Day Six

Hey everybody,

We began the morning with our daily devotional by reading 2 Peter 1:3-12. My shortened version: "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness... so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. ...For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." Simon Peter, the believed author of this book, lists many qualities that should always be increasing in a Christian's life. The qualities are listed in this order: virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. I believe that Jesus Christ was the epitome of all these qualities, and for Simon Peter to ask his fellow Christians to grow in these qualities is nothing short of asking us to become more Christ-like, which is what we should all aim to do. In turn, we become more effective and fruitful "in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Today finally marked the day of our first Vacation Bible School (VBS)/English Class. Today was the day that our team had been preparing for for the past two-and-a-half months, and it was ... difficult. We intended to have the VBS mostly in English, but we soon figured out that this method of action was ineffective because the children didn't understand what we were saying. We began to conduct the VBS in Korean, or rather, as best as we could in Korean.

Our time allotment of the VBS day was pretty inaccurate, which is what caused most of the craziness in the day. And although each child is extremely precious in their own way, these children are definitely not the most obedient of children, which also added to the exhaustion of our team by the end of the day. An interesting happening today was when a few of the townspeople who would usually never stop by actually cooked us SamGyupSal (삼겹살, Korean Pork) for dinner. It's really interesting how our team's modest missions trip along with the power of God can bring people together. Actually, allow me to rephrase. It's awesome how God can bring people together.

Also, it turns out that a few other townsfolk have offered to cook us lunch and dinner on other various occasions. Upon hearing this, Pastor Ahn said that God always provides for us, and that this situation where we have more than enough food is much like when Jesus fed the thousands with five loaves and two fish and had twelve baskets of leftovers.

All in all, today was a good day. God is good. I don't know if replying to oneself is weird or not, but I'd like to say, "Amen," to that.

Prayer Requests:

- Please pray that the children here really learn about God and what He has done and can still do for them.

- There are many factions within this town among the people and even within the children; please pray for unity through Jesus Christ.

Thank you for your support,

Daniel Lee