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A few words from Jiyeon on going to YWAM

Jiyeon, our daughter (8, 3rd grade) will be going to the Foundation School at the University of Nations and will go out together with our family to Outreach in China. Here's what Jiyeon has to say about going to YWAM for the next 5 months.

How do you feel about going to YWAM?  I am excited, but I am also a little nervous and scared. 

What are your expectations during this time? I really don't know but i think it'll be a little hard. 

Have you excepted Jesus Christ as your savoir? Yes, I never saw Him in person, but I accepted Him as my savior. 

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So what is DTS?

The Discipleship Training School (YWAM-DTS) is a wild pursuit of God and His heart for the nations! We will be joined by individuals from around the globe and various walks of life. Together, we will be immersed into a community dedicated to effectively reaching the world with the Gospel. For us, the Chun family, the DTS we have been called by God to join is the GO! Asia DTS with specific focus to spread the gospel in China. 

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The DTS adventure begins with a 3-month Lecture Phase in which we'll will discover what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Renowned speakers along with devoted staff will encourage and challenge us to experience the abundant life God has to offer. His call is all encompassing, involving every aspect of our lives, and He is passionate about us!  Loving Jesus, yourself, and others will soon become second nature as are then sent to the nations.

Outreach Phase is an intense 2-month opportunity for us to apply what we've learned. No location or people is off limits. Along with a team of fellow disciples, we will seek to advance the Kingdom of God through fighting injustices and through proclaiming Christ’s love. We will feed the hungry, clothe the naked, mend the brokenhearted, free the captive, and heal the sick.

Come join us on our adventure. And support us with prayer. 

God has called me!

God has called me, and i am obeying. It started when I reserved a trip to Kona Island 2 years ago. I went on the trip to Kona Island last summer, not realizing that God was leading me. 

At my church I was training for the One to One Discipleship Program, and read the book "Is that really you God" by Loren Cunningham, and realized that the YWAM (Youth with a Mission), University of Nations (UofN) was established on Kona Island. One day while i was praying, i felt the urge to find out about YWAM, and i stumbled over the IT ministry page. I sent an email saying that I think God is leading me to you, and i got a call right back, saying i had made a "mistake"  because my life is going to change.

That summer on Kona Island, I met with Ben, Chongho and the IT ministry team, wondering if this was a calling. On the day night before i left Kona Island, i woke up 2am in the morning,  feeling that God was waking me, and wanted to talk to me. I found a quiet place and prayed, and i heard an inner voice saying "be my humble servant". I read the scripture Acts 8:8 "So there was great joy in that city" Samaria. and it moved me immensely. I saw the similarities that Samaria and North Korea had. 

Since then i have been praying asking for confirmation from God, If He wants me to come to UofN. A month ago, I was reading the scripture, and prayed and i asked God for a sign, if I should go to UofN. I turned to the next page, in my Daily Living Life, which i read and meditate on every day. 
We read the scripture first, meditate on it, and then the next page has an excerpt from a christian book that is related to the verse of the day. The excerpt was from "Is that really you God" by Loren Cunningham. God is so true to me. He answered my prayer that day.

 

Jiseong's love for God

Jiseong asks me this question, wholeheartedly. 


"Dad, when will i get married?"
"When you are older, when you become an adult"
"But Dad, who will i marry?" 
"You'll marry someone you love"

"Dad, i want to marry someone who loves God"

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Dad, do you know who I love the most?
"God first, than Jesus, than mommy and daddy, and then Jiyeon"

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Jiseong learned the song "castaway" from the Backyardian's CD. 
and Jiseong asks "what does castaway mean?"

"it means someone who's at a place where no one can reach him, 
or left alone all by himself. like being stranded on an island"

Dad, we're never castaways.
What Jiseong? (thinking this isn't grammatically correct) Who knows, something might happen?

No Dad, we're never castaways because God is always with us!
(which is grammatically correct)

Jiseong asks "Are you a boy or a girl?"

This summer, Jiseong was outside making conversation 

with a man swimming in our apartment pool. 
Jiseong is very interactive with people, and he struck a wonderful discussion with the man. 
Anyone could immediately get the feeling that the man might be gay, just by hearing him talk. 
so Jiseong, with his curiosity asks the question, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
and the man acting a little surprised answers "what do you think?"

"I think you're a boy" says Jiseong and the man sounding relieved says "You're right!"

then Jiseong's follow-up comment is "But you talk like a girl!"
and everyone near the swimming pool spurts out their hidden laughter. 
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