The following, another letter carried over by our contact in China, serves as a fitting conclusion to the messages I was able to carry back from my summer mission trip. Here you see a summation of the life of the believer who is in or out of North Korea. Strong in faith in the midst of seriously difficult situation. Uncertain about the future yet rejoicing in it somehow. These men and women not only deserve our prayer, but serve as a beacon to those whose life is less committed. May God help us to see...
I thank God Who died on the cross in order to give us grace, a grace that caused us to repent of our sins. This is a God Who treats us as a precious soul, though we are so sinful.
I thank God that Jesus came into this earth to save earth's people, and I am grateful too for His servants and teachers trying to save more souls, as God's will demands.
I am thankful to know God, and to come to this different country, even though we have a difficult life.
In North Korea we still serve Kim Jong Il and the people are crazy about the Juche ideology. We work every day so hard but eat only two meals. And the meals are worse than pig's food. No clothing. And even if we are sick and dying there is no medicine, no treatment.
This kind of life is hellish. I have so many things to say but my tears are in front of me, and I can only sigh. Still, I am really thanking God and God's servants and teachers, because my family met the Lord and we are living in His grace and we have His love.
My heart is torn because I met my Heavenly Father so late.
Oh these precious servants of God. They provide the money and materials we need with God's love. I am very thankful.
My husband and I promise to God that we will work for Him until the end of our lives, with strong faith, ever learning His Word.
We are praying that God's grace will be on all the people of North Korea. We are asking that all of you pray that way too. Yes, we want reunification of the two Koreas, but we want it to be under the Gospel, not just a political unity. We want the praises of God and true prayer to spread all over the land.
Until that day, which we truly expect to come, I will learn His ways and stand strong in the faith.
The conclusion of our two-language story of Mr. "Nam" of North Korea. As always, shared in hopes you will pray for this family and all those in similar situations. "Remember the prisoners, as though bound with them..." 제가...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Here is our first bi-lingual story! Though I met and shared fellowship this summer with the brother whose story follows, the writer of this one is another member of the Seoul USA team. 남 선생님 간증문Mr....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Those who have trouble with miracles in our day, with manifestations from Heaven, may find this story tough going. But hers is not the only account we received this summer of a God Who visits with His creation, and especially with His children....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A Korean pastor living in China is delighted to find that there truly are Christians in North Korea. God's Word is not bound. The Gospel will go where God wants it to go, oneway or another. We conclude the story of a North Korean defector, gained...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A missionary who works in China along the North Korean border was in the same office out of which I am working for a couple of weeks recently. We talked a lot about the situation there and he was eager to pass on stories and letters from people on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There are marks left on our souls by men, and other marks by God Himself that overrule men's plans. Mr. Lee is a marked man, for sure, but he bears now the mark of Jesus. Quite apart from politics and religion an event now occurs that is the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
No, I haven't forgotten you. Or my mission in Korea, which continues another couple of weeks. Let's just call it a major distraction that kept me from the computer all this time. We continue on, reporting the story of one of the finest men I have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The author of "Aquariums of Pyongyang" intrigued a team of Americans with his testimony in Seoul this summer. He doesn't go public often these days. Trying to live a normal life. But the call is still upon him to work, and work he does. Here's the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Thirty plus years ago a 10-year-old boy entered a North Korean labor camp with his family. He lived to tell about it, the first story of its kind: The Aquariums of Pyongyang, by Kang Chol-Hwan. There's probably not a serious North Korea watcher...[ abbreviated | read entire ]