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아빠, 왜 예수 님이 다리 꼬 고 죽 었어?

아빠, 왜 예수 님이 다리 꼬 고 죽 었어?

언이에게 예수님을 아니? 라고 했더니 대뜸 언이가 이렇게 물었습니다.

언: “아빠, 왜 예수님은 손 벌리고, 따리 꼬고 죽었어?”
아빠: “응, 그건 언이의 죄를 용서해 주시고 천국에 가도록 하기 위해서 지. 언이 그거 믿어?”
언: “응!”
아빠: “언이야, 근데, 아빠가 하는 말 이해할 수 있니?”
언: “……#$%@*& 응!”

언이가 이해를 하든 못하든 저는 무조건 반복해서 전하고 있습니다. 언이의 머리에 새겨지도록! 신앙은 단순한 진리를 반복해서 학습하며 우리의 마음에 새기고 삶에 드러나도록 하는 과정이라고 믿습니다. 언이는 분명히 예수님을 믿는다고 여러 번 입술로 고백했습니다. (아빠의 강요는 절대 아님!)

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Reaffirming God’s Call

Hiking with EAST family group members at MacRitchie Reservoir

Hiking with EAST family group members at MacRitchie Reservoir

Mentoring has been God’s blessing in our lives. We praise God for people who have faithfully mentored us in the past at various points in our lives. These include not a few of YB’s Sunday School teachers who proudly came forward to reconnect with him (after more than 30 years!) when YB spoke at different churches.

We are also thankful for countless people in Singapore, Cambodia and Canada that God has enabled us to disciple. Presently YB is mentoring two key young adults in church — John & Alethea. At EAST, he mentors Andrew (Singapore), Bataa (Mongolia), Christopher (Korea), Kwang Sik (Korea), and Sang Hyuk (Korea). These are members of YB’s Family Group (a ministry where each faculty coaches a small group of students). Elaine mentors Angeline, Gerlynn, and Joyce in church and takes care of a group of students’ spouses as part of EAST’s holistic ministry to the family of each student.

… One of our greatest statisfaction in mentoring is to see spiritual multiplication. It’s thrilling to first teach John and Alethea, and then to empower them to teach the teens which include our very own boys, Caleb and David! It has also been a rewarding time to assist them pioneer the teen ministry in our church.

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Growth

Jeremy & Jane's tribe

Jeremy & Jane's tribe

Growth… is a mystery. It happens all the time, yet often goes unnoticed. Sometime back, my 8-year-old daughter remarked as we were walking across a basketball court, “Daddy, the net seems to be lower now!” I smiled, knowing that she had grown taller. Sometimes we don’t even realize we have grown. What used to seem unattainable suddenly comes within reach. That’s the mystery of growth.

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Back to Mongolia

“I’m so happy that you are coming again, sister. Your visit is important to us. You’ve done great things to me during your last visit.” Oyunbolor Munkhtuvshin (campus worker from Mongolia).

This may, I (YK) will be returning to Mongolia with Roland and Jeremy, a colleague from EAST (Julienne can’t go this time as she’s preparing for graduation). We will conduct a New Testament Survey course for 50 local workers and speak in several meetings. In fact the day after we arrive, I am scheduled to address 600 school teachers at an evangelistic meeting.

Pray for us. While the Lord is encouraging us to go by faith, He also reminds us this is a spiritual warfare. We need your prayers.

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