This is Leia. If I haven’t had the privilege of meeting you
yet, I’m the really tall, skinny Asian girl you’ve probably seen either
sweating intensely due to my shameless love of “playtime” (who needs Insanity,
when you’re around small children?) or talking to people while using frantic,
erratic gesticulations to make my points even more clear (because there’s nothing
more impressive or emphatic than having someone’s hands waved in your face). I
am easily excited and easily amused, so I’m also probably that strange girl
you’ve seen, jumping up and down in overt enthusiasm (yeah, I really do
that). Oh, and I like hugs; I promise I
will do my best not to choke you.
The reason I’m sharing some stuff about myself, is because I’m
going to try to utilize this blog as much as I can. I know I haven’t met many
of you yet, but believe me when I say I WANT to get to know you. Unfortunately,
I know this might not happen right away, since many of you are away at college.
I hope that by getting to know a little bit about me, you won’t feel too out of
place when reading my posts, even if I’m someone you haven’t met (YET!).
Because even if I don’t know you, you are on my heart and
you are being prayed for.
The same goes for everyone I DO know, who happen to
currently be away, whether studying at college or traveling abroad. I miss you
guys.
When I learned about this blog, I couldn’t help but praise
God for how amazing the internet is, or rather, what great potential the
internet has for investing in His kingdom, especially when it comes to
relationships. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m strongly against the way people are
lured into a false sense of intimacy by the ease and convenience of social
networking. I much prefer phone calls to texting, and talking face-to-face as
opposed to emailing, chatting, or any other variation of instant communication that
exists. This is probably why I’m still awful at using my cell phone.
But in all honesty, the internet is a fantastic resource we
can use to serve one another. That’s the
reason this blog exists
(http://gvbcepic.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-blog-is-dedicated-to-you.html ). I’m
with Chris—my hope is that through this blog, we, the students at Epic now, can
serve you by keeping you updated on what’s going on back home and you, in turn,
can serve us by keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.
As your sister in Christ, I love you and I will try to use
this crazy brain God’s given me to think of as many ways as I can to use what
resources I have for God’s glory and your fellowship. I am only one person out
of several who have committed to serving through this blog team, and I know
that they are here because they want to be active in loving you just as much as
I do.
Please consider these questions to help us though, because
we appreciate your input and ideas: HOW can we be serving you? What are some
things we could do to help you feel more connected?
I was thinking more towards what things you’d like to see on
this blog, but I’m going to keep the question open ended; any suggestion is
appreciated.
I know it’s pretty awkward, having to answer this kind of
question, but if you can, please do. Feel free to post or email or talk to any
of us.
This blog IS for you, and we want to make it so.
