Irene Chen - Biology

Hi! My name is Irene and I'm a mentor here at Acts2Fellowship. When I came into college, I had this preconception that I would find a great church, seek out the love of my life, and discover what seemed most important at the time, my dream job. I was ecstatic to be a freshman and to plug into a church just like mine at home... but 3 fellowships later, I started to lose faith and fell further away from God. In my time away from church I sought out my other goals of acquiring my future husband and a good major, but nothing seemed to satisfy my craving of a Christian fellowship. After a summer at my home church I was determined to try again and I stumbled upon A2F. As I got more involved, I quickly saw how my mentors wanted to help and love students like me, and I wished to do the same when I graduated. I saw how much I was growing in my faith in just one year in college than I had in my whole life as a Christian and I knew that I wanted to stick around so that I could continue to grow in my relationship with God. Although I wasn't able to accomplish all of my preconceptions in college, I'm so grateful that I was able to find a church and a community of people that I can experience life with and that I can mentor students on the UW campus!