By sister initiate Jennifer Wu, Austin, Texas, USA

The film Like Mike is a comedy about the beautiful dream and wonderful experiences of an African-American boy named Calvin Cambridge, who grows up in an orphanage. Calvin loves basketball and, like all other orphans, longs for the warmth of a family and the love of parents. Moreover, he wishes to be adopted by a family of basketball players so that he can realize his dream of playing the game. But most people who come to the orphanage prefer children younger than Calvin. So there seems little hope for Calvin to realize his dream.

Then, Calvin receives a pair of basketball shoes that are said to possibly have belonged to the world-famous basketball star Michael Jordan when he was a child, and inside the shoes are the initials "M. J." signed by the original owner. By coincidence, the shoes are exactly Calvin's size as if they have been especially custom-made for him. After wearing the shoes, thin little Calvin becomes able to jump and easily catch a basketball and his skills improve so rapidly that they match Michael Jordan's. As a result, Calvin soon becomes the youngest NBA player in the US and the spiritual leader who takes a struggling basketball team to victory.

 

During a game away from home, the team arranges for fictional basketball star Tracey Reynolds to be Calvin's mentor and they stay in the same hotel room. This is the first time that Calvin gets to stay in an expensive hotel, and he is wild and excited with joy. He orders a lot of his favorite food and eats to his heart's content. In the beginning, it does not occur to Tracey that he should adopt Calvin. But through their daily life; training and the games they play together, they gradually come to understand and become attached to each other. This relationship further develops into the love between father and son. Finally, Tracey adopts Calvin, and Calvin's childhood dream comes true as, in the end, he finds the father's love he has long wished for.

 

Calvin's magical experience is bound to stir strong feelings among many of our fellow initiates who met Master after innumerable trials and tribulations. The joy in their hearts is beyond words, just as when the helpless orphan Calvin finally finds a loving father. What is more precious is the unconditional and eternal love we receive from Master. As long as we, orphans lost in the mundane world, are willing to accept Master's love, She will be there forever by our side leading us back to our real Home in Heaven.