Chillin' With Lemonade

You know when you have a bunch of kids and you accidently call the kid someone else’s name? I was always called Brittany. At work the kids call me Ariel all the time. I call my dog the wrong name often. Sometimes I used to call Juneau, HeeJun all the time just out of habit.

What if I call Chad HeeJun’s name? In the rush of a moment? Like “HeeJun, can you pass the milk?” Like a brain fart or old habit?

Our wedding date is set for April 9th (just us and family). I keep telling people it’s August 9th (the day HeeJun died). Brain fart. habit.

Sometimes everything feels so familiar, habitual. Familiar yet surreal. Sometimes it feels so wonderfully different. April 9th will be so different than August 9th. Chad and HeeJun are different in so many wonderful ways.

I am different in so many wonderful ways.

Remember when we hosted the event in honor of HeeJun to raise money for scholarships for Campus Outreach students to attend Winter conference?

I received a letter in the mail from Campus Outreach.

“Dear Erica,

We are so thankful for the scholarships that you gave to UNCC students to attend the Al!ve Conference in Washington, DC. God moved in some mighty ways last week and we are so honored to have you partner with us the way that you do. Here some highlights:

Eleven students came to know Christ as Savior for the first time.
Four students from UNCC became Christians and three of those received scholarships that you gave them! Each of them may not have been at the conference and been able to meet Christ without your generosity!
119 students said that they made the most significant decision on their Christian life during the conference!
24 students said they felt God calling them into full time ministry.

All of this wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for partners in the gospel like you and your friends and family. We as a staff team are blown away by how God chooses to move in the hearts and lives of men and women. It is such a privilege to be a witness to it all.

Laboring With You,

Campus Outreach staff (Zach and Amy Fulginiti, Andrew Hathaway, & Kristin Niland)”

That’s because of you, my friends!