| Thank Mike

All
of FPC is indebted to Mike Chiu's humble service at the church. If it
wasn't for him, FPC wouldn't have experienced the great successes and
joys over the years or be where it is at today. About 10 years ago,
Mike was left as the only godly shepherd at FPC EM after the departure
of most (and later all) of the adult leaders. From there, Mike could
have easily left FPC for green pastures but instead decided to stay to
help the remnant of youth still at the church, thus laying the
foundation for its future successes and blessings. Without
Mike, there would have been no John Potter, Powerball, study on Romans,
graduation banquet at Pepper Tree, Mexico and New Orleans mission
trips, basketball goal, lock-in, corny jokes, bowling, stupid
Jedi/Ninja videos, Darko, Marie nicknames, City Fest, Wii, help on
school projects, worship team, expository preaching, membership class,
good bbq at that one retreat, Chi Chi's summer group, Wilson turning
CRAZY at the sight of a wasp, no "Silly, Billy, or Killy", Circle of
Death, Chicken butt, and retreat shirts with a chicken on it. Maybe
the statement above is overstated and that we in some measure would
have experienced all these things at FPC even without Mike, but I know
for a fact it wouldn't have been the same enjoyable, life changing, and
God-exalting experience without him. So as Mike leaves for San Diego,
we should all remember to "thank Mike". |