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OKC 2017 Team Presentation

On 6/11/2017, the team shared with our friends, supporters and some of the Sunday school classes.

In our last official event as a team, we had an overview of the trip, then four newbies came up to share their experiences.

Craig K – Team Intro: (1:15)
Jeff H – Recap work performed (5:02)

Kevin T (via video) (8:29) :
was on the road, but wanted to share his story both of how circumstances allowed him to go on the trip, and what he learned as part of that process.

Brandon (19:32) :
spoke on the opportunity to go on the trip, previously knowing few people on the team, and moments of quiet, humility and God’s goodness during the trip

Roz (30:29) :
had an unexpected healing moment that could only come in community of church and a supportive family.

Kevin L (45:10) :
shared from the perspective of a dad, and how that related to his relationship with his Heavenly Father, God.

Video (52:39) :
And we wrapped it up with Jimmy’s video, ending in Chris H’s touching prayer on our last day on site.

Thanks to Gary M for shooting and editing this video!

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OKC 2017 Presentation Video

We had our team presentation at church this morning, and we’ll have video of the testimonies and sharing soon.

But we wanted to share with you the video portion that we presented, a 15 minute recap of our trip.

Thanks to Jimmy for editing the video, and for all who contributed to the videos and photos during the trip, and for Gary editing from home while we were out in OKC

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Meet Our Team-Brandon L

Brandon L

Brandon’s joining us for the first time, while has been coming to Evergreen more than most, but some on the team were part of Evergreen before Brandon was born. Yes, we’ve got an age range….

Hello, my name is Brandon Lum and I have been coming to Evergreen SGV my
entire life. I have always had a heart for missions during my
adolescent years, but never came across the right opportunity.  Craig
Kakihara, the OKC team leader reached out to me, and I immediately knew
that this was the Lord presenting the right opportunity for me to serve
Him.

As I look forward to my first missions trip, I am anxious, yet
excited. Some of my anxiety arises from trying to be perfect at
everything I do. I want to do the best I can for the Lord, but it is
human nature to fall short of my own expectations. I ask that you would
pray that I find joy not only in my hard work, but also in my
shortcomings, knowing that the Lord is pleased no matter what
transpires.  Our Lord is a God who hears our prayers, and I am confident
that His plan will come to fruition this year in OKC. 

In reading Brandon’s intro, was led to reflect on this post from five years ago, was reminded of this post and how the men (and women) had grown… https://sgvhabitat.blogspot.com/2012/05/end-of-day-end-of-week-end-of-work.html

In Brandon’s intro you can see his maturity and humility at a relatively young age.