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I personally find it hard to juggle between my identities: I am a student, and I am a follower of Christ. Many find this hard to reconcile too. When I look back into my journals, I find myself in a constant journey seeking my place in university as a Christian student. Nearing the end of my 4 years study in university, these are 5 things that helped me to live out an amazing, Christ-centered student life: 1. Study is our vocation I understand this is odd coming from me, but yes, our academics and university involvement is our vocation. We are first called to be Christ's followers, and second to be a student. Our first and foremost testimony about God's goodness is the manifestation of God's blessing upon our academic excellence. Study is perhaps that one thing that helps us to relate to friends around us, therefore, being our utmost best in study helps to draw people towards us. 1 Corinthians 10:31 calls us to work for the glory of God, regardless of our position,

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, ...”  Luke 10:27a ESV Luke 10:27 is probably one of the popular verse that pastors would quote in their teachings. To put it simply, the Scripture commanded us to love God with everything we have. In fact, to break it down to us, the Scripture mentioned 4 different levels of commitment to love God: heart, soul, strength and mind. 1. Love God with all your heart The heart is often associated with affections. It describes our deepest longing to be in a relationship with someone. When we say to connect hearts, we often mean to connect people in the most intimate relationship possible. So then, to love our God with all our hearts, is to give our entire affections to Him. Our heart's deepest longing must begin with an intimate relationship with Him. We must desire to see Him and to communicate with Him. This desire and affectio

Honestly, until today, I am still very proud of the fact that I was elected as the first Fellowship, Evangelism, Mission and Social Concerns (FEMS) Coordinator. Quite a mouthful I know. But, I'm not here to boast, because all of the experiences was only possible because God led me through every circumstances. Instead, I want to share my mission experience with you. When I came into USM, I was only about 3 years old in Christ. I was actively serving in the School Chapel Ministry, but the idea of mission trip was very strange to me. I wanted to experience that, so I signed up for my first Mission Trip with USM KKJ Christian Fellowship that I would regret if I didn't. The first Mission Trip opened my eyes and heart for people, and I have discovered so much. The first Mission Trip, I was assigned under Ernest and Isaac. I remember Joshua Chan being one of them. We were sent to Lenggong, Perak. A strange, new mission ground for us as we trailed Pastor Loh for her new assign