I read your book shortly after it came out and promptly purchased 100 copies. I do a lot of speaking at Christian colleges and decided I wanted to have copies to give to students. I’ll be speaking at Gordon College’s chapel on Friday and doing my first giveaway. I’ve long been arguing for the Gospel of the Kingdom versus the truncated Gospel and your book put that into words in a great way. Thanks for ministering to the Body through this important book.

Blessings,
Amy Sherman

You may not remember me, but I asked you to pray for me after you spoke at Newsong last Sunday. I didn’t even get to introduce myself that day… in fact, I can’t even believe I actually had guts to go up to you and ask for a prayer. As I was listening to your message, something was stirring me from deep inside. I felt like God was really speaking to me. It seemed like God was reminding me of His purpose in my life in a very strong yet gentle voice that day. Just a little about myself… oh, my name is Seonhye Kim. I started teaching in Compton about six years ago, and I truly believed that God has called me to there not just to teach but to witness Him (not through speaking about Him publicly, but by the way I am.) One day as I was showing a globe to my students, it hit me about God’s great commisssion for us to go to the “ends of the earth” to be His witnesses. Where’s the ends of the earth? The very place where I am standing right now is the end of the earth from the opposite side, farthest point. Once I realized that a few years ago, I believed that where I am teaching, the very classroom is the mission field that God has called me to serve those students who walk into my classroom each day. Growing up in a Christian family in Korea, I dreamed to become a missionary someday in a far away, unknown part of the world. And God has led me to where He wanted me to be. HOWEVER, around January of this year, I fell my face flat spiritually. For the first time in my life, I started questioning about the existence of God. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….” All of a sudden I could not believe the very first line in the bible. My world seemed to turn upside down. I felt I was brain-washed at churches to say, “I live to glorify God” Once I believed there was no God, there was no reason for me to live. It was the darkest period of my life. I almost quit my job too. But now I look back, through that experience, God broght me closer to His words. Instead of going to Newsong, I spent time at a retreat center and really tried to dig into bible, seeking God. It has been a incredible journey getting to know God through His words. It was the second Sunday I went back to church and my small group after two months of break when you spoke about how God has called us to fight and He is the one who’ll fight for us. Boy! What a timing! I recommitted myself to God throughout your sermon. I wanted to have someone else to confirm that. That’s how I ended up asking for your prayer that day. :) Kind of long story but really wanted to share how God has moved my heart from that day on through your service of speaking to His people. I am excited about how God will work in my life and hope to keep in touch with you in the future.

I am also reading your book, True Story, and can relate to the story a lot. Awesome job!
Oh, one more thing, I am IVF alumni from Cypress college and CSUF. :)

May God bless you and use you and your books mightly!

Seonhye Kim

That’s five. And then I thought someone else made it: someone who was working on female addictions to lust. Did that never make it to print?

Who else had their proposals accepted from that class, in addition to you, me, and the ladies who wrote More than Serving Tea?

Andy — that’s great! Please let me know how the campus stuff goes.

Adam — I ran into your wife at the NPC, and she said that your book proposal was accepted! Congrats man! That’s exciting to hear — so does that mean six people have or will be published from that writer’s workshop class?

After the initial shock and horror of what I may have done to my computer, I smile and realize I now am looking at coffee spilled on the surface of a book cover image of…yes, coffee spilled on a surface.

How ironic.

I picked up my copy and already am using the booklet at our campus mission week this next week – if you think of it, pray for us. Thanks for your perseverance and faithfulness in making it a reality.

But I am extremely proud of you and what you’ve accomplished. I’ve always thought of you as a gift to the Church and I’m sure that this book will accomplish EXACTLY what Lord intends. I look forward to reading it.

So…can I open for you when you go on your book tour?