(720) Visiting a Korean church

Yesterday I met up with an old friend from Silver City. She was privileged to go on a trip to Korea as a guest of a Methodist church there. Quite a few years back she served as a missionary to Vietnam for two years. As she dug up her hard earned savings to pay for the air-ticket, she was very thankful that she was given the opportunity to visit the prayer mountain. But God surpassed her expectation and there was a private sponsor who readily offered to pay for her airfare, insurance and airport tax. She was excited and grateful that she is greatly blessed, highly favoured, and deeply loved by God and those around her.

What impressed me most out of her four hour sharing is that the Koreans have 5 am prayer meetings. My friend's bus driver is an elder of that church and the father of two pastor sons, lived one hour away from his church but turned up for every morning prayer. My mind is boggled by counting time as she was relating the facts. In order to be on time, it looks like this old gentleman gets up at three something in the morning and must be on the road by four am. I want to love God in my actions, but I am far away from this sort of life changing commitment.

She related many testimonies shared verbally as well as in written forms by members of the congregations there. As these good folks prayed and obeyed, many miracles occurred and they were led by God to do great exploits. One concerned how God led them to purchase the piece of land their church stands on today. One day one church brother and his wife were instructed to sell their house and hold the funds to purchase a piece of land on which stands a functioning girls' school. The leading was confirmed and reconfirmed by the couple and others as well. This couple chose to obey. Shortly after, a news item appeared on the newspaper that states the girls' school would shift and the piece of land to be sold. Hence this church was strategically placed to make a solid offer in a timely manner which earned them a well located place to site their church. The obedient couple were much blessed by God financially and other wise later. This is just one tiny testimony among many.