My Journey with TCM
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
My first real contact with TCM was back in 2015. At the time, I was working for a government-funded organization as a social worker where sharing my faith in the context of work was not permitted. I wanted to be able to support an organization that put faith into action with families that were affected by poverty where TCM came to mind. To my surprise, I was contacted shortly after and invited out for a coffee. This really left an impression on me, where for the first time, I felt that an organization wanted to take the time to get to know me and build a relationship with me that was beyond a financial transaction. Little did I know that my adventure with TCM was just beginning.
Cho participated in SpikeBack Volleyball Fundraiser in 2015
Cho participated in Run For TCM 2022 as a Board member
A few years later, I felt called to join the staff with TCM. As I began making various plans for major adjustments to my regular life, a random member of the church I was attending at the time approached me. Without knowing anything about my life, she felt that God had impressed on her heart to give me a short message to not proceed with whatever I was about to do. Several months later, TCM went through some very significant challenges that I was spared of experiencing. In my care and desire around how to help TCM move forward from this, I was asked to join the board. While on the board, I learned a lot about oversight, making high-level decisions, and the day-to-day operations of TCM and how it was functioning as a whole. Looking back, I saw that God was calling me to become more involved with TCM, but perhaps in a capacity different than what I had originally thought.
After a few years had passed, I began to encounter some unexpected difficulties at work. These difficulties amounted to compounding struggles that continued for months without any resolution. About a year later, I made the hard decision to leave a job of 12 years that I cared deeply about and had grown to love. Since then, TCM has always been at the top of my mind when it came to getting more involved.
As more conversations took place both with TCM staff and friends in my personal life, I began to realize God’s calling for me to join TCM as staff this time around. Practically speaking, many of the skills and experiences I held as a social worker were directly transferable to the position that TCM was offering. Furthermore, the vision of TCM, and most importantly, the gospel-centred approach towards caring for children and their families affected by poverty in word and deed were consistent with what God had always impressed on my heart.
In my role as the Partner Relations Coordinator, I am excited to be part of God’s transformational work in the city of Toronto. My hope for you reading this is that you would journey alongside TCM, whether in prayer, giving financially, and/or volunteering and participate in God’s transformational work in the lives of children and their families, and in return, experience God’s transformational work in your own life.