Family Ministry
Who is Anica?
Her Korean name is SooJin Lee and she is the only child
of our church members, Yong Sok and Si Ok Lee. Born
in Seoul, she moved to America when she was only 1.5
years old and moved to Raleigh at age 3 and has been
attending this church since then. Although she grew up
hearing about God, she personally met Him at the age
of 11. There was a youth Christian conference once a
year at Carowinds in Charlotte, NC, and that year, the
theme was “Do you know this man?” Anica realized
that everything she knew about God so far had been
just knowledge of Him, so she took this opportunity
to accept Him has her personal Savior and started her
I want to follow God’s
will as my calling
Christian walk then.
How they met
After graduating from college, Anica joined Campus
One of the things that come to mind when thinking of First Crusade for Christ and went on missions to Japan. After
Korean Baptist Church of Raleigh (FKBC) is how the Korean two years, she came back home to find that most of her
Ministry (KM) and English Ministry (EM) are independent friends had left town due to jobs and school, so she didn’t
and yet united. Therefore sometimes on Sundays, we see know anyone at church. At that time, Mark Anderson
familiar faces along with other church members that we was attending FKBC regularly and noticed Anica. He
don’t know very well. So, let me introduce you to a family thought she was a newcomer and invited her to join him
who is involved with so many different ministries in the EM and his friends to go watch a movie. He wanted to help
that it won’t be an exaggeration to say that there is no one her make friends. Normally, she would’ve declined, but
who doesn’t know this family: Dan and Anica Tan. for some reason she agreed and found herself watching
a movie with Mark and Dan that Sunday afternoon.
Who is Dan? Later she found out that Dan was actually the only
Although ethnically Chinese, Dan’s father is from the one who took up Mark’s offer to watch a movie that
Philippines and Dan’s mother is from Taiwan. They met in afternoon. They had some time before the movie
Washington D.C., got married, and had Dan and his older started, so they went out for ice cream, and after the
sister. One night, while Dan’s parents were away, there was movies, they even had dinner together. Although it was
a scary thunderstorm and 4 year-old Dan was terrified. their first time meeting, they ended up talking for a long
His older sister comforted him by saying that if you time. Dan was praying for a future spouse who valued
believe in Jesus Christ there is nothing to be afraid of. God’s ministry and he found out that Anica was that
Dan believed her words, and afterwards, as he continued type of person. So he became very interested in Anica.
to go to church and through youth retreats met God and For Anica, because she is an introvert, she needs a lot
confessed his faith, he still considers that stormy night as of time before befriending a new person, but that night,
the starting point of his Christian faith. she noticed how comfortable it was for her to carry a
conversation with Dan. After exchanging a few emails
and calls, they became more interested in each other and
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