Arthur Hsieh first came to MBCLA in April,
1984 when his father told him, "You've been so blessed
in your life; you need to go to church and thank God."
He surrendered his life to the Lord in the summer of
'84, after graduating from South Pasadena High School,
and was baptized that fall.
He began working with MBCLA's youth in 1985 while in
his first year in college and hasn't stopped since.
Of the various ministries he's involved in, Total Devotion
is his top priority. As TD's lead Bible teacher, his
desire is to teach the Bible to TD'ers in a deep manner
in hopes of building a God-saturated conscience and
worldview within them.
Arthur is a Certified Financial Planner TM by vocation, and is the Head Coach of Boys' and Girls' Tennis at Maranatha High School.
He delights in being married to Sandra, and loves being
a dad to Nathaniel, Randall, Daniel, and Angela.
Sandra Hsieh has been working with the high
schoolers at MBCLA ever since she started coming in
1983. At the end of her junior year at South Pasadena
High School, the Lord started to open her eyes to her
total depravity and His even more sufficient grace.
The scenario and life stages have changed but the process
and revelation that He started in 1975 has not.
Her current stage in life is comprised of being a wife
and mother, while also serving alongside Arthur as the Assistant Coach of Girls' Tennis at Maranatha High School. She serves, supervises and desires to train
her 4 children, Nathaniel, Randall, Daniel, and Angela
according to the Word.
Kathy started going to MBCLA in 4th grade and received Christ as her personal Lord and Savior in one of the Sunday school classes. However, she did not experience how real and how powerful the love of God was until her junior year at a youth retreat. Since then, God has abundantly proven His goodness, faithfulness, and sovereignty to Kathy by using Total Devotion, especially the Biblically-sound teachings, the investments made in her life by spiritually-mature counselors, and true fellowship, to grow her in increasing knowledge and love for Christ.
Total Devotion has become like a family to her, and so after high school she stayed as an intern for 2 years and is now serving as counselor, hoping to learn more and to commend to the high schoolers her God and His power to save.
Kathy is married to Robert Chan, her cheesy and godly man, and mother to Hannah. She enjoys being Robert's wife and Hannah's mom, playing tennis, making cards, reading, hiking, and spending quality time with family and close friends.
Robert started attending MBCLA as a 6th grader and he was blown away by the God-centeredness of the people and of the lessons. He realized his need for Christ and accepted Him as his Lord and Savior in the 7th grade. As a freshman in high school, he was exposed to the catalyst that would spark extensive change in his life: Total Devotion. He was challenged to give up more and more of his life to God and to know God deeply through His Word. Robert loved TD so much that he decided to stick around in order to invest in the lives of the TDers. Having been blessed so abundantly by God through the people in TD, what else could he do?
Robert is currently a pastoral intern at MBCLA, having graduated from The Master's Seminary. Some of his favorite things are God, the Bible, Kathy (his wife), Hannah (his daughter), his family, Christian brothers and sisters, good conversations, good books, tennis, and anything that has to do with the Church.
One of Eunice's close high school friends encouraged her to visit the youth group (Total Devotion) the summer before her junior year. Eunice took up the invitation, not expecting much or, more specifically, not knowing what to expect. She was blown away after attending one of TD's summer sessions. Here, God found Eunice, stopped her in her tracks, and revealed Himself to her as the one Person who truly knows her, loves her, and is worthy of all her worship. She has not left since that summer.
One thing that she's learned from her time at TD is the truth of Matthew 6:33 - "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you." In other words, give all of yourself to God's purposes and becoming His person, and He will take care of you. Although not perfectly, Eunice is doing her best to live by this truth, and it has radically transformed her life. Her life looks extremely different than what she would have expected, but she does not regret it, especially in light of how she's grown closer to God, His people, and, more specifically, her younger sister Keren (shown on the left of the pic). Before Eunice stayed away from her sister (who has autism), but, now, she counts Keren as one of her closest friends.
During the week, Eunice spends time with her family and friends, participating in the local church body at MBCLA, and working at a medical clinic in Koreatown. She also enjoys running, playing frisbee, making crafts, reading books, and just being silly.
Victor grew up at MBCLA and is back in LA, after being in Chicago for several years, with his wife, Alexis.
During the day Victor is a visual designer and likes
to make things pretty. At night, Victor tries to sleep so that
he will have energy for the next day.
