By: Derek Wang

Through his stories, Derek shares bits of his life with us as a blogger for FCSN Voices. Check out the Blog Project and Derek’s page & stay tuned as we build his page and add more stories! 💌

10.31.25 - 11.02.25 🎃👻

On Friday night we saw Halloween decorations in the neighborhood.

I took a video of two skeletons playing saxophone.

Mom took pictures of me standing next to the Jack-o’-Lanterns. There were two skeletons sitting next to the Jack-o’-Lantern.

The Jack-o’-Lantern has a smiley face. It has a cool pattern. My favorite Jack-o’-Lantern was the smiley face.

📸: They are very bright and they have lots of lights.

There was a witch, ghost, and skeleton on the rocking chair decorations. I like the skeleton on the rocking chair.

Then, I took pictures of the baba bear that says Beware.

On Saturday we cleaned up our stuff for the Gilroy house.

Dad threw away the old papers in the recycle bin. The blue bin was full.

On Sunday I did not have Sunday School class. Instead we went to Gilroy house to move our stuff. I cleaned the bathroom and kitchen.

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11.02.25 🎉🎵

We attended the FCSN 2025 Fundraising Gala on Sunday in a Grand Dynasty Seafood restaurant just like last year.

Mom went to the restaurant first and Dad, I and Megan went later because Mom was helping host the event.

The banquet food with many courses was served throughout the night.

Auntie Marta’s family and Amadies’ family sat at the same table with our family. A newspaper reporter woman was at our table too.

Mom only came to the table to eat sometimes because she was busy helping with the event.

She gave some speech at the opening. She also gave Crystal trophies to the important guests, who made big donations to FCSN.

FCSN received some awards from the senator and other politicians.

Senator Aisha Wahab was the Keynote speaker.

At the fundraising push, the instruction of How to Donate was displayed on the big screen. 

Then, I sang along Over the Rainbow with Dream Achiever Band.

Audiences were holding their iPhones and waving their arms when Dream Achiever Band were performing Kenya Grace – Strangers. I really liked it so I took a video of it.

📸:  I went to FCSN Fundraising Gala with my Sunday School friends, Gary, Colin Albert, Vivian, and Amanda. 

At the end of the party we took pictures with everyone at our table.

I really had fun at the Fundraising Gala.