I was introduced to Christianity through my best friend when he became a Christian in high school. I heard the gospel for the first time through his youth group, but was too busy enjoying high school and preparing for college to actively seek God. A year later, as a freshman at UC Berkeley, I felt the emptiness of my life without meaning and purpose. It was then I remembered that youth group experience and the effect of Jesus in their lives. In faith, I responded to that same gospel and it has made all the difference in my life since then. I joined our church and started learning the word of God, building relationships, and found meaning and purpose in serving God and loving others.

Upon graduating from college, I stuck around at our church and began serving in our youth ministry for a few years. Then I moved to help with our churches in Davis and Austin, and 21 years later, circled back to Berkeley where my wife and I minister to our church’s post-grad members.

In 2020, in response to the racial injustice and the many needs in our community, our Berkeley church started a new ministry called 5&2 (based on the feeding of the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish). God has opened doors for us to serve the elderly, unhoused, returning citizens, and inner-city children. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we’ve partnered with many organizations to bring our five loaves and two fish to bless our neighbors with their immediate needs and the hope of the gospel message.

Likes: basketball, Macs (I finally converted from Windows in 2021), computer hotkeys and puns