It’s hard to believe that the fall semester is already coming to an end.
In November, the Asian Tea House drew a crowd of over 150 students who were interested in free bubble tea and discussions on Asian American culture. AACF’s student members were there to facilitate and, in some cases, engage patrons in spiritual discussions as well. After all, AACF is not just Asian American but Christian.
A Thanksgiving dinner in mid-November was a good time for everyone to come together, eat well, and share about the blessings God has given us.
The last two weeks of class after the Thanksgiving holiday break are a classwork and project sprint for most students, followed by intense studying and final exams. Right in between the sprint and the studying, we’re observing a long-standing tradition: senior pie-in-the-face. At our last Turning Point meeting this Friday, we’ll finish off the night by inviting our graduating seniors to stand in front of a small “firing squad” armed with whipped-cream pies. Each launch of a pie raises about $20 for the fellowship, some of which helps pay for the senior banquet. On Saturday, we’ll have a more formal sending-off of the seniors–eating, not throwing the pie–with the underclassmen giving performances to glorify God and edify the graduates.
In the midst of all this, we are raising support for AACF’s members to attend Epic Conference 2009, January 16-19 in Philadelphia. This conference unites Epic ministries all along the east coast and features powerful main sessions and seminars from excellent speakers. Also during the conference we promote summer missions. Students who have gone on summer missions projects remark that their lives have been changed by such experiences. So far 46 Penn State students have registered and we are praying that even more will attend.