Day 96

Friday, May 27th

marmarmar

overslept a tad bit today ^^"

i'm on my way to the second half of korean class

when i run into jong eun outside!

so i sit on the bench eating my burger (not chicken burger TT.TT)

gs does not sell chicken burgers anymore... the outrage

me and the manager need to have a legit talk about this.

but anyways i'm sitting on the bench eating this weird burger

and i get to talk more with jong eun.

whose name i find out today is not jong eun but actually jong yoon.

mah b. korean names...

i thought it was just his foot that was broken.

but he told me that it was his entire leg from knee down to his foot.

and he didn't break it. but when he was a little child. his leg became like this from a disease.

and since he was a little child he couldn't walk.

he had gone through two surgeries. used a walker.

and now he can walk without one.

oh my.....

this changes alot of things. i have theories but i cannot explain them right now.

before i thought that he had like fell and hurt his foot or something..

i had no idea it was this big.

yesterday after i ran into again. i asked God why he led this person to me.

what was it about this kid that God loved so much. what about him was special.

i'm learning with evangelism that its not really about a quick prayer or giving out a pamphlet.

but really understanding God's heart for that individual.

and at that moment. the sun came out and it was literally shining on this guy.

its was burning.

and i could understand just the immense amount of suffering that he had gone through since he was only a child. but also just the immense amount of love God had for him.

and how God wanted to heal him, rescue him, and just embrace him.

i looked at him. and everything about this guy was dark.

his features, his clothes, his hair, his eyes, his presence.

but at the same time he had this soft, innocent voice and child-like laughter.

and even just by the way he waited around the benches. it was like he just wanted someone to talk to.

someone to understand.

things began to fall into place and i was beginning to understand more.

and so i asked him about his mom.

and sure enough his mother was a hardcore believer.

i told him that i know without a doubt that his mother prays for him everyday.

and that God has heard his mother's prayers.

to rescue him from darkness.

yeah. someone once told me i analyze too much.

which is why today in korean.

i promised to take the material as is.

and not sit there in class thinking about other things.

but actually pay attention to the material we are learning.

here is my 1st Day Paying Attention Report.

- reading was excellent today, also took notes (everything word for word that stoneface wrote on the board)

- so hard not to doodle/ daydream, but i persevered (thank goodness i only came to second half of class today)

- maybe since i paid attention today i will not fail the reading test and have to sing, do a fashion show, or pay money.

- TT.TT just kidding I still failed. and now i have to sing. A Whole New World.

- i would have sang that song more passionately if i knew the lyrics

afterwards i went to itaewon to do the New Philly outreach.

we praised and did worship on the streets and everyone crowded around us.

some people even took pictures/ video recorded

hehe it was awesome.

and then i partnered with my leader Tina

so we could treasure hunt!

this was her first time treasure hunting and i could tell she was kinda eh about it at first.

but after we kept running into people and talking to them i knew she was having so much fun.

one of her clues was white mask and as soon as we stepped out a woman in a white mask walks by.

this was only the beginning.

before i was super tired. but seeing Tina get so excited and just getting to talk to/ pray for the people God highlighted to us.

my spirits were uplifted.

one of the clues Jessica and I saw was the color lime green.

and on the way back to the dorms. we just saw lime green everywhere.

Everywhere.

like what are the chances that a truck painted entirely in lime green was parked in front of us.

and Jessica was like "God! what are you trying to tell us?"

on the bus ride back. after i saw like 10 lime green cars drive by.

i understood what God was trying to tell us.

The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few

It is time for more Christians to stand up and have a heart for others.

not to go out and merely try to 'sell' christianity. convert as many people as you can.

but to truly just love on others.

get to know them. grow deeper.

to care for the orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

This is religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless.