When I was 16, Isabelle (my sister) challenged our family to consider taking Christianity seriously based on Scriptures. She showed us from Scripture that our faith, no matter how firmly we held onto it, was based on ourselves and not on God’s sovereign election( I struggled with this for months. Eventually she brought me to CERC, where I was encouraged to do ministry with my peers in college and I learned to serve others . Once I was convicted from Scripture, I continued to grow by sermon series from CERC such as: The Christian Life series, God’s Story series. I realized that I am weak in the sense that I tend to give up easily when the going gets tough, I have only begun to learn in recent years that I can’t get away with my irresponsibilities and indiscipline. I am grateful for my parents for sending me overseas by the time I turned 20, Where my weaknesses were tested: I give in too quickly, I have bad communication skills , and I am used to someone else taking my work off of me. Stepping into full-time working life helped me to appreciate the wisdom and counsel of my older Christian brothers and sisters in CERC’s university ministry. I don’t want to live isolated from His story– I exist to serve His purposes to unite everything to Christ. From the beginning of time, God has the church in mind, saving a people who He elected to live obediently in His waysas exemplified in the way Paul rebuked the Corinthian church for their failure to understand that love is the greatest sign of the Christian. As His body, we are all members of one another, especially in the context of a local congregation, whom we strive to meet frequently in light of the Day drawing near: to edify and hold accountable. I want to be a member of CERC so that I can proudly stand in witness of my fellow brothers and sisters and proclaims of Jesus’ gift of a new identity in Him. I can’t trust myself to sanctify myself. And I don’t trust the world to make me a better woman. I need the church to press on with me to become more like Christ.