Nathania Susila

The little girl I used to be was convinced that her name could be the prime definition of the word “awkward.” I grew up in California, USA where being Asian American meant that I had to work hard to beat the odds of what culture was saying about me. It was truly difficult to identify myself in Christ during my early years when faced with what seemed to be many unmet expectations of society’s standards. It was really years after I had graduated from the University of California, Merced was when I genuinely began a relationship with Christ. Then, after moving back to Indonesia, I developed a passion for education and I began to understand who I was in light of who created me. This will soon be my third year teaching English at IICS. I truly believe that by God’s grace, I may minister to the very students that I end up seeing a lot of my old self in. Truly in Christ, may my deepest sorrows become my greatest ministry.