130 Committed their lives to following Jesus in College
