{"id":571,"date":"2008-04-01T13:34:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbcbeacon.wordpress.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2008-04-01T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T20:34:47","slug":"jin-and-grace-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2008\/04\/01\/jin-and-grace-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Jin and Grace Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Moon Choi<\/em><\/p>\n

There are more couples at Lighthouse that have been set up than one would think \u2013 Jin and Grace Lee are an example of it. A good friend of theirs, a former member of Lighthouse, set up a blind date for the two of them when Grace was in the OC. After four and a half months of dating, they got engaged.<\/p>\n

At church, I had to pull them away as soon as second service ended because I knew that they\u2019d get caught up chatting with other people. As I approached them, Grace said, \u201cYou caught me in the middle of Jin abusing me!\u201d My puzzled expression must\u2019ve prompted Grace to explain the situation: she had given away their box of Samoas. And Jin loves Samoas. Sitting in the back corner of the sanctuary of the old building, I asked them what the challenges and blessings of their marriage were. They both responded that they feel very blessed to be married. This is something that kept on coming up throughout their interview \u2013 they would just look at each other before responding to the question. However, they were quick to say that there are still struggles because they are not perfect. Grace said, \u201cReally, it\u2019s still two sinners coming together.\u201d Jin quickly chimed in, \u201cBut it\u2019s still joyful. It\u2019s like \u2013 95% joys.\u201d He added that the things that they argue over stem from being selfish over small, silly things (\u201cLike Samoas,\u201d he said), and that though their marriage isn\u2019t perfect, the joys and blessings far outweighed the struggles and challenges. \u201cWe\u2019re always reminded that marriage is a gift,\u201d said Grace.<\/p>\n

Then when asked why they wanted to serve in College Life, they said that it was because they had always wanted to serve Christ together as a couple and that the collegians were a group that they wanted to minister to because \u201cit\u2019s such an impactful time,\u201d Grace said. Jin joked, saying that they had no choice but to serve in College Life because the Single Life ministry already had enough people serving in it. Still, they said that it\u2019s been great and that they\u2019ve constantly been learning a lot through serving in the ministry.
\n\u201cI was thinking about that!\u201d Jin exclaimed, when Grace said that Jin dances for her. They couldn\u2019t quite pinpoint a single favorite quirk about each other. \u201cShe laughs at my stupid jokes \u2013 and she has a cute laugh,\u201d Jin said with a smile, looking at Grace. Then turning back to look at me, she said, \u201cAnd I love his silliness. He reminds me to just have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, anything else that you\u2019d like to add?\u201d I asked them as the interview neared its end.<\/p>\n

Jin reiterated that though their marriage is great and it\u2019s such a big blessing, there are still challenges. Grace, too, reiterated that it is two sinners coming together. \u201cBut I think that we\u2019re still in our honeymoon stage,\u201d Jin said. Grace added that it is so crucial to put Christ as the center of their marriage and that they end the day in prayer together. \u201cYou really need to love and nurture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Moon Choi There are more couples at Lighthouse that have been set up than one would think \u2013 Jin and Grace Lee are an example of it. A good friend of theirs, a former member of Lighthouse, set up a blind date for the two of them when Grace was in the OC. After […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-spotlight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}