The message from church this morning can be summed up by saying God calls, we believe, and GO! The scripture used was Genesis 12:1-8.
God is calling Christians to GO to someone, somewhere.
And of course, you know that Teach Me To Pray, God Calling, and Our Daily Bread for April 22, went right along with my thoughts today.
I keep saying that again and again, God continues to speak to me about exactly what is happening around me, etc..... Well, duh!!!!
If HE is in EVERYTHING, as Psalms 24:1 says "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." And if we are walking in HIS Will, then doesn't EVERYTHING point us to HIM!? And wouldn't EVERYTHING be about HIM!?
ODB (which you can click on the link to the right and read for yourself) used 2 Corinthians 1:3-11. The author used "Lord of the Rings" where Frodo is reflecting on his journey and saying to Gandalf that he wished the ring had never come to him. Ganadalf replies, "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All you must decide is how to use the time that is given to you."
God Calling stated "Trust in Me. Do as I say each moment and all indeed shall be well. Follow out My commands. Change all disappointment, even if only momentary, into Joy. Change each complaint into laughter. Rest-Love-Joy-Peace-Work, and the most powerful of these are Love and Joy."
Teach Me to Pray stated "The new life in Christ Jesus is to be the unfolding of God's love in Christ." It then used John 15:9-13. And ended with, "Can words make it plainer that the love with which the Father loved the Son is to be in us?...This love must be rooted in the faith of God's love to Christ coming into our hearts and showing itself in obedience to His commandments and in love to one another."
I also read 1 Corinthians 16:14, "Do everything in love." If God is Love, then that states we should do everything in HIM.
GOD is calling Christians to GO to someone, somewhere. We must decide how to use the time that has been given to us." Can you Trust HIM enough to Obey HIM, to Follow HIS Commands? HE commands us to Love HIM with EVERYTHING we have and to Love others as we Love ourselves. When you hear HIS Voice, will you listen to HIS Call? Will you Believe what HIS Word says? Will you do what your Heart is prompting you to do? Will you step out of your comfort and GO?
That could be going to your neighbor in need; calling a friend whom GOD has put on your heart; praying for someone when they come to your mind; being present in the moments GOD places before you; and in those moments, being honest and taking risks without Fear of tomorrow by trusting HIM.
As I reflect on my time in Korea, on all the things I have seen or felt while here, the words that hit my heart the most right now are from 2 Corinthians 1:9b "But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on GOD."
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
No Regrets.....
Because of some responses in emails I wanted to clarify something.
I am ready to come home, but I want you all to know that I don't regret a day or a moment here. This has been a very hard journey, but I am very thankful for this time and opportunity that God has given to me. I have learned so much and have grown in ways I could have never imagined. Yes, this wasn't at all the way I had dreamed it would be, but yet............it has been an incredible opportunity to embrace life fully and abundantly in and with GOD's love by meeting the RISEN CHRIST in each and every moment of it.
Christ has called us to live in HIM, in HIS abundant love. I would rather die in the center of GOD's Will, than be outside of it. Again, my life is nothing to me, because it is EVERYTHING to HIM.
Just now, GOD took me to Matthew 10.......WOW!!
And the fact that, April 21st Our Daily Bread, God Calling, and Teach Me To Pray all went with what GOD has been speaking and revealing to me. Again, WOW!!!! I won't share them because I want to keep this short, but I just sit in awe right now of HIS overwhelming, magnificent Ways.
I am ready to come home, but I want you all to know that I don't regret a day or a moment here. This has been a very hard journey, but I am very thankful for this time and opportunity that God has given to me. I have learned so much and have grown in ways I could have never imagined. Yes, this wasn't at all the way I had dreamed it would be, but yet............it has been an incredible opportunity to embrace life fully and abundantly in and with GOD's love by meeting the RISEN CHRIST in each and every moment of it.
Christ has called us to live in HIM, in HIS abundant love. I would rather die in the center of GOD's Will, than be outside of it. Again, my life is nothing to me, because it is EVERYTHING to HIM.
Just now, GOD took me to Matthew 10.......WOW!!
And the fact that, April 21st Our Daily Bread, God Calling, and Teach Me To Pray all went with what GOD has been speaking and revealing to me. Again, WOW!!!! I won't share them because I want to keep this short, but I just sit in awe right now of HIS overwhelming, magnificent Ways.
Why?
I had two young Korean men come by tonight and ask me why I thought this most recent tragedy had taken place in our world.
I answered that it was because there was evil in our world and that our only hope was in Jesus Christ.
They continued to go to scripture and asked me questions about it, yet they seemed very blown away by the fact that I had an answer for every question. Also that I didn't need my Bible to share scripture with them in my answers.
It was very much a GOD moment, I did ask them if I could ask them a question.....which was since I knew the scriptures they were talking about what was there reason for asking me their questions. You know I NEVER did get an answer and I am pretty sure they were from the same church like the others who have tried to witness to me.........even knowing that I am a Christian. Or maybe they asked because they really don't know what they really believe so they were asking question to help themselves understand the Word. They asked if they could come back again to finish asking me about the scriptures.
Now why would someone want to come back to witness to someone who obviously knows the Risen Christ? Can anyone answer that for me?
I answered that it was because there was evil in our world and that our only hope was in Jesus Christ.
They continued to go to scripture and asked me questions about it, yet they seemed very blown away by the fact that I had an answer for every question. Also that I didn't need my Bible to share scripture with them in my answers.
It was very much a GOD moment, I did ask them if I could ask them a question.....which was since I knew the scriptures they were talking about what was there reason for asking me their questions. You know I NEVER did get an answer and I am pretty sure they were from the same church like the others who have tried to witness to me.........even knowing that I am a Christian. Or maybe they asked because they really don't know what they really believe so they were asking question to help themselves understand the Word. They asked if they could come back again to finish asking me about the scriptures.
Now why would someone want to come back to witness to someone who obviously knows the Risen Christ? Can anyone answer that for me?
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Crossing Sea to Other Side
God has just continued to bless and speak all day. He has been in EVERYTHING today.
Especially tonight at the Bible Study I attend here. We are in Beth Moore's Jesus the One and Only study. Tonight we watched session 4, which took us to Luke 8:22-27. She spoke on some important considerations for those who are willing to cross over with Jesus to "the other side".
I took pages and pages of notes on what she was saying. It just confirmed EVERYTHING that is happening around me here, along with the messages from Be The Change at Pathways. Not to mention just finishing the book "The Cross and The Switchblade". And as always, through my devotionals. A few people even sent emails with devotions or scriptures. It has been an unbelievable GOD filled day. Oh, to BE THE CHANGE with LOVE IN ACTION.
I would love to write all of what I took in today, but I will save you from reading a really long entry and just write this:
If it is NOT GOD, it is NOT going to work. We need to breathe in and breathe out the TRUTH in the WORD.
My life is nothing "to me" because it is EVERYTHING to HIM.
Acts 20:24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me- the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
Especially tonight at the Bible Study I attend here. We are in Beth Moore's Jesus the One and Only study. Tonight we watched session 4, which took us to Luke 8:22-27. She spoke on some important considerations for those who are willing to cross over with Jesus to "the other side".
I took pages and pages of notes on what she was saying. It just confirmed EVERYTHING that is happening around me here, along with the messages from Be The Change at Pathways. Not to mention just finishing the book "The Cross and The Switchblade". And as always, through my devotionals. A few people even sent emails with devotions or scriptures. It has been an unbelievable GOD filled day. Oh, to BE THE CHANGE with LOVE IN ACTION.
I would love to write all of what I took in today, but I will save you from reading a really long entry and just write this:
If it is NOT GOD, it is NOT going to work. We need to breathe in and breathe out the TRUTH in the WORD.
My life is nothing "to me" because it is EVERYTHING to HIM.
Acts 20:24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me- the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The gates have swung open....
I sat down earlier tonight and started to write about the urgent, serious prayer request I sent a week ago. Yet, I couldn't put words to the page again. So I gave it a title and went about doing some things around the house. Then I watched a movie I had sitting by the TV. Movies are scarce, a few were left by previous teachers. I hadn't seen "The Postman" yet and I was drawn to it tonight.
The movie was about 'hope'. Wow, is all I can say to how awesome GOD is. It truly was HIM who prompted my heart to watch it. It is what I needed and now I know I need to share. Maybe you'll see why it was GOD's perfect timing in watching this movie after you read this.
I was going to begin this entry with the fact that I have never felt or experienced so much evil in my life. I came home today from a half a day of classes feeling very heavy, neck pain, just plain filthy, wanting to vomit, and feeling like I needed to clean or pull something from myself. This is something I have felt in the past, but not since Momentus in April 1999.
Last week, when I sent out the prayer request it was because the gates of hell had swung wide open here. Someone in our midst led the enemy right in. I saw soooo many hearts broken and/or devastated last week. I won't lie, he even tried to get at me................Praise JESUS, I was able to stand strong because of HIM. I know it was because GOD had sent the love that HE had the week before. HE knew what was coming, heck the night before I even received an email that had the words "Fight the good fight" in it. Definitely GOD preparing my heart.
Let me simply list those things: Two students have been kicked out of our school, a teachers heart was broken because they are going to get rid of one of her students (who happens to be a child of another teacher and who will have no 'hope' if put into a Korean school), and another teacher was made to feel guilty over sharing their heart.
I was the next on the list, I went to share my heart about not going on the retreat and I was attacked by many words, which I don't feel I need to mention here. The whole time I kept hearing the same words come out of my mouth and the word "I" stood out very loud and clear. I kept thinking this isn't me talking, it has to be the LORD. For this isn't about me, but HIM.
The minute after I felt the urgency to send out the prayer request another teacher came up to share something about their child and what the school was trying to do. Once again I witnessed a heart being broken.
In the afternoon when I was sharing with a friend here, they had said the same thing about it being GOD who spoke the "I" and the broken hearts surrounding us. And my third confirmation was that night when talking to a friend back in the States, who isn't here to witness or see, but said the EXACT same thing about it being GOD who was speaking, about GOD's heart, and about the spiritual warfare we are under here.
To top my week off, at church on Sunday Pastor even spoke these words "the gates of hell will prevail if you stand against it alone, but it can NOT prevail against the true body of believers (the church)". He said,"When more than one are gathered together- WATCH OUT!"
This week has only gotten worse. This morning is just one example, someone shared about the tragedy at Virginia Tech by putting down Americans and blaming them for it. One person had to leave the room. I should have done that as well. I can't even describe what was going on inside of me, I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could, but at the same time wanted to stay to hear what was going to be said. Actually one teacher tried to defend Americans and Christians.
During prayer this morning GOD had me go to and read Proverbs 15 and 16. Two verses that stand out are: 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. And then, 16:30 He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil. The first is a reminder that God is watching it all and the second, well, I saw someone wink with pursed lips.........and you'll have to trust me that I can not share what it is my heart is telling me about what I saw. I just know GOD was speaking!
I know I have written so much already, and yet I haven't even begun to truly share all that is going on around me.
Right now, I am reminded again of words spoken on Sunday. Pastor stated that the first question we ask when something bad happens is WHY? However, do we ask that question when something good happens? We live in a world of Cause and Effect. He gave an example of a rock being dropped into water. It reminded me then, and again now of how true those words are to what is going on around me. He ended with saying that GOD's love is powerfully reflected in HIS body and that anytime GOD speaks we need to respond. In my notes, I added Love in Action, 1 John 3:18.
I saw love in action so often at home. I can't wait to get back and be a part of God's love being reflected again. I miss that soooo much here, besides in my classroom.
I'll end with the words I hear most often in my day, Psalm 106:1:
Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Boy, those Fourth Graders have it RIGHT!
The movie was about 'hope'. Wow, is all I can say to how awesome GOD is. It truly was HIM who prompted my heart to watch it. It is what I needed and now I know I need to share. Maybe you'll see why it was GOD's perfect timing in watching this movie after you read this.
I was going to begin this entry with the fact that I have never felt or experienced so much evil in my life. I came home today from a half a day of classes feeling very heavy, neck pain, just plain filthy, wanting to vomit, and feeling like I needed to clean or pull something from myself. This is something I have felt in the past, but not since Momentus in April 1999.
Last week, when I sent out the prayer request it was because the gates of hell had swung wide open here. Someone in our midst led the enemy right in. I saw soooo many hearts broken and/or devastated last week. I won't lie, he even tried to get at me................Praise JESUS, I was able to stand strong because of HIM. I know it was because GOD had sent the love that HE had the week before. HE knew what was coming, heck the night before I even received an email that had the words "Fight the good fight" in it. Definitely GOD preparing my heart.
Let me simply list those things: Two students have been kicked out of our school, a teachers heart was broken because they are going to get rid of one of her students (who happens to be a child of another teacher and who will have no 'hope' if put into a Korean school), and another teacher was made to feel guilty over sharing their heart.
I was the next on the list, I went to share my heart about not going on the retreat and I was attacked by many words, which I don't feel I need to mention here. The whole time I kept hearing the same words come out of my mouth and the word "I" stood out very loud and clear. I kept thinking this isn't me talking, it has to be the LORD. For this isn't about me, but HIM.
The minute after I felt the urgency to send out the prayer request another teacher came up to share something about their child and what the school was trying to do. Once again I witnessed a heart being broken.
In the afternoon when I was sharing with a friend here, they had said the same thing about it being GOD who spoke the "I" and the broken hearts surrounding us. And my third confirmation was that night when talking to a friend back in the States, who isn't here to witness or see, but said the EXACT same thing about it being GOD who was speaking, about GOD's heart, and about the spiritual warfare we are under here.
To top my week off, at church on Sunday Pastor even spoke these words "the gates of hell will prevail if you stand against it alone, but it can NOT prevail against the true body of believers (the church)". He said,"When more than one are gathered together- WATCH OUT!"
This week has only gotten worse. This morning is just one example, someone shared about the tragedy at Virginia Tech by putting down Americans and blaming them for it. One person had to leave the room. I should have done that as well. I can't even describe what was going on inside of me, I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could, but at the same time wanted to stay to hear what was going to be said. Actually one teacher tried to defend Americans and Christians.
During prayer this morning GOD had me go to and read Proverbs 15 and 16. Two verses that stand out are: 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. And then, 16:30 He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil. The first is a reminder that God is watching it all and the second, well, I saw someone wink with pursed lips.........and you'll have to trust me that I can not share what it is my heart is telling me about what I saw. I just know GOD was speaking!
I know I have written so much already, and yet I haven't even begun to truly share all that is going on around me.
Right now, I am reminded again of words spoken on Sunday. Pastor stated that the first question we ask when something bad happens is WHY? However, do we ask that question when something good happens? We live in a world of Cause and Effect. He gave an example of a rock being dropped into water. It reminded me then, and again now of how true those words are to what is going on around me. He ended with saying that GOD's love is powerfully reflected in HIS body and that anytime GOD speaks we need to respond. In my notes, I added Love in Action, 1 John 3:18.
I saw love in action so often at home. I can't wait to get back and be a part of God's love being reflected again. I miss that soooo much here, besides in my classroom.
I'll end with the words I hear most often in my day, Psalm 106:1:
Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Boy, those Fourth Graders have it RIGHT!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
PRAISE JESUS!!!!
My amazing gift and class from GOD.
They ARE the BEST thing about Korea.
As they raise their arms and shout with JOY:
PRAISE THE LORD. GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD. HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER. PSALM 106:1
Monday, April 09, 2007
Sticky Rice and Mango
I'm missing warm coconut milk over sticky rice and mango......yet, it seems every time I have sat down at my computer to write about Thailand not a single word would come out. All that I have been able to recall is all of the negative stuff and I haven't wanted to go there. If I couldn't be positive or see God in the trip I didn't want to share. I haven't even been able to write emails to anyone since returning. Yet, at the same time I KNOW that GOD was in every part of the trip.
I know I questioned God numerous times before, during, and after as to why it was He was having me go. Was it me wanting to fulfill a dream I have had to go to Thailand or was it really God? Though as I sit here and write this, I KNOW why GOD had me go. And I KNOW it was HIS leading, guiding, and purpose to go. It just didn't look any way I would have imagined.
A friend the other day said that the reason I haven't been able to share is that my heart can not be a part of a lie and that seems to be happening here. I can honestly say that I DID NOT FEEL GOD moving in my heart the way I had on my other mission trips, notice the key word in that statement is FEEL. I didn't FEEL HIM. Yet, I SAW HIM many times in different moments in the simple little things.
Though the week was filled with many negative moments, LOTS of drama, and man's plans trying to get in the way.............I will focus on the moments I can recall God revealing Himself.
Within the first 4 hours of being with the people we were to serve with the three main things God kept putting into my heart and I had been bold about before going were confirmed. Not confirmed for me, but for the other staff I was with. Did they hear? I have no idea, but it reminded me of how AWESOME MY GOD IS! Those three things being the ready Harvest, GOD in EVERYTHING, and the beauty of other languages/tongues being prayed in together for the Glory of God.
Once God allowed me to be SILENT towards the end of the week, I was really able to connect with some of the beautiful people who serve in the ministry there. I also got to spend some awesome quality time with lots of the children. Yord, was one in particular whom I fell in love with.
God really opened up my eyes to a place I knew about, but really didn't know about. Ban Naam Khem was one of the hardest hit during the Tsunami. A lot of the local people are actually Burmese refugees, including Karen and Moken people. These people have no citizenship in any country and yet lost so much.
Walking around the streets cleaning up trash and having the children join us was an amazing time to see God's Love in Action. And then to go into the homes of many of the church families and pray with them. Again, God's Love in Action.
One day, we went to a rubber plantation and I had the privilege of going into homes of people who have NOTHING, and yet served us drinks and food, the little they had. We didn't want to take anything, but knew we had to. One home stands out in my heart, it was home to a girl they said was in the 4th grade, meaning she would be in my class. She had to quit school to work on the rubber plantation after her father died so that her family could stay and not have to return to Burma, where death would most likely await them. Do you know there is an ethnic cleansing going on in Burma at this very moment?
Another moment that stands out from this day in particular would be while we had some free time at the beach. Does anyone know the best way to stop the pain from a jelly fish sting? Well, we had two girls get stung. After the first girl, many were chewing up leaves and putting it on the sting, yet telling her the best way to stop it would be to have someone pee on it. Once the other girl got stung no one really wanted to do anymore chewing..........so after calming her and spending a little time persuading her it would help, she allowed someone to pee on the sting. And yes, you all know that no one else was willing to do it, so I DID!! I always remember the "Friends" episode...........I just really never thought I would live out a moment like this and get to say I peed on a student.
I know after going to Bali, I have been praying that God would reveal a ministry that I could serve with on the mission field over summers. Ban Naam Khem is one of those places, the people were so real and in love with the Lord, that I look forward to returning to this ministry in the future. Whether it be for a week or a month, whether alone or with others.........I want to pray and continue to be connected to what God is doing down there.
Wow, looking back I see that God really did move there. It may not have been the way I would have loved to experienced HIM, but the Risen Christ was still met in many moments and seen in so many faces.
I do know that God is doing something in my heart. To be witness to what God is doing in and through a group of people.......to hear what is happening in Burma and Thailand. We have no idea of the struggles that many people in this world face daily, because we turn a blind eye and ear their way.
I also just finished reading a book titled "The Aquariums of Pyongyang, Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag" by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot. It is a terrifying Memoir of Kang's life in North Korea and his escape. I live 20 miles from the border and yet the people of the South have NO IDEA what is happening to their brothers in the North. This book was so eye opening and made me shed many tears.
I have just begun to read "The Cross and the Switchblade" by David Wilkerson. I am only on chapter 6, but tonight I read this paragraph: "When you get back home, David, don't be too quick to say you were wrong. 'The Lord moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform.' It's just possible this is all part of a plan you can't see from where you're standing. I have always believed in your good judgement."
After reading it my heart felt moved to write and share. I could have put my name in his place and I know I have shared, for this is pretty long.
In closing, I just want to Praise JESUS for His love. For HIS reminder last week that HIS love can even be felt from half way around the world. Each one of the six families from my small group, who have truly become family, contacted me. It wasn't necessarily the contact, but the words and the love in them. Thank you again, Jesus, for not only dying on the cross for me, but during this present moment sending your love in a real way from across the ocean.
I know I questioned God numerous times before, during, and after as to why it was He was having me go. Was it me wanting to fulfill a dream I have had to go to Thailand or was it really God? Though as I sit here and write this, I KNOW why GOD had me go. And I KNOW it was HIS leading, guiding, and purpose to go. It just didn't look any way I would have imagined.
A friend the other day said that the reason I haven't been able to share is that my heart can not be a part of a lie and that seems to be happening here. I can honestly say that I DID NOT FEEL GOD moving in my heart the way I had on my other mission trips, notice the key word in that statement is FEEL. I didn't FEEL HIM. Yet, I SAW HIM many times in different moments in the simple little things.
Though the week was filled with many negative moments, LOTS of drama, and man's plans trying to get in the way.............I will focus on the moments I can recall God revealing Himself.
Within the first 4 hours of being with the people we were to serve with the three main things God kept putting into my heart and I had been bold about before going were confirmed. Not confirmed for me, but for the other staff I was with. Did they hear? I have no idea, but it reminded me of how AWESOME MY GOD IS! Those three things being the ready Harvest, GOD in EVERYTHING, and the beauty of other languages/tongues being prayed in together for the Glory of God.
Once God allowed me to be SILENT towards the end of the week, I was really able to connect with some of the beautiful people who serve in the ministry there. I also got to spend some awesome quality time with lots of the children. Yord, was one in particular whom I fell in love with.
God really opened up my eyes to a place I knew about, but really didn't know about. Ban Naam Khem was one of the hardest hit during the Tsunami. A lot of the local people are actually Burmese refugees, including Karen and Moken people. These people have no citizenship in any country and yet lost so much.
Walking around the streets cleaning up trash and having the children join us was an amazing time to see God's Love in Action. And then to go into the homes of many of the church families and pray with them. Again, God's Love in Action.
One day, we went to a rubber plantation and I had the privilege of going into homes of people who have NOTHING, and yet served us drinks and food, the little they had. We didn't want to take anything, but knew we had to. One home stands out in my heart, it was home to a girl they said was in the 4th grade, meaning she would be in my class. She had to quit school to work on the rubber plantation after her father died so that her family could stay and not have to return to Burma, where death would most likely await them. Do you know there is an ethnic cleansing going on in Burma at this very moment?
Another moment that stands out from this day in particular would be while we had some free time at the beach. Does anyone know the best way to stop the pain from a jelly fish sting? Well, we had two girls get stung. After the first girl, many were chewing up leaves and putting it on the sting, yet telling her the best way to stop it would be to have someone pee on it. Once the other girl got stung no one really wanted to do anymore chewing..........so after calming her and spending a little time persuading her it would help, she allowed someone to pee on the sting. And yes, you all know that no one else was willing to do it, so I DID!! I always remember the "Friends" episode...........I just really never thought I would live out a moment like this and get to say I peed on a student.
I know after going to Bali, I have been praying that God would reveal a ministry that I could serve with on the mission field over summers. Ban Naam Khem is one of those places, the people were so real and in love with the Lord, that I look forward to returning to this ministry in the future. Whether it be for a week or a month, whether alone or with others.........I want to pray and continue to be connected to what God is doing down there.
Wow, looking back I see that God really did move there. It may not have been the way I would have loved to experienced HIM, but the Risen Christ was still met in many moments and seen in so many faces.
I do know that God is doing something in my heart. To be witness to what God is doing in and through a group of people.......to hear what is happening in Burma and Thailand. We have no idea of the struggles that many people in this world face daily, because we turn a blind eye and ear their way.
I also just finished reading a book titled "The Aquariums of Pyongyang, Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag" by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot. It is a terrifying Memoir of Kang's life in North Korea and his escape. I live 20 miles from the border and yet the people of the South have NO IDEA what is happening to their brothers in the North. This book was so eye opening and made me shed many tears.
I have just begun to read "The Cross and the Switchblade" by David Wilkerson. I am only on chapter 6, but tonight I read this paragraph: "When you get back home, David, don't be too quick to say you were wrong. 'The Lord moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform.' It's just possible this is all part of a plan you can't see from where you're standing. I have always believed in your good judgement."
After reading it my heart felt moved to write and share. I could have put my name in his place and I know I have shared, for this is pretty long.
In closing, I just want to Praise JESUS for His love. For HIS reminder last week that HIS love can even be felt from half way around the world. Each one of the six families from my small group, who have truly become family, contacted me. It wasn't necessarily the contact, but the words and the love in them. Thank you again, Jesus, for not only dying on the cross for me, but during this present moment sending your love in a real way from across the ocean.
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