Even in Brussels working with Korean church, yesterday one of the ladies asked Abby and I if we would like to meet nice young men who love Jesus at church. I mean sure... but don't you think Belgium to Honduras is an awfully long distance relationship?
The Lord has encouraged me so much with the people from the Korean church. The lady who is "in charge" of us during our time here is amazing. Her name is Hyeonae and she seems to be very involved. She has a really neat story... she has raised 5 boys and lived literally all over the world, more than 13 countries! And she loves the Lord passionately. I could just tell while talking to her that she cherishes Christ more than anything and wants to give her life in serving Him. She and her husband are praying for the Lord to lead them where He would have them to go. It's so encouraging to hear her talk about how the Lord is working in parts of the world that she has seen.
If I had to describe my impressions of the Korean church thusfar in one word, it would be PRAYER! These people know how to pray. They value it and they do it often. One of the neat ministries of the church is a prayer meeting every Sunday morning for North Korean. They pray for an hour before church through updates they have gotten, names of people who are in prison for the Gospel, and for the Lord to make His Gospel known in that very dark place. Also, they have prayer groups that meet every Tuesday, plus international house churches that pray together, plus more that I don't even know about. Each house church supports a missionary in their region through prayer and finances... really awesome!
Yesterday, Abby and I got to be a part of a prayer meeting with some Thai ladies. Four Korean ladies meet with these two Thai ladies for prayer once a month. Last month one of the ladies, a budhist, gave her life to the Lord! This week another new lady, also a budhist, came as a visitor. Pray for her to know the Lord! She let us pray for her, which was great, and said she may come back next time. It was a joy to be with these ladies and to pray with them. They were so gracious to have us there and to try to use a language we understood :) To be honest, the language barrier is huge! There was Thai, Korean, French, Flemish, and English all flying around the room. Everyone was trying to communicate in a language that was not their first language which makes misunderstandings abound!! But I think we got the main points eventually... and the Lord is clearly using it. It was such a blessing to be with these other sweet women of faith and pray together, although in different languages, to a God who understands all of us and knows each of our needs. I'm thankful.
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