Hello, sorry for my absence. After I came back from SK I needed a lot of rest and just spent time with God. Now I will share a condensed version of my missions trip there with you hope it blesses.
My mission trip to South Korea was an absolute blessing and gift from God. Missions was not at all easy yet through God it was the most amazing and blessing thing I have been a part of. I was extremely eager to go to missions, and was thankful for such an opportunity. Surprisingly right before we left for missions I became very sick. I prayed about it and went anyways, and had the worst plane ride of my life.
Once we arrived in Korea I was feeling better so I was thankful and eager to embark on my new journey with God. It was amazing being there, yet once night time came I began to get sick again. I remember talking with우 주 전 도 사 님 about how broken I felt and how I was just tired of being sick, tired of not sleeping and tired of not knowing if I was going to be ok. It was then she told me not to try and figure out what God had in store for me but to just trust in him. I was unable to sleep this night as well and this was my third not without sleep. That day I was taken to the hospital and received an IV for 5 hours. I was given sleeping pills and by the grace of God I was able to sleep that night and woke up ready to go to our first church 화 수 교 회.
After arriving and meeting the kids we were eager to start our first day and so we all went to sleep eager for what was ahead of us. The first day went well and we met with all of the kids. On the second day all of the teachers began to bond with the kids and I started to experience the language barrier. At first I didn’t want to let it defeat me but as time went on it became more and more discouraging. After awhile I became saddened and had to come to God for help. This was not something I could do on my own and I eagerly wanted to bond, and share God’s love with them, yet I felt so disconnected. Thankfully God reminded me that I just need to trust in him and that all things would work together for the good.
We had many great times experiencing Korean Culture through great foods, and scenery. It was a blessing to have met their 목 사 님 하 고 전 도 사 님 and to serve with them. They were so gracious and eager to have fun with us. Their heart and spirit for God was a blessing. At the end of the first church I realized that all of us could rejoice whenever any of us bonded with one of the children or got to share a testimony because we are a mission TEAM. As we headed to our second church I was eager for what God had for us there, and wanted to give it 100% just like our first church.
The first thing I noticed was that a lot more people spoke English at this church which was a blessing. We settled in and noticed a difference about this church but couldn’t pin point it. Our first day was a lot more difficult at this church because we taught our 1st class for an extra hour because we had no clock. After this we were drained yet through God we were able to get through the day and we were blessed to be taken out that night. It just so happened that I was able to share my passion for Korean Culture and how God used that in my life with one of the volunteers that night as we were on our way back from our outing. By our second day we began to adapt to our classes and we had a clock to tell what time it was.
We began to notice the struggles of the church and continued to pray that God would reveal to us what this church was experiencing. This church was a lot quieter and weren’t as open or responsive to us. Also after E-camp was over all of the kids went home and a lot more of them struggled from the strains and pressures of school. The Sunday before our 3rd day I began to realize I had a heart for two of our volunteers. We recently found out they weren’t Christian but I felt God wanted them in his Kingdom so I continued praying for them. I still didn’t know what God had for me on this mission trip I hadn’t felt like I was used yet and eagerly wanted to serve him.
This had been my prayer all through missions and I knew I just had to trust in him. At the end of our first class on day 3 I decided to spend my break praying, so I stayed in our classroom and opened up to God. I was frustrated and eagerly wanted to be used I felt as if mission was coming to a close and just felt so lost. It was at this moment God reveled to me a vision of our mission team and how each of the members were used in a specific way. We were just as the body of Christ different but together and with God as our foundation were his instrument. It was just so beautiful so amazing and I was so blessed by it. It was then I no longer focused on how exactly I was being used because it was never about me but about what God wanted for this mission trip. I was eager to share this with the mission team and at night during our meeting we were all awakened by this. We then prayed intensely for the church having faith that God would move and that his love wouldn’t fail.
The Next day I was able to pray for 임 목 사 님 the educational director and as I grasped his hands I felt a rush of anxiety come over me. We continued to pray and afterwards I could tell he was going day to day with so much stress and pressure on him. Yet I knew God was with him and that even though he was experiencing difficulties God was with him every step of the way. Finally our last day came, and even though we were all tired God was our strength and we pursued through it. At the end of the day I got to witness the head 목 사 님 along with 임목 사 님 and all of the전 도 사 님 sitting at the same table laughing and smiling. Yet Gods joy and love didn’t stop there but at the end of the night the two volunteers who were night Christian, came to Christ in the name of Jesus. There is no word or sentence I can use that can sum up how great this missions was but one thing I do know is that we are so blessed to have Jesus Christ as our savior.
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