Bio
Hey, my name's Evan Chiu. I just graduated summa cum laude from Cedarville University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science in May. I also just moved out to Cincinnati, Ohio to start a new career at Xetron Corporation, which is owned by Northrop Grumman. We're an electronics company that specializes in Research and Development, but that's about all I can tell you. I am a committed, Bible-believing Christian. I enjoy working with computers for fun, for school, and for work. I love digital photography. I like to play fantasy video games when I need a break from the pressures of real life. I've recently become a Mac user. I support the use and distribution of Mozilla Firefox. My mail, my calendar, and my homepage are owned by Google. I think it's interesting that in American consumerist culture we tend to describe ourselves in terms of what we do, what we use, what we wear (1MX). I suppose it's because they're easy to describe. The only way to get to know a person is real interaction.
One of my favorite sayings is that "You have time for what you make time for." This means that you will always have time to do what is important to you, whether that is school work, time with friends, time for games, time to read, or sleep because you will cut out the time blocks to do these things. When you say you don't have time for something, it is because that something is not as high a priority as everything else.
I'll end this section with a quote from Cloud Strife in the movie Final Fantasy: Advent Children. Sephiroth says to him, "Tell me what you cherish most. Give me the pleasure of taking it away." Cloud responds, "You just don't get it. There isn't a thing I don't cherish!" This means a lot to me because I loved the Final Fantasy VII game and characters, but even more so because that is a very positive way of thinking. I love everything that I do. If I didn't love it, I probably wouldn't do it. So that's me. I cherish everything. 
Testimony
Our family began attending church when I was five. I was in Kindergarten and I attended Children's Church. Honestly, I didn't like it very much, and clearly remember pounding on our laundry machines crying that I didn't want to go to church. The Children's Church leaders, however, a couple named the Comforts, impacted my beliefs, and I chose to trust Jesus as a five-year-old.
I chose to be baptized by immersion in water at the age of nine. Even when I was that young, I understood the sacred symbols of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. It is easy to understand that it happened, but realizing the full value of these actions is a process for the rest of my life.
The Holy Spirit baptized me with the evidence of speaking in tongues when I was ten. "Speaking in tongues" means stating out loud words and syllables that you do not understand as provoked by the Holy Spirit. This is a hot discussion topic in the church today. I agree with the Assemblies of God denomination that raised me, which takes the position that speaking in tongues is a gift that every Christian should seek. I recently saw Paradise Now, a Palestinian film about two suicide bombers as part of Cedarville's Foreign Film series. During the film, I realized that I recognized the sounds of their language. While I didn't comprehend more than the subtitles told me, I realized that my prayer language is Arabic, or something like it.
I grew through a series of Discipleship courses when I was fourteen. The program, called Defy the Odds (DTO -- the odds are that 90% of Christians live no differently than non-Christians), had a monumental impact on shaping the way I think, act, and speak. The courses consisted of devotions, scriptural reading, scripture memorization, prayer, fasting, and evangelism. My discipleship teachers Pastor Steve Bellavia and Denise Rodgers are some of the most influential people to touch my life.
I chose to attend Cedarville University for my undergraduate work. Cedarville is a conservative Baptist school, with an amazing community of professors and students. College is a time to define who you are and why you are that way. I chose Cedarville because I wanted to become like the people I met there: fervent, yet articulate, disciplined, while fun. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time there, all the learning, the growth, and the friends I'll have forever.
Since moving to Cincinnati, I've attended First Christian Assembly, and I really enjoy it. The people have welcomed me warmly and I've quickly made some great friends. The young adult ministry, Journey is a friendly, but also deeply caring and concerned for spiritual matters.
In the end my testimony is that I have chosen to follow Christ, Christ has chosen to support my endeavor, and together we enjoy both this life and the next.
