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When I was a year 2 NTU student, the NYC ministry was dwindling. Once the graduating batch moved on, the campus would be down to 1 Life Group.

We’d often hear stories of the glory days where 80 to 100 students would gather at the North Spine rooftop to praise and worship God. But we were a far cry from that, and we were desperately wanting God to do a revival in our land.

So we humbled ourselves and made a commitment that NYC will not die in our generation.

We started HQ, a place where people could gather in-between lessons to do life together. We would go early to reserve tables, buy newspapers for people to read, and bring extension cords so that people could work on their laptops.

During one of the prayer walks, when we reached the business school, God said to me: “I will give this land to you.” Because of that word, even though I had made plans to, I gave up my overseas exchange. And in that semester, God did a revival in the business school.

Kenny was a good friend from year 1. My initial efforts to share the gospel with him hit a wall. In year 4, he shared that life felt meaningless. By God’s grace, the friend that I had been reaching out to over the course of 3 years, through many discouragements, came to know Christ in his final year, final semester. He is now a LGL in North Adult!

In one year, the number of business school students in NYC grew tremendously. When God said, “I will give this land to you”, I had no idea that 1 could become 15 in the span of a year.

I went on to become the NYC campus leader, and eventually the Uni Ministry leader. Through the years, I have seen many generations of students come and go. Many stepped up, giving their student days to God. I often told them this: “In a few years time, they will not remember us, and that’s okay. What’s most important is that they will remember Jesus and make Him known.”

I’m no longer in Hope Uni. Yet my hope remains, that every generation will stand out for their sacrifice, their love for the lost, and their heart for the campus, so that the future generations may reap godly fruits.