First off, I think I would like to say that one page will not suffice to explain my spiritual experience with God and this church and everything that happened in my life up until now that helped me become who I am. I believe that I have a strong faith and growing up in the First Korean Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia really changed my life. It is just crazy how much God affected not just my life, but the lives of my family and friends. I grew up in the church and I had gone every Sunday since I was born give or take a couple. Sunday school was the basis for my spiritual growth and taught me the fundamentals of my faith and helped me to read the bible and learned how to pray on my own. I remember back in Sunday school that the teachers taught me that God was always with me wherever I go. In my time of need, I could always look to God for help, reassurance, and safety. For example, whenever I had bad dreams as a little kid I would always pray, whilst I was still in the dream, and then I would wake up to prevent myself experiencing any fears. It may sound crazy and a little funny but it is true. Nowadays, I don¡¯t have as many nightmares but if I feel scared or I¡¯m in a position where I feel fear, I just pray to God for reassurance and safety. When I would struggle with something occurring in my life, I would turn to God. It¡¯s as simple as that. My faith in God was very strong and that had strengthened me even more both spiritually and mentally. However, my faith had been torn up just a little bit when my grandma, whom I loved very much, had passed away. At that moment, I hated God, and thought why this could even happen to me and why she had to die. I became frustrated and even felt anger towards God for taking away my grandma from my life for she was such an amazing and beautiful person. She was someone who I looked up to for guidance and strength and someone who could make me smile when I felt sad. Then, I learned that maybe God did this not to make me feel miserable, but to make me learn. I learned that dying is a part of living and someday I will see her again in Heaven because I know just how strong my grandma¡¯s faith in God was. She was a true Christian and someone I admired. I learned that good works alone will not get you into Heaven, but your faith must be strong and you must have a strong conviction in Christ as well. Her favorite chapter in the Bible was Psalm 23 and after that, I started to take it upon myself to memorize and make that become my favorite verse as well. My other favorite verse that really inspires me comes from Philippians 4:13 which say ¡°I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.¡± It motivated me and helped me realize that the things that are the greatest achievements of all time were once thought impossible. However with Christ, I can overcome those obstacles in my life. With that mindset, I knew that I can benefit the church in one way, shape, or form. From that point on, I had really dedicated my life to be more Christ like and participate more in the church to see what I can do to help build the church. To this day, I never knew that I would play such an active role in my youth group and community. I am a youth group officer, I play drums for the praise team, I serve others in the church and help them. There is so much more that I have done but I¡¯m not going to base it off my good works alone to see my grandma someday. I not only want to have a strong faith in God but have a passionate love for God and to truly know he is my savior and my all. I know that my Grandma would want that for me and all my family and friends would want that too. For the past couple years, my family and friends have helped me and guided me on my spiritual walk with Christ, but now I believe that I am ready to take a step further and see what my independent walk will be like. I declared my faith the summer of 2009 at the summer SFC and after that moment, I am very glad and proud to have proclaimed my life to Jesus Christ and to him alone. Now, I will be preparing myself to be acknowledged by the adults and elders in my church as a Christian adult as well and I will make sure to do my best to give my all to Jesus Christ and to this church.