Reunion with OMS short-term missionaries
One of OMS Korea ministries is Adventure In English, Christian English Camp, which is held at Seoul Theological University every summer. There are short-term missionaries from English-speaking countries such as America, England, Australia, and Canada. They teach English for Korean Christians and the missionary candidates at the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church for two weeks. And they serve another mission program, Adventure In English for North Korea, for North Korean defectors who live in South Korea, for three days. Usually, more than ten short-termers come to Korea for this ministry, and I used to invite them to come to the OMS office. I shared the OMS Korea ministry and we had fellowship together.
By the way, I was able to hold a “Reunion Meeting” with some of the short-termers who used to come to Korea in the States, not in Korea, on September 13th. I prepared lunch for them at Bethany Home, a missionary member care center in Wilmore, Kentucky, and had a good fellowship; we decided to have Leadership Training for short-term missionaries who are planning to go to Korea next summer.
With Susan Truitt, OMS Korea Field Director
While my husband and I stayed in Wilmore, Kentucky, from September 9th to 16th, Susan Truitt visited us. She planned to visit our home in MI in October, but it was another meeting in advance. I was glad to see her and appreciated her visit. We also met some STU(Seoul Theological University) students studying at Asbury as international students on the 14th. I met them at STU until a year ago at the History Institute at STU as co-workers, but now we all are in the States and met together at Asbury. What a surprise it was!
Susan and I decided to do the Leadership Training for AIE short-termers next June. Lydia’s House will design the program in general, and we will work on it with OMS Korea. Please pray for this project.
On Sunday, Cloud was supposed to preach the message in the Korean United Methodist Church in Lexington. Susan went to the church with us, and then she left for Texas. It felt strange to see the back of her car, which she was driving. I traveled all over Korea with her for 13 years. And when I was in the States for some purposes, I was always with her. But now I said good-bye to her with my husband, and she is leaving from me. I felt an unexplainable feeling, and tears came, but I expected our future to cooperate for the ministry, and I left a message, “Susan, I love you” through a message on the phone.
I hope that Lydia’s House would be a good, comforting, resting place for every missionary, and personally, Susan, a faithful missionary who has been serving Korea for over 25 years. “Susan, see you on October 11th at my home.”
Lost my friend’s contact information because of Hacking on Kakao-Talk
My messenger program, Kakao-talk, was hacked a few months ago. I heard from my sister in Korea that someone pretended to be like me and sent a message to my mom, “Mom, I need money because my cell phone LCD is broken.” My picture and my tone in the message were the same as mine, so my mother was amazed. So I unintentionally dropped out of Kakao-Talk and rejoined it. However, after re-joining, my Kakao-Talk friends disappeared and were not updated. It was rough, but I made friends one by one by saving contact information again. I apologize to all of you who were worried because I was “unknown.” When a new friend, me, comes up, please “add a friend” it’s me.
Upcoming guests
- October 11th-13th: Susan Truitt, OMS Korea Field Director
- October 22nd -31st: Jonathan & Michelle Park, Director of the Evangelical Missionary Training Center
- October 24th: “Mission Night,” three church gathering-Sharing mission, ministry at the missionary training center, missionary member care vision
Please pray for me like this:
- Let me have God’s wisdom, understanding, and knowledge to learn the language and culture.
- My visa will expire on November 2nd. Please help me have a smooth process of renewing the visa by the end of October and guiding me to prepare all necessary documents.
- When we prepare the “Mission Night” with a missionary couple, Jonathan and Michell, pour the grace that You’ve prepared toward our church congregations and local people.
- Please guide me in all good ways making a retreat project proposal for the AIE Leadership Training and recruiting supporters and volunteers for this project.
