The End Of An Era

Yesterday was the end of an era. Well, maybe I slightly overstated it, but it sounded powerful anyways..

But in a way, it was the end of an era, because we said goodbye to our fearless community group leader, SJ. For the past year, she has led our cross-cultural community group at Regent College. Throughout the year, we met every Tuesday after chapel, and ate lunch together, shared about our past joys and sorrows, our present struggles, and our future aspirations. It was such a blessing to get to know our group.

As I got to know SJ, I've noticed a real passion in her heart, to serve the poor in Latin America (Bolivia, to be specific). She has over the past few years learned Spanish, in preparation of her move down south.

Last month she was invited to go to El Salvador, to work with a church there doing community development. She will be there for approximately one year of training, after which she hopes to move on to Bolivia.

So yesterday we had a potluck, in celebration of God's faithfulness to SJ. We had great food, great conversation, and we invited her to share with us some thoughts one last time, before she leaves next week.

Below are some pictures of our community group members.

From Left to Right: CM (Bolivia), SJ (USA), & DN (Bolivia):


ML (USA), IYB (Korea), & ET (USA):


AEK (USA), TS (Canada), & RE (USA):


Missing from our group are: KH (USA), GC (Germany), & HH (Canada).

I look forward to next year's community group.