By Jane Cho, InterHigh Mentor, Senior @ UC Berkeley
If you’re like me when I was a teen, you have dreams of hang-gliding in the Grand Canyon or becoming a successful lawyer/musician/whatever. You probably have a list of things you really want to accomplish before you “kick the bucket” and die. But when my pastor pointed out how self-focused a lot of these bucket lists are, especially when this dying world needs salvation, I realized that my ultimate wish list was really selfish.  
In the video below, Francis Chan, pastor of Cornerstone …

By Steven Chang, InterHigh Mentor, Sophomore @ UC Berkeley
Over winter break I went on a mission trip to Tecate, Mexico. The team was there to minister to the community by showing God’ s love in very practical ways – we worked on repairing houses, a kindergarten, and played with the kids in sports, song, and arts and crafts. We went into the trip knowing that Tecate was an especially poor area. In Tecate, much of the population is made up of people who have spent all their money to get …

By Annie Strother, InterHigh Mentor, Senior @ UC Berkeley
I just got back from a mission trip to Tecate, Mexico and it was amazing.  We got to go to a church with many people who were recovered drug-addicts, and it was incredible to hear the passion in their voices as they sang praise songs.  We also got to eat a lot of delicious authentic Mexican food which has left me utterly spoiled; I think it will be a long time before I can eat La Piñata again.  But one of the …

By Ellen Yu, InterHigh Mentor, Senior @ UC Berkeley
Finals is the time when the concepts you didn’t quite master (or learn) the first time around catch up with you. The vast amounts of information that you must absorb, sometimes quite literally by noon tomorrow, can cause much anxiety and impair sight of the eternal perspective.
During this past finals season, I experienced the anxieties of reviewing and learning what seemed to be a hopeless amount of material. And yes, my sight of the eternal was also impaired. However, in the midst …

By Christine Seo, InterHigh Mentor, Sophomore @ UC Berkeley

Do you ever wonder about the consequences of your seemingly meaningless actions? Ever wonder how the world would be different if you hadn’t got out of school a little late, putting you in the moment and position to be asked directions from someone who, otherwise, would have not arrived at his destination on time and not have met the people he met on the way there? How did he influence them? How did you influence him? How did he influence you? How …

By Irene Kwan, InterHigh Mentor, Senior @ UC Berkeley
Throughout this winter break, with so much more time on my hands, I have been able to draw closer to God by spending more time on self-reflection. I considered many of the obstacles this past semester which kept me from facing my own personal struggles and thus, from drawing closer to God. Each semester, I see my faith and desire to know God fluctuating, usually toward a downward path. I become more apathetic and less willing to serve. However, God is always …