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Beautiful Christians
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Chai Young
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2022-05-08 17:27:15, hit : 722 |
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최영기님이 Ann Elizabeth Kim님, 김대현님과 함께 있습니다.
2020년 5월 20일 ·
아름다운 크리스천(Beautiful Christians)-영어/한글
One of the joys in life is meeting beautiful Christians. I experienced such joy when I met with my wife’s cousin Ann and her husband Dae-Hyun (Danny) Kim while visiting California last Christmas.
Danny is a Stanford graduate. He initially wanted to be a medical doctor but decided teaching kids in the inner city would be more meaningful. So after graduation he went to Harvard and obtained a Master’s in Education.
After teaching at a public high school in San Francisco for a few years, he founded Rise University Preparatory with a team of like-minded people. The mission of the school is to help underprivileged youth enter a four-year college so that they can break the cycle of poverty into which they were born.
The school now has forty staff members, including teachers and administrators, all Christians. Most of them are graduates from top-rated universities such as Stanford or Ivy League schools. They would be making a lot of money in secular jobs, but they choose to accept significantly reduced salaries teaching at Rise Prep. The school is registered as a Christian school, therefore unable to receive financial aid from neither federal nor local governments. They solely depend on donations from Christian organizations and individuals for the operation of the school.
The school building, used as the school during the weekdays and as the church during weekends, is located in one of the poorest neighborhoods in San Francisco. Danny and Ann bought a house near school (They have two kids of their own. ) because they feel that living in the same neighborhood as their students will enhance the spirit of community and accountability.
Danny’s wife Ann is also a Stanford graduate who attended medical school at UCSF (University of California San Francisco). Rather than accepting a prestigious job to match her prestigious training, she works for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which provides healthcare for many homeless and underserved populations.
As a pastor, I preach the Gospel, but they live out the Gospel. That’s why I feel small when I am with them. In the Old Testament, Sodom and Gomorrah would not have been destroyed if there had been 10 righteous people. I think Danny and Ann are those “righteous people.” I feel God blesses America despite her multiple sins and transgressions because of people like them.
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