TESTIMONIES OF CHRIST - ANGE WANG

When I was six years old, my mom and I left China to join my dad in Kansas, and as an immigrant family, we faced many struggles. Through every difficulty, my parents were wonderful, but also very practical, and there was never any spirituality in our household.

I ended up going to high school in a nice Los Angeles suburb, and that was when I first seriously thought about God. I decided that He did exist and therefore I was a Christian, but I had no comprehension of what that really meant. And in high school, I also never really saw the need for Christ in my comfortable life.

When it was time for college, I had a really hard time choosing between Penn and Pomona College, a small school back home. Finally, after a last-minute visit, I decided on Penn, and though I was uncertain, I imagined that college would be fun and easy.

But within a day of being here, I was already so homesick. I wasn’t used to the lifestyle, the classes, and most of all, just some of the people I met. More than anything, I just felt such a profound sense of loneliness. I regretted my decision.

I felt like I had lost my self confidence and my capacity for happiness. When I took naps to escape from Penn, I just hoped that I would be anywhere else in the world when I woke up.

In September I also went to church for the first time. I had gone to GCC intro night, but the first few weeks I was caught up in my own struggles and not thinking about God at all. But one Saturday night I stayed over with a very good friend.

She took me to church the next day, and just the strange peace it gave me was enough to bring me back every week after that. Later, at someone else’s suggestion, I joined a family group.

I had never gone to church at home, so I found it to be very intense, and some things were confusing to me. But through Sunday services, family group, quiet times, and reading the word on my own, I gradually learned more and more about being what being a Christian meant. But, I still felt hesitant about really giving my life up to Jesus.

Then the GCC Congregational Retreat came around, which I had been looking forward to so much. The whole weekend was very blessing, but in particular Saturday night during prayer. At one point, all the freshmen stood with our eyes closed, and one of the pastors prayed for me. I still don’t know who it was.

The pastor asked God to show me how valuable I am to Him. And I remember so clearly that at as he said those words, I knew without a doubt that there was no greater love than God’s love, that there was nothing else worth living for. And though had I believed before then, that is the moment when I truly accepted Jesus Christ.

In searching for a miracle, I don’t need to look further than my own life. Despite where I was born, the places I’ve lived, the things I’ve done, God has been guiding me to Him all along so that I could be saved. And I would be so lost without that grace.

Now I feel like my life is so different and so wonderful. God has given me all the peace and love I need, as well as a desire to strive towards Him. I honestly feel like he teaches me something new every day, and my friendships and faith have deepened so much in the last few months.

Of course, I still struggle with sins, as well as problems like trying to reach my parents. But the difference now is that I am not afraid because God’s presence makes these challenges not so much burdens, but more as opportunities for the miracles and grace that I know He will provide.

And I am so grateful that no matter what I have had to go through to get to this point, that today I can tell about the love of Christ that I now have in my life.

As Romans Chapter 8 says, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Thank you for letting me share my testimony.

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