• Susie talks about growing up in Canada and moving to the  west coast when she was 6 years old.
• Susie’s talks about her testimony and how she came to know the Lord through her parents who then went into the ministry and worked as missionaries
• By her 2nd year of college, she went to seminary and followed her parents’ footsteps by becoming active in the ministry.
• Marcus, her husband, grew up on the border of Illinois and Indiana, a community that was predominately black and brown and saw the tension of those communities. 
• She shares how her husband grew up with the clashes of the white, brown and black community and even experienced receiving death threats in High school. 

• Marcus and Susie met at a Christian conference and were both a part of an intercultural studies program.
• Through meeting, they were able to talk a lot about their own cultural heritage and how that played out in their relationship and marriage.

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• You have to first take pride in your ethnicity and be proud of who you are.
• Susie addresses the idea that if you “don’t stick to your people” that you’re a sellout
• “Just because we are followers of Jesus does not mean that we don’t have junk that we need to deal with”. 
• Understanding each other’s family is important and there’s an aspect of you having to do the work and also understand your family’s cultural and ethnic background as well.
• She shares how when she started dating her husband, he had a big heart for the black community, but the Asian community was actually the least familiar to him.
• Marcus came into their relationship curious and ready to learn, which Susie said made all the difference when it came to challenging biases.
• Susie talks about if you can be intentional about diversifying your friendship before diversifying your dating life, it’s a much safer place to ask your questions.

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