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I believe it is safe to say that familial struggles have played an integral part of my coming to Christ, the primary mode which God used to lead me to Himself. My father had left our family when I was about four years old, as he bit into the temptation of infidelity, leaving my mother to take care of me as he tended to another family that no one knew about. Seeking a change of scenery and for the hopes of a new life, my mother and I immigrated to the US when I was nine years old and she was remarried within three months to a stranger who she thought would be a good husband and a father. However, little did she know that he was an abusive alcoholic, and it resulted in abuse of all kinds for both my mother and me. After six years, she finally …show more content…

At Cornerstone, I started serving primarily in the worship ministry as a worship leader as well as an instrumentalist. As I grew in my knowledge of the members of church as well as in my desire to go into full-time ministry in the future, I was given opportunities by the lead pastor to lead a Community Group (bible-study/discussion group) for our young adults and work with the college pastor to start a campus outreach ministry at George Mason University. Eventually, I was asked to focus on the worship ministry and the young adult ministry of our church. We began a Young Adults Ministry (known as YAM) to give our working single young adults an identity as well as help them to take ownership of their role in the church through identity building events and curriculum based study. Though it is in its infancy, I have had the privilege to see our young adults grow in their longing to serve the church as well as grow in their relationship to the members in different life stages of the church. Lastly, I have also been given several opportunities to preach in our youth group, filling in for our youth pastor from time to time, as well as having the opportunities to speak at various college fellowships during their large group gatherings. God has been extremely gracious in granting these opportunities for me to learn from and grow as He prepares me for ministry in the

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