About Me
I am a worshipper of Jesus, a lover of my wife and kids, and a friend to you. I am fascinated by how faith fits into culture. This blog is a time to unload my brain, talk about conversations I’ve been having, or just talk about music.
I am a Worship Director at Roosevelt Community Church in Bellingham Wa. I love my church and I love my city.
Welcome.
why do they call you the brown kid?
Wayne – it is so good to unofficially officially meet you. Honestly, I have been semi stalking MissionBellingham for some time now.
The name the Brown Kid came up from growing up in Blaine as one of the few ethnic kids in the School and town. Though my official heritage is Hawaiian/Chinese and Scot-Irish, people thought I was everything from Filipino to East Indian to Mexican to whatever other brown ethnicity you can think of (everything but hawaiian of course). My friends just started calling me the brown kid. I see it as a loving ignorance from a small town mentality.
The name came up again a few years back as I did a worship internship at Cornwall Church here in Bellingham and a comment card came in saying, “I like when the brown kid leads”. It is my cross to bear.
Cool blog. It’s nice to see a different perspective once in a while, especially from someone who’s trying to make a difference!
thanks muse!
I am a huge fan of yours, Ron Pai, aka the brown kid. I love to see you are still as sweet and funny as you have always been…you will always be one of my favorite BHS friends:)
Looking foward to reading more! Check my blog out!