Blogs, Stories, and Lives Impacted are now fully linked and all show up on your Organization's page - June 25, 2009
*Featured News: East Villagers Development Team has accomplished another milestone - your blogs, stories, and blogs about lives impacted through your projects now show up on your Organization's page *Community News: The Asian Liver Center is looking for nurses overseas and in the United States. Click here for more information. AALDEF Housing Justice Project is looking for Volunteers in New York City for this summer. Click here for more info. *Contest News: First place organization for Thanksgiving Points wins $2000 USD. Top 15 organizations win a total of $10,000. Start earning points today for your organizations. Top 5 Point Leaders: Elisabeth Sum, Alena Groopman, Brian Cheng, Jean Yu, and Julie Van. Invite your friends and earn 5 points each invite, 50 points for each friend who signs up with your referral link. Click here for the cool invite tool! *Upcoming Projects: More for Migrant Kids Summer Camp in Shanghai - July 13-15, 2009 Youth Leadership Conference on Asian & Pacific Islander Health at Stanford University - August 5-8, 2009 Miss Asian American Pageant in San Francisco, CA - August 8, 2009
Here are some cool things on EV that the staff recommends you to check out:
競賽報導：凡感恩積分點數最多, 排名第一的社團組織, 可贏得美金 $2000.以為獎勵, 另有美金 $10,000 獎金, 由總積分在十五名之內的社團組織來分得 , 請盡力爲您的社團累積積分. 目前排行榜 : Elisabeth Sum , Alena Goopman, Brian Cheng , Jean Yu 和 Julie Van.
部落格 : -2008年的柬埔寨 ( Cambodia 2008 by Steve Tangsombatvisit ) -靈性的感動 ( B-Inspired ! Winning Essay by Andrea Tan ) -菲律賓的一位足球名星 ( Tim Tebow -Football Star Serving in the Philippines by Johnny Pham )
� FRIDAY 6/12 - WEDNESDAY, 9/30 Asian Art Museum's Lords of the Samuari Exhibit
� FRIDAY, 6/19 California Sing-Along With Charlie Chin
� FRIDAY, 6/19 Wine tasting with the Asian Community
� FRIDAY, 6/19
Kapakahi CD Release Party
� FRIDAY, 6/19
MTV's America's Best Dance Crew Season 3 Winners Quest Crew Performance
� WEDNESDAY, 6/24 For The Love of Ramen
� SF Hep B Free Speakers Bureau Speakers available to make educational presentations to community groups in various languages. � SAVE THE DATES - JULY EVENTS 7/11 - Boogie Nights in J-town, Fundraiser for the Nihonmachi Street Fair 7/18, 7/25, 7/26 - Asians Americans for Community Outreach Sports Day for Charity
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31st Annual Ethnic Dance Festival
WHAT: 31st Annual Ethnic Dance Festival
From the palace courts of Korea to the temples of India and the village squares of Mexico, the 31st Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is your first class ticket to an unforgettable journey around the world. Every June, San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts comes to vivid life in a swirl of breathtaking beauty and explosive energy as thirty six companies representing dance traditions from more than 20 cultures and featuring more than four hundred of Northern California's most acclaimed dancers and musicians take to the stage. The Festival is the largest and most prestigious gathering of its kind in the country with four weekends of performances and a different line up of performers each week. This year, the Festival is proud to present three specially commissioned works by some of the Bay Area's most accomplished companies including Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Balinese), Leung's White Crane Lion and Dragon Dance (Chinese) and the Murphy Irish Dancers. So come once or come four times, just don't miss this extraordinary annual celebration of our global artistic heritage.
WHEN:
Every Saturday & Sunday from now through June 28, 2009 Saturdays 2 & 8pm; Sundays 2pm
Plus Special Festival Gala hosted by Honorary Chair Rita Moreno on Saturday, June 13, 2009 beginning at 6pm
WHERE: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St., San Francisco
$22-$44 with specially priced Saturday family matinees
Weekend passes and group discounts are available CONTACT: Visit www.worldartswest.org or call (415) 474-3914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asian Art Museum's Lords of the Samurai Exhibit
WHAT: Lords of the Samurai
The samurai culture and code of conduct, bushido, have long captivated the imaginations and aspirations of young and old in the Western world.
Lords of the Samurai takes an intimate look at the daimyo, or provincial lords of the warrior class in feudal Japan. The Hosokawa clan, powerful military nobles with a 600-year-old lineage, embodied this duality of fierce warrior and refined gentleman.
The exhibition features more than 160 works from the Hosokawa family collection housed in the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo, the Kumamoto Castle, and the Kumamoto Municipal Museum in Kyushu. Objects on view will include suits of armor, armaments (including swords and guns), formal attire, calligraphy, paintings, teaware, lacquerware, masks, and musical instruments.
The Asian Art Museum is the exclusive U.S. venue for this exhibition.
WHEN:
Now - September 30, 2009
WHERE: Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA
Join folksinger Charlie Chin as he plays the guitar and banjo, taking us on a sing-along journey through California history. We'll visit the Gold Rush, the building of the Trans-continental Railroad, pass through the Golden Gate and find our hearts in San Francisco.
WHEN:
Friday, June 19, 2009 11am
WHERE: Yerba Buena Children's Garden Howard & Fourth Street
For the second year in a row, the public will have a unique and fun chance to sample over 50 wines and learn about local Asian American community groups in the Bay Area.
This event will be a great chance to meet and greet many local Asian American community groups and taste over 50 wines from many regions in a friendly atmosphere.
The event will feature 12 new and four returning wineries and wine retailers, including: Alejos Cellars, Armida Winery, Artesa Vineyards & Winery, Blacksmith Cellars, Coppola Wines, Dee Vine Wines, Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Korbin Kameron Vineyards, La Famiglia Winery, Rodney Strong Vineyards, Snows Lake Vineyard, Tres Sabores, VERGE, Wine Cellars, Vinum Global Imports, and Wente Vineyards.
WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2009 6:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE:
The Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
What exactly is Kapakahi? Simply put, it's complicated.
Imagine if you kidnapped Sublime, put them on an island with a case of rum and invited The P-Funk All Stars, 311 and Lupe Fiasco to join the party...they would probably come up with a sound ALMOST as unique as Kapakahi's.
Like the multi-cultural mix of musicians that make up the band, Kapakahi is about celebrating diversity in all its fun, funky glory. Their music is a fresh and progressive mash-up of pop, reggae, latin, hip-hop and funk and their energetic stage show grabs the attention of whatever crowd they're in front of.
So, regardless of any label placed on them, Kapakahi's genre-bending style aims for ONE thing: to get your ass moving on the dance floor!
Please join the band this evening as they celebrate the release of their newest CD, "Light Up."
WHEN:
Friday, June 19, 2009 Doors open at 8 pm Event starts at 9 pm WHERE: Slim's 333 11th St. San Francisco, CA
MTV's America's Best Dance Crew Winners Quest Crew to Perform in S.F.
WHAT:
Quest Crew, the talented winners of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew season 3 - will be making a special appearance in San Francisco to perform for CenterStage, a new ages 18 and up promotions company. The popular group from one of TV's hottest shows will be hosting a meet and greet, followed by a choreographed as well as freestyle dance performance shortly before midnight. The members: Steven Terada, Victor Kim, Brian Hirano, Ryan Conferrido, Ryan Feng, Hok, and D-Trix each have substantial professional dance experience, performing on television shows like So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol to touring with the likes of Gloria Estefan and Sheila E.
All of us have benefitted from the quick and easy goodness of ramen. From the desks of salary workers to the dorm rooms of college students, from famous noodle shops to supermarket shelves, ramen's many incarnations have tangled their way into our hearts and minds as much as they've filled our stomachs.
A panel of noodle experts will explore how a dish born of extreme need after World War II was transformed into a meal of luxury, endless regional specialties, and then, finally, an iconic convenience food.
Come join the conversation with:
Eric Nakamura, publisher and co-editor, Giant Robot magazine
Andy Raskin, author, The Ramen King and I
George Solt, assistant professor of history, New York University
Thy Tran(moderator), director, Asian Culinary Forum
$20 General Admission
$15 Full-time Students with ID
WHEN: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm WHERE: San Francisco Ferry Building
JULY EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE! Boogie Nights in J-Town: A Fundraising Dance For the 36th Annual Nihonmachi Sreet Fair
On July 11, the Nihonmachi Street Fair will host a fundraising dance at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. Performing will be the Kanzaki Lounge All Stars, a band composed of some of the best-known Asian American musicians in the Bay Area--Carey Huang, DerrickTong, Billy Shen, Colette Ikemi, Rich Aguon, Eva Chew, Chris Garcia and Jessie De Torres. The Street Fair is set for August 8 and 9 in San Francisco's Japantown. In this, its 36th year, the non-profit event, which benefits Asian American and Pacific Islander community service and cultural organizations, is facing some of the most challenging times ever in terms of its fundraising efforts. The Street Fair has become a traditional summertime event in Japantown that not only supports community service organizations and artisans but also serves as a showcase for emerging Asian American performing artists. This fundraiser will help ensure that the street fair continues its service to the Japantown community. "Your $30 support will definitely help us in offsetting logistical cost associated with producing the 2 day event in August," Grace Horikiri, executive director and president of the Nihonmachi Street Fair. "We encourage everyone to tell their friends and truly come out for an evening that will sure to be a memorable experience!" The Boogie Nights in J-Town dance will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight, and tickets will be $40 at the door and $30 during presale before July 1. Please email grace@nihonmachistreetfair.org to order your tickets today.
Sports Day for Charity
WHAT: Sports Day for Charity
For the 14th consecutive year, Asian Americans for Community Outreach (AACO) will be holding its annual Sports Day for Charity event! This is always AACO's biggest and most popular event each year, with over 350 participants, and proceeds going to local charities! Sports Day for Charity consists of a softball, volleyball, tennis, and basketball tournament.
The SF HEP B FREE campaign is pleased to announce the launch of its newly activated Speakers Bureau. Speakers are available to make educational presentations in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, or Tagalog.
These talks can range from 20-60 minutes, with question and answer periods incorporated. There is no charge for this service.
Target audiences include community groups of any type, including staff, members, special gatherings, brown bag lunch sessions, etc. Our goal is to provide basic information about hepatitis B (prevalence, transmission, prevention, and screening).
To request a speaker for your group, email or fax the information below to Tamiko Wong at twong@awfoundation.com, FAX: 415-397-3080, PHONE: 415-321-5865
AsianWeek Foundation Wish List
WHAT: AsianWeek Foundation accepts donations of goods and products on a limited basis. The following is AsianWeek Foundation's wish list of current needs:
laptop computer 2.0ghz or faster
projector
folding screen (for projecting slide shows)
recordable DVDs
USB drives
printer paper, white and colors, regular and card stock
file folders (plain manila or color)
large wall clock
printer cartridges for HP LaserJet 3380, HP LaserJet 8000DN, Lexmark x2480, Epson Stylus Photo 2200
ink cartridge for Brother intelliFAX 2820
Used items are fine, as long as they are in good condition. Gifts are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. SEND DONATIONS TO: 809 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Happy 17th Birthday, Sophia! We hope you had a wonderful day! We met you when you were a sophomore and now you are going to be a senior in high school. Thank you for being the sweetest friend to all of us on AC and EV. These communities would not be the same with out you. Never stop being you, sister.
The video is a special surprise from Sophia's hero.
Cam Ne Village, Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM - This an update from our on the ground person translated into English. This is three years after Project Vietnam 2006. To read more about what we did, please follow the link at the bottom of this page to our project page. You can also watch the video at the end of this blog for more background. Thank you for all of your support.
Hi Nancy, It's been a long time and I miss you. I am saddened because I don't know much about computers. There are times when our internet has some problems and some other technical issues. Personally, I really want to fix them but my financial resources are very limited I hope you can understand why I couldn't contact you as much as I'd like.
Right now, the children in Cam Ne Village have started their summer break. I am studying Pre-School education and driving a Taxi to find money to raise the family. Regarding the class in Cam Ne, my adopted daughter who is a second year college student at Danang College of Foreign Language is teaching the children there. The computers in the village are now broken. It is too expensive to fix and this is because the electricity there is not stable, especially each time the village has a flood; therefore, the computers are disfunctional.
The children have also asked about Nancy, how come it's been so long, and we don't see her visiting. It is by your loving heart for Cam Ne Village that I am encouraged to keep the English class there. Please pray for me, there are times I don't have the strength to keep on helping, but I feel sorry for the kids. There were many people who thought that I have relations with America and are jealous, and many words that make me feel discouraged but God teaches "Blessed are those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy." For this, I feel very blessed and continue my work at Cam Ne.
The kids are on summer break for one month and in July they will begin again the English class. I will tell them to write letters to you.
If you have the opportunity to visit Danang, VN, call me so I can drive you around in the Taxi.
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chao Nancy ,that lau co rat nho con ,va cung buon vi co khong ranh ve may tinh lam, nhieu khi bi truc trac ve mang ,roi cac phu kien linh tinh khac ,co thi tinh than thi muon lam nhung kinh te thi yeu duoi nen con thong cam vi da khong lien lac voi con duoc .Hien nay cac em o Cam ne dang ky nghi he .Co dang hoc lop su pham Mam non ,va cung dang lai taxi kiem tien nuoi gia dinh,
Con lop hoc tai Camne co cho con gai nuoi cua co la sinh vien dai hoc ngoai ngu DaNang dang hoc nam 2 day tai do rat dong cac em tham gia hoc, con may moc thi hong ,sua ton tien lam con a (do nguon dien tai do khong on dinh voi lai moi khi lut nuoc dang phai di chuyen nen may hong ).Cac em cung hoi tham chi Nacy sao lau khong thay qua Viet Nam.Boi tam long yeu thuong cua con voi Camne ma co duoc them suc de duy tri lop tieng anh tai do,con cau nguyen cho co con nhe ,nhieu khi khong muon tiep tuc nhung long cu thay toi nghiep cho cac em .Nhieu nguoi tuong co quan he voi nuoc ngoai cung ganh ti ,va co nhieu loi noi lam minh nan chi lam con a nhung Chua day phuoc cho nhung ke thuong xot thi se duoc thuong xot vi vay co cam thay hanh phuoc lam va tiep tuc viec nay.
Cac em nghi he lop English 1thang va du thang 7 se bat dau lai co se bao chung no viet thu cho con.
Neu co dip ve VN DaNang thi goi co Co lai taxi cho con di neu con muon
Once again the Lord blessed us with a Summer long program for the SJ2 Youth. Every Tuesday and Thursday they met from 3 to 7 pm at the NGCF building for meaningful devotions, great lessons, personal tutoring, and lots of fun games. At every meeting there were always awesome, yummy food brought by various adults in the church. What an incredibly supportive community!
What’s more, the Lord called Nancy Le, Pauly Nguyen and Nancy Nguyen to provide direction, supervision and well planned lessons. Thanks to their dedications, the youth received lots of love and care. They learned in depth about the Gospel and practiced sharing it with others. They studied about the holiness of God, explored how to guard themselves in this sex-saturated world, and committed to remain pure until marriage.
On Sunday September 7 we will plan a “True Love Waits” Commitment Service, in which young people can confirm their purity commitment while the adults can offer prayers and continual support for them. This worship service will also bring closure to the Summer program, a chance for the youth to praise God for His blessings and to thank the adults for their incredible support all Summer long. It’s a worship service you don’t want to miss! -- Pastor Hung Pham
Tuesday Aug 19 was the last NeighbaHerd meeting this Summer. During the devotion / journaling time we gave the following questions as guidelines to help the youth reflect from their NeighbaHerd experience:
What were you THANKFUL for?How were you BLESSED?
What have you LEARNED that would benefit your walk with God?
How were you CHANGED?
What COMMITMENTS have you made?
If we can have the NeighbaHerd program again next Summer, in which way can it be IMPROVED?What can YOU do to help improve it?
They gave their permissions to post the these reflections to share how God touched their lives this Summer. Hope you enjoy reading these testimonies, give praise to God and offer a prayer for these precious young people!
1) I thank God for helping me in my difficult times. In the times that I was so desperate, he came and gave his words of encouragement and nourishment. Also, I thank the youth group because of they were very helping and caring toward everyone, and I felt they were like my second family. They helped me in forgiving and encouraging others. 2) I learned to build up my faith. Faith would benefit my walk with God because in every moment of my life there will be hardship. It gives me the courage so that when I have faith in God, everything will be done. I also learned that every problem that I faced had its own purpose. I know that God wanted me to learn from it and improve. God taught me one thing: when I fall down the hill, he will be there to help me to get up again. I learned to be strong and have confidence when I have hardships. 3) I became stronger. I grew by overcoming my weaknesses. 4) My commitments for the coming school are to share my testimony about God to my friends who are unbelievers. For the rest of my life, my commitments are to live a holy life and devote my life to God. I will try to help people that are desperate in their faith with what I have learned and what I have gone through. 5) If we can have the NeighbaHerd program again next summer, for me the NeighbaHerd is good enough; it does not need to be improved. I will participate more to improve this program.
Anonymous
1) I’m thankful for the purity class that helped to stabilize my desire to stay pure. I thought purity only meant virginity, but through the lessons I learned that purity is more like a path to righteousness. I am also thankful for the Herd because It helped me focus on God more and spend more time to get to know Him and His love, rather than spending time watching romance movies during the summer and waste my time and making me feel guilty. I’m blessed because I could spend time with God more, which made me feel more alive. 2) I learned about his grace and mercy on me, a sinner. I learned the Gospel that helped remind me of His love, sacrifice, and grace for me. I learned to keep sexually pure, and focus on God more and think about his feelings for me. 3) I have been changed in my emotions. I am not going to focus a lot on guys and give out my emotions, but instead I will focus on God more and go into a deeper relationship with Him. I’m really urged to show Him my love for Him. 4) I’m committing myself to keeping pure and living a pure life in God’s eyes. I’m going to spend more time on God, and to obey his commandments. 5) I think that next time we should spend more time in Bible and purity study. There should be a program to make people know each other deeply. I also would like to have more time to talk and get to know the people at the Herd, and share to them my experiences with God, and be brave enough to talk to all of them.
Quy Tran
2. I learned that you don’t have to work for Heaven because it’s a free gift, and that if I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I would have the gift of eternal life and to truly make my walk with God better. 4. The commitments I have made for the coming school year and for the rest of my life are staying pure and saving sex and always accepting God as my Lord and Savior. 5. If there is NeighbaHerd program again next summer, I would like more group games to get to know each other better. I can be more into the groups and games and try to come out of my shell.
Jessica Lam
1. I am thankful for the closeness that we developed with one another even though we had such a big group. I was blessed with getting to go to the NeighbaHerd, and it occupied my summer. 2. I have learned how to be sexually pure. 3. I am much more pure than I was before. I have grown in the area of purity. 4. I have made the commitment to stay pure and not be sexually immoral. 5. There is nothing that can make the NeighbaHerd better. This has been a fantastic experience!
Vincent Doan
I’m thankful for this church and how we all worked together to make the NeighbaHerd positive. I’m incredibly grateful for Quan, for driving me to the ‘Herd everyday [well, actually, it’s more like every Tuesday and Thursday]… but nevertheless, I’m also grateful for Chi Nancy [Thien Phuoc] for taking the time and talking to me and sharing her pearls of wisdom with me. It really inspired me and my bestie (Julia) to live a pure and fruitful life. I’m incredibly grateful and in debt with Chi CiCi [Nancy Le] for opening my eyes and realize that I’ve wasted all these years chasing after the wind instead of living for my Lord Jesus. I’ve put God in the backseat for so long, so it’s time to let him take charge and be in the driver’s seat. I learned that even though all else fails and others will let you down, God will always be there for me. I’m only going to depend on Jesus and lean on God, because I’m crippled without Him. I’m committed to spend the next two years of my life focusing on God and God alone. Nothing and no one will deter me from God, and no other relationship is as necessary and vital as my relationship with God, I’ve also committed to stay pure until I’m married. I’d suggest more time for devotions, and I’d speak up and share more next time =).
Khanh An 2
1. I am thankful for: - Nancy Nguyen, she taught me how to keep and open mind & be an effective leader/ follower of Christ. - SJ2 giving me the opportunity to be an intern and for their support in the summer program & in the internship. 2. I have learned tips to overcome struggles in the area of purity. 3. I’ve changed my attitude & mindset toward imperfection. 4. I have made a commitment to remain pure for my future wife, whoever that may be. 5. It would be nice to have our own facility, so we can play without being scared of destroying property (not that we intend to). On some days, lessons were too long (not enough time to play). Cleanup was a tiny problem. Next year, we should literally stick to the schedule & stress about cleanup a little more.
Pauly Nguyen
I felt that the NeighbaHerd was a really big blessing for me. It provided a good way to spend my time on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of staying home at the computer getting bored when I couldn’t think about any more topics to surf on the Web about. Of course, sometimes I felt that it interfered with my “schedule” a couple of times, but I always took that thought back when I got to the Herd. I was blessed by the NeighbaHerd because without it, I would not have spent as much time with God. The NeighbaHerd made me think more about God than I normally would on a weekly basis. At the Herd, I was blessed with fun fellowship and good friends. We went through a fabulous Kid’s Evangelism Explosion course led by Chi Nancy (Thien Phuoc). Yay! Now I can share the gospel with others! I plan and resolute to do that with my friends at school (and then later in life). We also had a sexual purity course on Thursdays that really helped me understand purity and stay away from sexual temptations in life. I feel that I have become a better Christian now– I have committed myself to purity, and I– through the devotions and others– have created a stronger bond with Christ. At some times, now that I think of it, I felt that I was a distraction to others and I will try to stay away from doing that next time. Besides that, at the current time, I cannot think of any other ways the NeighbaHerd can be improved next year. It was summer SJ2 youth programs at its best!
Joshua Pham
I am thankful for the wonderful people at the Herd. I’ve been blessed with a place to go throughout the summer, instead of being stuck at home. I’ve learned about the standards that God has set for everyone, so I now know what to strive for. For this coming year, I will try to bring friends to church, so they can feel the joy that I feel when I’m around everyone. The Herd can be improved by concentrating on one topic to learn, instead of two. I think I can help improve it by being more open to the leaders, so that I know what is going on and know where I can help.
Justin
1. Others have heard this so many times, but I’m thankful for the people in this church. 5. I haven’t been here for every meeting, but for the meetings that I have been to, I’m perfectly content. Stressing the issue of purity was great considering our society’s standards now.
Anynomous
1. I’m thankful for everyone who visited SJ2 because they get to experience God. 2. I have learned how to talk people into Christ. 3. I changed by how I see God and grew in the hand motion Nancy made us do. 4. Exercise more, join more clubs, work harder, not for the rest of my life, but until I’m not able to do it anymore 5. I want the Neighbaherd to be improved by being the same as last year when Christine was still here. I can help by bringing Christine back.
Anynomous
1. I am thankful for the church and friends. Because of this church and friends I grow closer to God. And when I am in trouble or when I need support, they help me. I am also thankful for my parents, because they let me go to camp to grow closer to my friends and God. 2. I have learned that when I pray to God for something, I need to be patient. 3. I grew in faith because God seems like he doesn’t answer my prayer, and I lost my faith before but God answered my prayer and my faith grew even more. 4. I have made a commitment to not fit in (school) if I know it will make God sad. 5. If we have the Neighbaherd program next summer I would love it if there are even more people coming and learning about the wonderful Lord and Savior. I can help by welcoming them.
Phuc Tran
1. I’m thankful for the Neighbaherd, and everyone that attended the program. I’m blessed to know how close we all are, brothers and sisters in Christ! We care so much for each other. We always have a good time together. We’re basically a second family of one another. 2. I’ve learned so much that would benefit my walk with God. All the devotions we do are life lessons, such as forgiveness, love, honoring your parents, and purity, PLUS EE (Evangelism Explosion), and spreading the Gospel! 3. I have become a different person in that I’m no longer naive of others feelings. I’ve become a kinder person to the people around me, including family, close friends, or even make friends with people I don’t normally hang out with. 4. Commitments I’ve made for this school year are living the life of a great daughter of Christ, be kinder to people, make more friends, and try to find someone suffering to open their hearts to God. I wish to bring a friend to youth group of church at least once sometime this school year. I lifelong commitment would be purity, and I can also continue to keep the commitments of this school year for a lifetime. 5. Neighbaherd is cool the way it is! Start strong, end strong. No need for improvements, except we all can recruit more people to enjoy this memorable summer program! This was truly something for me to remember for the rest of my life.
Jeanette Hoang
I’m thankful for the building to use for the Neighbaherd and Nancy Nguyen because she came and taught us ways for sharing our faith and having fun, plus having somewhere to go to have fun and hang out. What I’ve learned that would benefit my walk with God is how to share my faith and how to be sexually pure. The commitments I made for the school year is be what God wants me to be and share my faith with my friends and to be sexually pure.
Anynomous
I am so thankful this summer for the Neighbaherd. Instead of staying home and wasting the day on watching TV or going on the computer, I was blessed with a place I can go to meet with friends and learn more about God and his plans for us. I leaned a lot from Purity class this summer. Not only was it a fun time where us girls can learn and discuss about life and our struggles about it, but it taught us to make an important commitment to staying pure. I made this commitment for the next year and for the other years to come, to wait for my one true love and get it right the first time around. Neighbaherd next summer would be a blessing. I don’t think this program needs any major improvements, but who wouldn’t want more free/play time? Maybe more organized games where everyone could come together and have fun. All I can do is come, and take back with me anything that can make me the best person I can be.
Gina Ho
3. I changed by knowing God more and I grew more in the heart by knowing God. 5. If we have the Neighbaherd next year I think there should be no tutoring. If we don’t after the devotions we can answer the questions on the devotion sheets.
Terra Vo
1. God was the one that showed me how to become a better person. 2. I learned a lot of things that will make me caring, faithful, and strong. 5. I will add more fun games that will bring this group together.
Vincent Hoang
2. I have learned that God loves us and gives us strength. 3. I was changed when I learned that God is always with us. 5. It can be improved bye bringing other people here. I can help by bringing some of my friends.
Anonymous
4. One commitment I have made is that I will read more when I’m at home and at school. 5. If we can have the Neighbaherd again next summer, one way it can be improved is if more people come every time, and another way it can be improved is having fun everyday.
Gabriel Quach
1. I was thankful for Nancy Nguyen, Nancy Le, and Pauly Nguyen. They taught me how to get the gift of heaven. Now I know for sure that I am going to be with God in heaven. I am also thankful for the purity lessons, led by Co Phuong (my mom), Nancy Le, and Nancy Le on the girls side, and on the boys side, MSH and Pauly. 2. I have learned about purity, EE, and how to get the gift of eternal life. 3. I was changed by the relationship with God. I try to do devotion everyday now. I was changed in my heart, too. I wear my Gospel bracelet everywhere, hoping to get peoples’ attention to ask why I’m wearing it, to get the opportunity to tell them about the Gospel. 4. I have committed to stay pure until I have found my guy. I have committed to try to not to lie, cheat, or do any sin that God doesn’t like. 5. We can ask to use this building from 3 PM to 7:45 PM. I would bring some of my non-Christian friends.
Hannah Pham
I was thankful for Nancy Le and the adults who supported us. I am also thankful for the lessons that Pauly, Nancy Nguyen, and Pastor Hung shared and taught me the Gospel. I was blessed through my brothers and sisters in Christ when they practiced how to share the Gospel to others. I have learned Evangelism Explosion (EE) and purity that would help me invite others and share the Gospel to my friends and stay away from sexual impurity. I was changed through the Neighbaherd when I preached to my friends in school. My Commitments are staying away from sexual impurity and get closer to God. Neighbaherd can be improved by having more outdoor activities such as football, volleyball, and basketball.
