Day 93

its never a good idea to "rest" on your bed while waiting on your laundry to be finished.

cause there is a slight possibility that you'll fall asleep

and wake up the next morning all confused.

and realize that your laundry is still in the dryer.

yes that is what happened to me today at 9 am

ran down got my laundry, dumped it on my bed.

got ready as fast as my early morning pace would let me

and went to go meet andy, jessica, and marie for the treasure hunt.

man everytime i go on these treasure hunts

i learn so much in the most unexpected ways

today we went around and prayed for various locations in Yonsei

and we found this cool, ancient looking place.

with statues and stuff and this little building.

that had artifacts and information about how the missionaries came and started this place.

with Severance Hospital.

and through that God just took us back to the roots of this land.

And He began to reveal to us His promises for it.

mind blowing revelations.

Andy felt that God was telling us to read the book of Nehemiah, so we studied that entire book.

and basically wow. this book is like the manual for our callings here at Yonsei.

as believers, we are to pray for the people here and intercede for them.

to rebuild the works and prayers that the missionaries long ago had started.

to build a spiritual wall around this place in order to protect it from the lies of the enemy.

that has left this place in spiritual ruins.

the enemy knows we are rebuilding this land and will conspire to attack us by creating confusion.

But God will protect us and bring their plot to nothing.

some of us will work on construction while others will keep watch with weapons. and some will be able to do both.

the construction is the rebuilding through prayers and evangelism.

while the weapon is the word of God. that will strengthen us with truths and allow us to distinguish the lies.

right before this wall is almost complete. the enemy will ruthlessly attack us.

but the victory has already been claimed. and our God will fight for us.

once this land has been restored and prepared. the people will return their hearts to God.

the captives will be set free.

but only those who find their identity in God can dwell in this land.

leaders will be appointed in order to help the people understand the Law.

and the people will worship the Lord and understand the Law.

there will be a period of rejoicing and receiving.

and then they will confess their sins and the sins of the people before them.

they will confess how they acted proudly and lacked trust in the Lord.

God's grace is abundant and He is ready to forgive them.

to keep His promises for this land and its people.

He will seal them with His love and they will keep His statutes.
They will seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and put Him before everything in their lives.

And they will rejoice gladly in His name.

Because of this there will be cleansing and reformation over this land.

God will set them apart and continue to keep them holy.
And those who work with God for all these things to come.

The nations will be given to us.

And the Lord will remember our names.

mmm. yes what an interesting way to start the day.

feel like a real princess warrior now. like mulan.

i will continue to fight for this land.

and the salvation and restoration of my people.

afterwards went to korean class like an excellent student

except i didnt really behave like an excellent student in class

but sall good though the teacher loves me

today we arm wrestled and i crushed her.

yay :D

EMMAUS was enlightening as usual.

before when we sang praise i would be real unenthusiastic about it.

but now i praise with so much joy. hehehe.

today matt preached about claiming our new identities.

especially when we go back home. our family/ close friends may reject us

and think we've gone mad.

but all i can do is not be shaken by anything. and hope that they will accept me for who i am.

this is who i am.

a child of the living God.

and nothing in the world can take that away from me.

afterwards ate OK Pizza. yeah that's literally the name of the pizza place we ordered from. pwahaha koreans are so funny.

and then played mafia with the fam friends.

i was the narrator for most of the games and it was just so interesting/funny watching how everyone thought and operated.

of course i had to analyze this and connect it with something deeper.

mafia seems like a twisted mind game that focuses on lying.

but in reality its about finding the truth.

only the narrator, mafia, and possibly the detective can know the truth for sure.

the narrator sees all things.

the mafia knows who he is, but instead of confessing that he is mafia, he seeks to destroy others and preserve His legacy through lies.

the detective must rely on the narrator in order to find the truth and save the town people.

but he cannot reveal his identity or the mafia will attack him. on the other hand the nurse will not know to save him unless he does reveal his identity.

and sometimes the mafia comes as a wolf in sheep's clothing. claiming that he knows the truth (detective) or that he is the one who heals (nurse).

creating further confusion among the townspeople.

hehe. do you see where i am going with this.

by the end of the game the truth is revealed.

but what makes the game fun is whether or not you realized that truth before it was too late.

for those who find the truth will be saved from death.

but those who are deceived by the lies will be destroyed.

my prayer for the people in this world. is that they continue to seek the truth.

for when they know the truth.

the truth will set them free.

***this is a side note. i wrote this entire post. only to have it be suddenly erased.

and i had to rewrite everything. it's 4:21am and i want to sleep.

in addition. the letter W on my keyboard got stuck. so i had extra difficulty.

but the joy of the Lord is my strength

the letter W was in the list of clues that Jessica wrote this morning for the treasure hunt.

that verse comes from the book of Nehemiah.