So sorry to hear that our friend who did community gardening at Hayes Valley Playground to show the community Red Crossers are in our neighborhood passed. Emerson did everything with cane in hand, pulling weeds helping reach out to youths that cooperative work is good . Emerson you will be rewarded so big. God keeps track of all you have done. Be blessed and happy. Thank you so much. Love and prayers.

Neal in Hayes, SF.

We are so lucky to have the prayer circles that helped Emerson and his friends and family.

The first person to come to his aide was Sharon Jeong and her Sisters in Christ we are so grateful

Subject: Prayer request for Emerson Chin

Dear Sister in Christ,

I want to share a prayer request for a friend of Bill who volunteers at the Red Cross, Boy Scout, homeless connect, Red Cross, YMCA pantry, Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army, SF NERT , Toys for Tots, food kitchen, etc. Emerson also attended the new believers class at SFBC but have not been attending Sunday Services.

Recently he fell during his last visit to his sister’s home. He is now in ICU at the care of UCSF in Mount Zion on Geary.

We don’t know his situation or cause but his friends are visiting to keep in touch to see if everything is okay but have not heard back, so it is a concern. He lives by himself and always thinking of serving others in need. Most importantly, he now needs our prayers to intervene.

Please pray for strength, healing and recovery for God to work out and uplift his condition.

Thanks so much,

Sharon Jeong

My friend had a prayer circle for Emerson. 

Emerson Chin rise up

You have work to do.

I wanted to visit Mr. Chin with you sista he is amazing.

My Polynesian family in Fiji were praying for him and his soul and family

Big John in San Francisco

Emerson Chin, he is a good man!

1/26/23 smiling serving

I am Emerson chin

Maybe I need an anthem

To sing what I am good for

For people who never can find

The words to fit what I am championing for.

This is who I was meant to be

It is time for people to know

This is me

and you are  apart of my “us”

I was ashamed

I was worthless

I try but don’t succeed

I felt stuck and no where to go

I was slow

I could not read

I could not write

I searched to do something

I was bullied

I joined the military

No one loved me like my mom

I had a place cause my mom believed

I didn’t die

I am someone loved

I am tough

I am meant to be heard

Look out I beat to a different drum

My unit died but I came back to hug mom and all the other moms

I promised to live for their sons

For I saw their faces in the darkness

I lived sad wanting to protect my sister

From harm and a legacy

of unspoken dysfunction

that veteran Families endure.

I wished I knew the signs of

My moms weak heart

But no one else should lose their mom

That's why I learned training

In SFNERT to save families

I didn’t know the way in the dark

If I fall o don’t blame anyone

Sometimes I wish I too was dead

Sometimes I wish god would tell me

Why someone

short and ugly

was left in this place

Seasons came and went

Why he let me survive to endure pain with a cane

Sometimes  I come so close

but i feel like everyone is so faraway

But maybe I am here paying a price too much skateboarding

Maybe I am never resting so they can

live their lives

And  so I am disconnected

Living but not feeling family

I am what I am reminded of

I wander and do not  know

why I am alive

Maybe I am alive to live their dream

for all those I collected

I search for myself and I

Am trying to collect what I left behind—

connection and love.

I can’t choose family

And family didn’t choose to keep me

I am not who you see

I have no mom to love me

I have no wife my friend she died of throat cancer

I am lonely and have no children near,

I awaken

don’t know how Emerson is

Homeless and still alive

Heartbroken and ill

Working and keeping busy

Lonely but not settling

I see a thousand lights with families

But they are never enough to warm Me and I can’t get acclimated

I see homeless and I see me in their

Lost eyes and I offer food and shelter

Because it is not enough

to just toss A coin .

I was homeless and everything

Bites you

When I got on my feet

I paid to join families

Maybe there was a time to escape into

A new reality to eat with strangers

With more money than my wallet

And more loved ones to return home to ,

Who over time can be my friend

Who can enjoy my company

so I joined

Lions club

post 4618

Homeless connect

SFIC

Ymca pantry

Soup kitchens

Sf giants family

Boys scout

Boys and girls club

SF NERT

Salvation Army

I have the passion

I put in the sweat equity.

I realize I needed change

And I realized I came thru life with lots

Of scars, I am not tall or beautiful

But I changed my heart to fit the people

I can’t do it alone

You can’t do it alone

I joined a cooperative team

I serve and now the world just needs

To change its heart to humbly look

At people like me who survived

And serve

and are reaching out a hand

To be connected,

fist bump us back

To say you hear us .

I fall

I hold my course

That is the

Story of my life

Things happen In lifetime

To tell us to live it better

I now ask that i can

Smile , survive and serve .

God help , me, Emerson chin!

--God surround Emerson's

Bigger family of friends , prayer circle friends

with a hedge of protection

So those he loved live happy

And may Emerson’s hope fund is abundant so his funeral costs are paid

Thank you.

Ada

I met Emerson back in late 2016 at the San Francisco Red Cross office where he introduced himself as “The Animal”. The first things which stuck out were his genuine friendliness, how talkative he was, and his legendary laugh. He was really fun to talk to with so many crazy stories from his youth days. He even told me he was very good friends with the skater Tony Hawk himself, after having been featured in his movie The Search for Animal Chin. I always thought he was a big WWE fan.

As I got to know him more, I realized that Emerson greatly cared for others, wanted to help those in need, and above all to do something good whenever and wherever needed. This attitude always manifested itself during our Disaster Responses and Community Engagement events where he showed up and did the work. No ifs, ands or buts. He would always say “I am here now, what can I do? Let’s do it now.”

He also always enjoyed a good hearty meal among friends and loved ones, and was never shy of re-upping for Rounds 2, 3 and sometimes 4. KFC and Chow Mein were among his favorites. As such, Emerson lived his life the same way he helped others, which is to focus and to be in the moment. Worry about tomorrow later as we still have to live for today.

Through his light, Emerson brought the best in others and we know he will continue to do so from the heavens. He was a true humanitarian, a champion for doing what’s best with what you got, and above all an amazing and cherished human being.