Calvary Chapel Upland Childrens Ministry Blog

Well Spring is upon us and for many people that means it's the beginning of baseball season. Whether it's playing Little League, T-ball, softball, or going to cheer on your favorite team; and most of us in this part of California it's the Dodgers or the Angels, for me it's the Dodgers

For me whenever baseball season begins it reminds of when I was a child and what I wanted to be when I grew up. As a kid growing up my dream was to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. I wanted to wear number 14 just like my favorite player Mike Scioscia, and play catcher and left field. I would be in the front yard of my house pretending to hit the game winning homerun in the World Series just like Kirk Gibson did back in 1988 (by the way I was at that game). But as I grew older and I never got as tall as 5'4, baseball coaches in high school told me I was to small to be a big league player.

So I just gave up on playing baseball. But God had a better plan for my life. As a child growing up my Grandma (on my dad's side) tell me that when I grew up I was going to be a pastor, and preach the Word of God. I thought she was crazy! I would tell her; "No I'm going to play for the Dodgers." After she passed away when I was 11 years old, my Grandpa in the little English he knew would tell me that I was going to be a preacher. In fact he would make me eat hot sauce so then when I become a preacher I would preach with fire.


Then one day when I was 16 years old at a high school retreat, I rededicated my life back to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Then that night as I was lying in my bed thinking of what I just did, the LORD reminded of what my Grandma would always tell; "You're going to be a Pastor when you grow up." So right then I told God; "My life is yours." That was when I felt called by God to be in the full-time ministry. So after I finished up high school and worked at Kmart for a year, I went to Bible for almost 4 years.


Now I've been in the full-time ministry for over 6 years, and I have no regrets. Now my favorite thing to do now is to teach the Word of God. It doesn't matter if I'm teaching at a Good News Club at my old Elementary school (Citrus Elementary), the kids here at Calvary Chapel of Upland, or adults, I just love to teach. And I still love going to Dodger Stadium and cheering on my favorite baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers, and sometimes I still imagine the PA announcer at Dodger Stadium saying; "Now batting number 14 Jason Arellano." But God has called me to do something so much better!

In closing I want all you kids to know that God has an awesome and amazing plan for your life as well. So keep your eyes on Christ and He will do things that will blow your mind!

In Christ <><, Jason Arellano Philippians 1:6; "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Contact Jason @ j.arellano@ccupland.org