Happy
New Year!
By Kevin
L. Chen
It
is now 9:20, Monday night, 12/31/12, and it is New Year’s Eve. I am
about to go to the movies with my momma, but as I sit here and
write this as an appreciation and symbol of gratitude towards my
momma, I begin to think about all the moments that 2012 has brought
me, my family, and my friends.
This year was another 365 pages book with each
page filled, nearly spilling with ink from the rich memories that
God’s grace has blessed me with. The family, the friends, the food,
and the fun (The 4 F’s haha) all made 2012 the most memorable year
of my life… so far.
Some things that I remember were that I finished
my first year as a student at UC Berkeley and it was incredibly
hard. Barely passing with a B in my Physics Electricity and
Magnetism class, I was able to receive my first job as a Physics
tutor in the UC Berkeley Academic services. I also served a lot in
my church as the electric guitarist for the worship team, and for
the first time in the fall of 2012, I finally started connecting
with my church.
At first, things were very awkward because I was still adjusting to
the environment and the different way people operate here at
Berkeley. At home, my sense of humor is completely unreserved and
can be considered very crude at times, but at Berkeley, I had to
adjust how much of that craziness I could reveal. Over the course
of this year, though, I have slowly been able to release more and
more every day. From my quietness to the forest fire of the
infamous “sucladuc”, I have started to really find my niche and
community at the Ark.
Speaking of my church, there have been a lot of
changes recently to the way leadership looked just a month ago. Two
core leaders of the Ark left and we have been trying to understand
and deal with the changes. It was okay, however, because there was
no bitterness in their resignation. One is going to pursue a degree
in seminary in Texas while the other works full time at a House of
Prayer in Berkeley. I am very thankful for those two awesome and
incredible men in my life and for the brief moment I could learn
from them. They taught me a lot, especially the one that was going
to seminary, about marriage, relationships, and
destiny.
In fact, I decided to take a
year of celibacy that will go from July 2012 to July 2013. This
year was designed so that I could focus on my pursuit of God, first
and foremost, and my pursuit in academics and research so that I
can get the right networking and undergraduate credentials. So far,
it has been one of the most growing times of my life. This is
especially due to my increased learning and giving capacity that I
have had in the church.
Since starting my job, I have been able to tithe
out of my own pocket, so I am very grateful for that. Furthermore,
I live with six other older ministry guys who have varying
theologies but all incredibly strong walks with God. I have learned
so much from them in only the past six months. I thought I learned
a lot freshman year of college in terms of wisdom and knowledge of
God, but this last fall has been an ever growing season of learning
wisdom and maturity; but I am sure that there is more to come in
2013.
So looking back on 2012, I can easily say that
it was lived out very well. I think I fulfilled most of what I
needed to do, so we will see where God brings me next in 2013. Some
obligatory resolutions that I have is to work out three days a
week, gain 20 pounds, pray/read Bible daily, read outside book
daily, and to swing dance as much as possible! It is going to one
heck of a year.
注：
不知何故，家中浏览器出现故障，我无法在家中上自己的博客，只好在星巴克匆匆写博文。
此文是开文新年之际，我要求交的“寄语”作文。无奈我只能先呈上英文，待时间允许再翻成中文。
在这篇文章中，
开文回顾了2012年的生活状态和感恩之情。在他的文字中，时刻不忘的，是家庭、朋友、美食，以及有趣的经历带给他的珍贵回忆，大学生活带给他的成长，以及信仰追寻带给他的平安和喜乐。
文章最后，开文回顾2012年，感觉过得很充实，并且做了许多想做的事。展望新的一年，开文将追随上帝的带领，继续努力。新年要做的事，继续打工，再增20磅，每天读书，每天读圣经和祷告，每天读课外书，当然不会忘记带给他快乐的Swing
Dance.
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