Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! A few shout-outs are in order.

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Thank you Oxford Academy Class of '18 for four great years of companionship. I look forward to growing and learning with you guys for the next two years.

Thank you Mrs. Handson, Oxford Academy art teacher, for being one of the few people who tells me when I need to shut up and continually encourages me in my artistic journey.

Thank you Mr. Stevens, my cluster teacher. Thank you for teaching me that nothing gets done if we don't act and being one of the few people in our cluster to care about cluster events.

Thank you House of Peter for an epic 2013-14 year. I thank God for the chance to get to know you guys: Iris, Daniel, Yohan, Christine, Yuna, Rachel, Eric. Iris, you are a talented leader and people would follow you to China. I'd be one of those people. Your Biology study guides were super helpful last year and I'm really grateful that you help me out whenever I don't get something in science class. Three years of science classes with you...oh how time flies. It's people like you who inspire me to become do my best and help others every day. Daniel, you too--I really enjoy sitting next to and working with you at Spanish. You have a lot of charisma and you draw similarly cool people to yourself as well. Yohan, thanks for putting up with my potty mouth and Christine thanks for being a great Servant (that Final Answer tasted really good, it really did). Eric and Yuna, I'm sorry I didn't quite get to know you but I think you were an integral part of the House. It was especially a blessing to work on prayer cards with Rachel, who is such a talented artist. Even if we didn't succeed I truly enjoyed fellowship and prayer (that is, when we got to praying) with my brothers and sisters in Christ. Say hi to me if we meet up at church or IED Engineering (yes that means you, Eric, Rachel)

AND HIS NAME IS...JOE CENA!!!

Thank you Syndicate for saving my dignity and Samuel Park teacher for saving my life during the "Body of Christ" group activity. Other than nearly losing consciousness from chugging helium, you guys are the best group in HAVEN this year.

Thank you Samuel Kim for serving with me in UED 3rd service this year.

Thank you SRCC Awana, and not just for the community service hours. I really enjoy serving with you guys, even if I am awkward with kids.

Thank you Pastor Frank Kim for being so accepting of and being honest with us kids during your tenure as E-High pastor during the 2014-15 year. Wherever you are, whether you were sorely misunderstood by the church or at fault when the goop hit the fan, my prayers are with you and your wife.

Pastor Joe playing Butts Up

Thank you Pastor Joe Oh for stepping in as youth pastor of E-High. I see you as my spiritual role model and look forward to another dynamic year in HAVEN.

Thank you Helen teacher for 7 whole years of piano (WHOOOO) and helping my soul-searching with my relationship to music even though I don't work as hard as I should.

Thank you KYDT Sophomore guys: that means you, Andrew Teacher, David, Alvin, Justin. I hope that we can struggle with and overcome our challenges together. Don't give up ever. I have as much faith in you as I do in the certainty of Notre Dame winning the Rose Bowl, which is a lot.

Alan (unmentioned) and me serving during Wipeout Run

Thank you Ritvik for being serious when I am serious and being a great editor and confidante. I hope we can have English in the same class next year. Thank you Noah and Mr. Ramirez for a great year of Halo (sorry for making a mess in your dad's classroom). Thank you Sambodh for sticking with me and wishing the best for me since seventh grade even when I was too embarrassed to consider you as my friend. Thanks Jay and Shyam for playing Halo with us and being my friends. Most of all, thank you William for never hesitating to give your opinion and for knowing my actual birthday. Finally, thank you Hitomi, who always listens to what I have to say, no matter how blunt

Jean, Richard (unmentioned) and Austin (unmentioned) messing around

Thank you Jean for introducing new tea shops into my life and bringing a fresh perspective whenever we hang out. Best of luck in Extemp and congratulations on getting first at CSUF! Your busy schedule and outlook inspires me to challenge myself. I always appreciate that you're one of the few people who can tell when they've put me on the spot. Even though we'll always have different ways of looking at things, you'll always be a cool older sister in my mind.

Special mention goes to CTY LAWP-sters 2014 for putting up with my reactionary crazy-uncle behavior (Yechan Choi, Sophia Dovichi, Izzie, Andrew Pang, Brianna Harris, Andy Zhao, Wilson, Sam Segal, Alexandra Li, Ayelen Gimenez, Natalie Wire, Maxwell Shirameta, Mark Hohmann teacher, Kelly Chong teacher). 

If I listed all the people who changed my life, this post would be as long as the Bible and I would never get to sew my mole.

Thanks Cousins Daniel, Christine, and Ester for being great confidantes. Thank you Cousins Sharon, Miriam, and Anna for welcoming me to Canada, long live the Commonwealth!

Thank you Mom and Dad for continually putting up with my worst and buying me sausages (even after giving a 10 minute lecture on how uncooked pork can cause brain death). You were the first people to teach me decency and modesty and encouraged me to join the body of Christ. Even if I don't understand your explanations or lectures, both of you work super hard to teach me how to be my best. Even though I don't show it often, I really do love you.

Most of all thank you Jesus Christ for dying on the cross for my many sins. It means so much to me that you welcome me regardless of how dirty and sinful I am.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!