{"id":832,"date":"2008-06-01T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T22:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbcbeacon.wordpress.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2008-06-01T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2008-06-01T22:35:58","slug":"alex-fok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2008\/06\/01\/alex-fok\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Fok"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alex Fok<\/em><\/p>\n

If you would\u2019ve asked me 4 years ago what I imagined my college experience to be like, it would\u2019ve been pretty much the complete opposite of what has taken place these past 4 years\u2014and I owe all my praise and thanks to God for that. Before coming to college I considered myself a Christian because I believed that there was a god, but I didn\u2019t understand what being a Christian was. Hearing and understanding the gospel for the first time my freshmen year initiated a gradual process in which I began to build my relationship with God. The spiritual growth that I experienced during the critical times of my relationship was developed primarily by the teaching at Lighthouse which always taught me to point my eyes towards Christ. One of the hardest challenges being in college was applying this towards studying, and how I could study to the glory of God, and even to this day it is a still a struggle but as I\u2019ve learned living the Christian life will always be a difficult path to walk. However, I\u2019ve also learned from Lighthouse that you are not alone in this war; that you have a church filled with individuals that are willing to encourage you and keep you focused on Christ, which I am truly thankful for. I am thankful that God has blessed me with such an amazing church that has allowed me to take my Christian walk seriously.<\/p>\n

As I leave Lighthouse I\u2019m saddened that I have to leave the church that has given me an abundance of teaching throughout my Christian walk, yet I\u2019m also excited to apply these things that I\u2019ve learned throughout my 4 years here and use this knowledge to help encourage others at the church that I will be attending back at home. Hopefully I can obtain the teaching, fellowship, and encouragement that I have received at Lighthouse and continue growing in my relationship with the Lord. As I prepare for graduation, I\u2019ve come to realize that I shouldn\u2019t worry about what happens in my life but rather put my trust in the Lord and His sovereign plan that He has laid out for me. Hopefully, His plan will lead me back to Lighthouse, but as for now I know that I will be heading back home and that is about it.<\/p>\n

Favorite place in SD:<\/strong> Geisel – that place is awesome
\nSong that will define the era in 10 years:<\/strong> How Deep the Fathers Love For Us
\nFavorite verse:<\/strong> Matthew 6:25-34
\nMemory that stands out the most:<\/strong> It went by too fast, it all seems like a blur but we\u2019ll start with being EV\u2019d to by Bach
\nAdvice for collegians:<\/strong> Don\u2019t break your leg your senior year, definitely not as a fun as it looks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Alex Fok If you would\u2019ve asked me 4 years ago what I imagined my college experience to be like, it would\u2019ve been pretty much the complete opposite of what has taken place these past 4 years\u2014and I owe all my praise and thanks to God for that. Before coming to college I considered myself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-graduation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","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=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}