and Troy rejoiced!

marie was baptized the 2nd week of the semester at USC. she is a theater major and is an incredibly talented actress & singer. her roomate invited her to church and, after a time of testing, decided she was ready to seal the deal. just 2 weeks after her baptism she saw her long time friend and fellow trojan Adam converted to Christ. it is obvious that God has special plans for His new daughter.

stealing 1 from satan

alex is an athelete, an actor, a producer, a mime, a writer, a juggler, a comedian...and the list goes on. marcel and i were lifting in the USC gym and looked to see who was the biggest guy in there; and we saw alex. we ended up next to eachother & after introductions, i asked if he read the bible much to which he responded "not as much as I'd like." I said "let's read it together tomorrow at 11." He said yes and we met on campus the next day. 14 days later he decided he was ready to go from film major to Jesus major. he would've done so much for the 'industry' but now he'll be using his many talents to serve the King & His Kingdom!

spiritual twins: a tri-ministry victory

adrian & adam were baptized SEP19 in the Pacific. adrian came to church in the teen ministry after alex had been reaching out to him for 4 yrs. adam knew marie when he was at USC and he had witnessed her baptism on SEP2 at the same location. adrian is starting college at PCC and adam will be in the singles ministry.

kiev 2 california

9 students and i went on a life-changing missionary journey to kiev, ukraine this past summer. we stayed w/ disciples in our sister church there of over 2000 members. we preached, shared, fellowshiped, explored, and spent time everyday at a local orphanage serving. while at our first church service on a sunday, an older, refined brother brought me to the back of the church to meet his nephew narek. i expected another ukrainian local, but after he started speaking w/ perfect english i had to ask where he was from. turns out he's from glendale, california and had worked only a few blocks away from where we go to church. a few weeks later we met up in glendale for church. j.r. and kevin studied with him and after 2 months in the word he decided to make Jesus his Lord. He was baptized OCT 7 at the service in Anaheim in front of 7000 people.

hundreds drawn to campus sportsday

for the 3rd year in a row, Cal Poly played host to the all-l.a. campus sportsday. joel landi preached and left us with a great analagy about the nature of a pendulum and its relation to our faith. included in the fun: tug-o-war, eating contest, obstacle course, volleyball, basketball, dancing, and El Pollo Loco! we gathered around the pool for 2 great baptisms as well!

Campus Mission Trip to Kiev, Ukraine