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III. The Journey of Sight rather than by Faith. Chapter 5: The Lingering Thought One day Ramona asked me, “Kingston, do you think the Lord still wants you to be a pastor?” I thought Ramona had forgotten about ministry. Life has gotten so much better. Our marriage was stronger. Our home was recently remodeled. We … Read More “My Journey of Faith: The Lingering Thought” »
III. The Journey of Sight rather than by Faith. Chapter 4: Learning Without Knowing It In the 10 years that we were in Portland, Oregon, we served at Chinese Baptist Church. At my time at Multnomah Bible School, I was involved in the English-speaking ministry. We decided to attend that church because of our dear … Read More “My Journey of Faith: Learning Without Knowing It” »
III. The Journey of Sight rather than by Faith. Chapter 2: Talking but Getting Nowhere Ramona was the extrovert. I was the introvert. She would be circulating among the people at church while I would be just percolating in one spot. I didn’t know how or what to say to people unless it was Bible … Read More “My Journey of Faith: Talking but Getting Nowhere” »
III. The Journey of Sight rather than by Faith. Chapter 2: Going and Getting More After living in my father-in-law’s home for two years, the circumstances were right for us to come to the decision to move away. I realized that Asian churches wanted seminary graduates with a master’s degree. Just having a bachelor’s degree … Read More “My Journey of Faith: Going and Getting More” »
III. The Journey of Sight rather than by Faith Chapter 1: Seeing and Wanting More I grew up being poor and living in poverty. Seeing others having more than my parents or even myself, I wanted more than what my parent’s had in life. Seeing my peers’ upward mobility in life, purchasing their first car … Read More “My Journey of Faith: Seeing and Wanting More” »
II. The Journey of Salvation and Transformation. Chapter 5: A Frightful Future While in Bible School, I was required to do a Christian service. In my senior year, I decided to join a team of students to minister to small churches who did not have a pastor. I always thought that every church had a … Read More “My Journey of Faith: A Frightful Future” »
II. The Journey of Salvation and Transformation. Chapter 4: The Frightful Realization While in City College, another young lady started to join our high school-college group. Our van would stop by the grocery store to pick her up on the way to the pastor’s house. At times, I would jump out of the van and … Read More “My Journey of Faith: The Frightful Realization” »
II. The Journey of Salvation and Transformation. Chapter 3: I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! In the Fall of 1967, I enrolled at San Francisco City College, taking the liberal art classes. I couldn’t walk there as it was across the city. Riding the MUNI system to a new part of town was a new experience going … Read More “My Journey of Faith: I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!” »
II. The Journey of Salvation and Transformation Chapter 2: A New Course “Youth Camp. What’s that?” as I heard that announcement from the pastor. It was an event where sister churches invited their youth to spend a week at Redwood Alliance. Everyone was signing up, but I didn’t bother because I didn’t have the money … Read More “My Journey of Faith: A New Course” »
II. The Journey of Salvation and Transformation. Chapter 1. Strange Encounters In my sophomore year, our group of guys started to go to a fellowship group in the “The Avenues.” For me, going to the Avenues was a new venture. I heard about relatives moving out of Chinatown to the Avenues, but I had no … Read More “My Journey of Faith: Strange Encounters” »