Hello Friends
and Family!
If you have
facebook you may have recently I have been posting up about going on Missions
with my church New Philadelphia Church, here in Seoul. Our church is sending
out people to minister to 5 different nations, namely San Francisco/ Las Vegas,
America, Jakarta, Indonesia, West Papua, Indonesia, General Santos, Philippines
and Tokyo, Japan. I have the great opportunity to go back to my very own nation
and minister to the people in General Santos. This is indeed the FIRST missions
trip I will be embarking on. And yes, I have not gone to any prior to this one,
despite what people may think ;) I have always wanted to go on missions
and each time I’ve attempted to go God gently shut the doors and told me to
wait patiently. This summer down to every detail from where I’m supposed to
live to living expenses He planned it all. So I knew for a fact that He wanted
me to go.
Each week all the teams had to
go through missions training, going through one seminar after the next
preparing for what we would see in the field. At first I was just excited to
learn about how to minister on the field and things like that, but what I didn’t
notice right away was the things happening beneath the surface. God was
changing me. When I first went back to the Philippines at the age of 11 from
Korea, I felt rejected by my own country people. They didn’t accept me because
I couldn’t speak the language very well and cuz I sounded too “American”. I
even had family members make fun of me for not knowing about my culture. To be
honest I don’t remember that time very much cuz I probably didn’t want to
remember it. Long story short I didn’t realize that I was jaded by my own
culture. I always thought the reason I didn’t know much about the Philippines
was because I didn’t grow up there, but as I went down on this journey God
showed me it was my fear of being rejected. As a missions team we were given
different activities to bond as a group. We went to a Filipino restaurant,
watched a Filipino documentary, and went to the JJB amongst other things.
Through those experiences I saw my team ask various questions about my culture,
and pray for my country. The more I saw their passion to serve my very own
people, the more I saw God’s heart for my people. Through my team members I saw
God’s love for my people as they passionately prayed for my country. It blessed
me so much to see how much they cared for my people. I knew going on missions
was something God has called me to, but I didn’t expect inner healing to take
place even before this trip. If God is already showing things to before the
trip how much more AFTER the actual trip?! I am seriously so excited!!
If you would
like to keep us in your prayers you can check out our updates as well as other
missions trip’s updates at our New Philly facebook page here. Thank you all for
those who financially supported me and are already partnered with me in prayer!
I am very grateful for this amazing opportunity to share the Good News back
home. :)
If you would like to read our testimonies please click on the link below.
