Fw: 95-I've been healed of allergic dermatitis spread across my body!

I've been healed of allergic dermatitis spread across my body!

~ Deaconess Young-min Jung (6-22 Parish, 1-3 Women's Mission) Excruciating suffering from allergic dermatitis all over the body At the beginning of June 2006, I noticed a small keratin under my eye and, without giving much thought, scraped it off. Then my skin began to turn red throughout the day and the next morning, a scab had formed. When it didn't heal or go away as time passed, I went to see a dermatologist. The doctor told me it was nothing more than a simple infection and gave me an ointment for it. During the two to three days I applied the ointment, the "infection" seemed to get better but soon afterwards, the areas around the scab began to turn red again and the next day, I looked like someone with chicken pox, with red scabs forming even on the back of my neck. I went back to the hospital a few days later and was diagnosed with allergic dermatitis. I was given an injection and prescribed some medication, but the condition only worsened. Within 3-4 days, it spread to the rest of my body: white scabs formed in my scalp and the scabs spread even to the eyebrows and ears. Whenever I went outside, I put on a hat to hide my face but people who did see my face avoided me entirely, treating me as if I were carrying an epidemic. Eventually, my face swelled up like it had been burned and I was troubled both physically and mentally. Repenting of the past, receiving Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer Since getting married in 2000, I was living a life without lacking anything in an evangelized family and adoring parents-in-law. Months and years of peace and idleness, however, only hindered my spiritual growth. That is why I relied on worldly means when I was inflicted with dermatitis instead of trying to fathom the will of God in all this. After repenting for not having prayed from the depths of my heart, not having carried out my duties, not having circumcised my heart, and not having trusted in God when the illness struck me, and on Sunday, July 2, 2006, I received prayer from Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee in an earnest desire to be healed by faith. He reminded me how improper I had been before God. The Senior Pastor said, "It looks dangerous," and prayed for me earnestly. Healed as much as my heart was transformed; completely healed now Upon receiving prayer, certainty of healing and peace settled in my heart. I also attended by faith "The Seminar for District, Sub-district, and Cell Leaders" on July 3, 2006. God then worked to reduce the swelling and I came to realize the love of God through the messages of life. Afterwards, God healed me as much as my heart was transformed. I made every effort to participate in "The Daniel Prayer Meeting" every day and pray wholeheartedly even when I felt exhausted. As I also strove to more dutifully carry out my duties as cell leader, a member of the Shalom Choir, and a member of my group, scabs from my armpits, neck, and other parts of the body began to fall off one by one. With husband Deacon Kook-hyung Cho I hadn't been completely healed by the time for "The 2006 Church-wide Summer Retreat" in early August but still participated in it with a thankful heart. I always remembered to go before the Senior Pastor on Sundays and Fridays prior to worship services. By the end of August, the last remaining scab underneath my eye fell off and my skin is now as clean and clear as that of a newborn child. Hallelujah! I could not hide my astonishment once I experienced God's healing through His grace. I also realized that even though God could have easily healed me of my illness in an instant, He wanted to see a humble and beautiful heart. I thank God for His delicate love and grace, and also thank Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his heartfelt prayer.

Manmin News NO.86 December 10, 2006

Fw: 94-Wholeheartedly Serving Her 102-year-old Mother-in-Law

Wholeheartedly Serving Her 102-year-old Mother-in-Law

Setting a Noble Example: Story of Senior Deaconess Young-soon Kim (70) Wholeheartedly Serving Her 102-year-old Mother-in-Law It is pleasing to see them serving God together and treasuring and loving one another. Joy is evident in 102-year-old Deaconess Yang-soon Kim, who lauds, "My daughter-in-law is such a goodhearted child. She's the best!" For the past 47 years, Senior Deaconess Young-soon Kim has made every effort to make more comfortable the life of her mother-in-law without change of heart. Yet, Senior Deaconess Kim is humble, confessing that she has merely carried out her duty and that all this is possible by the grace and love of God.

Manmin News NO.86 December 10, 2006

Fw: 93-I've escaped from the mountains of debt with prayer and His blessings now fill my life!

I've escaped from the mountains of debt with prayer and His blessings now fill my life!

Deacon Seung-hong Ji (President, Donghwa Foods; 1-4 Parish, 2-1 Men's Mission) Living in anguish with over $800,000 in debt I'd been working at a robot automation instrument company but quit in 1997. Because of the financial crisis that swept through Asia in the late 1990s, however, it was difficult to find a new job and my heart was in agony from knowing that I could not provide for my family. After hearing that the instant coffee-manufacturing industry was to be a hit, I got involved in it in 1999 with the help of an acquaintance. But the company failed in three years after a few sales employees made an error that cost the company about US $150,000. I was able to set up another factory in Hwasung, Kyongi Province, but when one of the company's main clients one-sidedly abrogated a contract, I was left with a debt of over $800,000 in debt and began my life in anguish. Beginning to be transformed at wife's prayer and deeds of love Despite all this, my wife Deaconess Jeehee Kang never became angry even though I hadn't brought her a single paycheck in a year but had actually been fasting and praying for me in tears. Since she was not able to give a Thanksgiving Offering to God, my wife would write out a certain amount on the offering envelope, vowing to give Him the offering one day, and frequently went before Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee to receive his prayer of blessings. I had been a Christian since the time I was in my mother's womb and joined Manmin in 1997 but as I had long befriended the world, I increasingly began to find my life in Christ difficult and even thought how now it'd be to live my life on my own terms. On Sunday, December 14, 2003, I was home, apparently not even bothering to get myself to go to church. That was the day when I felt a gush of a sense of emptiness and failure in life, which no one would understand without experience such sensations for himself. I didn't want to waste my life in such a manner and challenged myself to go before God and cling to Him one last time. As I attended "The Daniel Prayer Meeting" the following evening, something finally clicked in my head as I asked myself, 'What have I done for God?' and the grace of repentance began to fill my heart. I started to rend my heart in repentance, remembering the times I had befriended the world, failed to be at peace with my wife, and others. From that day onward, I was filled with zeal and thirst for life and counted down to the moment "The Daniel Prayer Meeting" would commence. As I began praying day in and day out, I no longer felt burdened about the debt and my heart was at peace even though I didn't have daily expenses to live each day. Experiencing firsthand the works of God while praying every evening There were times when I just could not get myself to pray and the only thing I wanted was rest. But I could not afford to rest as I remembered my days of anguish, my days without prayer. Sometimes, I couldn't squeeze out an ounce of energy to pray. But when I clasped my hands in prayer, knelt down, and sweated profusely in 30, 40 minutes of prayer every day, I could feel how God was filling me with the Holy Spirit. As I kept this up for about half a year, I could tell my prayer life had been empowered, my faith grown, and that the circumstances in and around my life were beginning to change. Incessant calls from creditors ended. Unexpected clients called, asking me to do business with them. Funds I needed were somehow always prepared for use. Rays of hope began to pierce my heart one by one and I could gather strength to stand up on my feet again. Then in the summer of 2004, I had a dream in which the Senior Pastor was pointing to the fruit on an oak tree and was about to tell me something unforgettable. "This is the blessing," he said. "What should you do gather fruit from this tree? Wouldn't you need to shake it? Praying is shaking this tree. The fruit will fall only when you shake the tree with everything you've got." Committing everything to God by faith and in prayer I took this dream to my heart as a sign of blessings to come and prayed even more fervently. At times I felt like I'd only prayed for 10 minutes, only to notice that an hour had gone by. There were times when my whole body became drenched in my sweat while praying for the church and the Senior Pastor. Sometimes, according to my own judgment, there seemed to be a 99% chance of success in signing an agreement with a client but then the deal would fall through. As I experienced such events time and again, I only prayed for everything to be fulfilled according to God's will and to march on by faith. I also remembered to go before Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee to seek his advice and receive his prayer of blessings. "Lead him to meet with good people and bless him as much as he has sown!" Receiving blessings at home and work as I follow God's ways Blessings came about right away. One day, a manager of a large discount retailer, which was notorious for the difficulty small business owners faced in opening their own stores, contacted me to ask if I wanted to open up my store there. It turned out that he'd heard the news about my store and asked me. In such a manner, God led me to meet with the managers or even the heads of other businesses and opened the way for me supply products to many places at once. He also blessed me in a way that the clients would pay me in cash, not on credit so that I could be of strength to the church and the Senior Pastor's ministry through "Mission Offerings" and look after those in financial troubles. My tithes began to balloon as well. As the tithes reached approximately $5,000 a month I've been able to pay back most of the debt. The biggest blessings, however, was how gladness and gratitude have filled my home and my business as my soul has prospered. I give all thanks and glory to God and I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his earnest prayer.

Manmin News NO.85 November 26, 2006

Fw: 92-Deaconess Eunmi Choi (Chuncheon Manmin Church)

I've taken off my glasses for the first time in 20 years by the power of God!

Deaconess Eunmi Choi (Chuncheon Manmin Church) 'Wait, why do my eyes feel cool all of a sudden?!' While receiving Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer for the sick at "The 2006 Church-wide Summer Retreat" last August, I felt as though two mint candies were permeating into my eyes. As soon as I realized I'd just been healed, I screamed out "Amen!" and opened my eyes. I'd received the prayer by faith only moments before with the glasses on but now, even after taking them off, I could see objects very clearly. Hallelujah! I could take my glasses off, which I'd been wearing for 20 years, for the first time since the puberty years. My heart has become bright and I've gained confidence in life. I recently went for an eye exam and learned that my eyesight had markedly improved from 20/50 in the left eye and 20/40 in the right to 20/25 and 20/20.

Manmin News NO.85 November 26, 2006

Fw: 91-I eagerly want to spread the power of God as a medical doctor!

I eagerly want to spread the power of God as a medical doctor!

Dr. Vitaliy Fishberg (MD, PhD, ND, MCAN, Integrative Medicine) I was born in Kishinev, Moldova in traditional Jewish atheistic home. My Jewish parents did not believe nor in God, nor in devil. My grandparents was former communists but in the end of life started to attend synagogue without deep understanding. Accepting Jesus Christ by the great Grace of God I clear remember the Day that changed my life. A few brothers of Gideon's International Institute once visited our medical school. They were distributing beautiful leather Bible in Russian. I had always loved beautiful books. So when I saw beautiful leather Bible, I started to run to them and almost scared them when I took, I believe 2 or 3 right from their hands. When I came home that evening I opened my desired book and started to read. Amazingly for me I could not understand even one word! Pride started to rise in me: 'you are the best student, future professor and Nobel Prize winner and not able to read even a little book!' I started to push harder bur still was not able to understand anything. This fight lasted for me I believe 2 hours. Finally I cried with loud voice in my heart: "God, if You exist, help me to understand Your book!" Immediately, air in the room started to vibrate and Power from Above felt upon me. I was filled with amazing peace and love. I got really scared from that condition because I understood that it has connections with the book. I immediately put it in the most far book shelf but it was already too late. I could not sleep, did not eat anything and almost did not speak for two and half a days. After this, God's Presence was lifted from me. I did not tell to anybody about this encounter but 7 days later my best friend Alex (who secretly prayed for me for many months) invited me to his church. In this church I was amazed that I found Presence which was similar of That which felt upon me. So I liked it and decided to stay there. When I moved to USA I decided to continue my medical education. So I did doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, PHD in Clinical Nutrition and Integrative Medicine, Doctorate in Alternative medicine, Doctorate in Orthomolecular Medicine and honorary Doctorate in Natural Health Science. Integrative Medicine is one of the most famous fields in today's American medicine but the most important for me was that it does not bring any harm to the patients. When I came to new York after my education very soon I became really famous in Russian community and many newspapers publish my articles every week. Meeting Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee at the 2006 New York Crusade Evangelical House of Prayer was only one Russian church that participated in New York crusade. One evening Bro Johnny Kim came with Dr. Morgulis and pastor Bazilev to our church service. My pastor, Rev. Gennadiy Zavaliy is sensitive to the Spirit. He felt in the room "special healing anointing" and asked Director Kim to pray for healing. When he prayed I was amazed with God's Love and Presence which surrounded him in that evening. I did not know who he is and who he represents in that time because I never heard before about Dr. Jaerock Lee and Manmin.  I believe brother Johnny Kim also found something interesting in me because he asked my senior pastor to take me to business dinner with him, brother Woong Chi and Dr. Morgulis and pastor Bazilev. I understood that finally God gave me connection with the church and with the minister who clear understand Spiritual Realm and not afraid of Angelic manifestations, visions, dreams, etc. Soon, Brother Johnny Kim returned to Korea but we still was staying in touch by the e-mails. In two weeks he returned with Rev. Dr. Lee and big Korean crusade team. Because of this favor from God I was able to receive prayer for my handkerchief and for my spiritual eyes from the Shepherd during the special dinner for the crusade helpers right after the crusade on Sunday evening. During the crusade I helped to WCDN international team with the cases of healing. When I returned home I prayed for my mother with a handkerchief and her injured elbow received healing after almost 13 years of ineffective treatments. It really impressed me and increased faith in me. On the crusade I saw many different powerful visions of God's Glory. But after the prayer of the Shepherd I really started to see things! I am happy because I clear know that Lord Jesus is coming back very soon and we have to fully focus all our energy and efforts to fulfill His Will and to work for His end-time perfect Plan. I am happy because I found that His earlier prophecies to me about the book and about the spiritual father and Shepherd started to be fulfilled. When I got saved, very soon Father told me about two things. First, that I will glorify Him through writing a medical book for Him. This is a main purpose for my life on the Earth. Second, that in one day he will send me a spiritual father and mentor who will bring me successfully as a Christ disciple and will make my spiritual life really effective for God. I did not know in that time that both Words are connected together and also that Door could be open only when I will reach the age of Christ - in January I will be 33!

Manmin News NO.85 November 26, 2006

Fw: 90-Han-im Kim gained happiness through transcribing the Bible

Han-im Kim gained happiness through transcribing the Bible

Han-im Kim (Age 79) does not lose her smile like a little girl even at the old age. She says her secret of happiness is transcribing the Bible. "I just began it to study the Bible. But it's so fun that I cannot stop." By transcribing the Bible, she can understand the word of God and her back that had been bent for 20 years was straightened. Also, when she ate, she used to have stuffy and suffocating sensation, but even that symptom completely disappeared. The Bible she has transcribed for 3 years mount up to scores of college notebooks. It wasn't certainly easy to write each letter of the Bible putting on the thick reading glass, but she says she cannot stop it because it's the grace of God she has received. Through her, we find another piece of happiness of a Christian that the world does not know.

Manmin News NO.83 October 9, 2006

Fw: 89-Boksoon Cho received blessings through cleaning bathrooms

Boksoon Cho received blessings through cleaning bathrooms

7 o'clock every morning, bathrooms in church become fragrant. It is possible by somebody's hidden work. It is Booksoon Cho (Age 63) who was washing the rags at the corner of the bathroom. "Thinking of ways to pay back the grace I received, I found something I could do." She began this work since April 2002 after she was healed of walking problem, headache, and other health problems through Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer. One may think it could be hard to clean bathrooms everyday. But she says, "Hard? I am so happy and joyful because God is pouring down grace upon me and also giving me blessings of family evangelization and financial blessings. After I finish cleaning bathroom, I go to work. After work I attend Daniel prayer meeting. After everything is over, it is already midnight, but I am not tired at all." The passion for the Lord is flowing out from her.

Manmin News NO.83 October 9, 2006

Fw: 88-[Light and Salt] Hongki Park has been healed of pollution disease - A Life filled with the scent of Christ

[Light and Salt] Hongki Park has been healed of pollution disease - A Life filled with the scent of Christ

"Do I look 10 years younger than I am? It's all grace of our good God." A trace of suffering from a disease was nowhere to be found on Elder Hongki Park's face, which was as bright as sunshine of clear autumn sky. Hongki Park is a deputy director, Office of Civil Consultation in Fair Trade Commission. 9 years ago, he got a disease called 'pollution disease,' or 'public hazard disease'. It is a new kind of disease when pollution substances in the air go into the brain and spinal nerve system to cause spinal nerve breakdown. It is also called chronic fatigue syndrome. "Sometimes, I couldn't sleep more than 5 hours a day. I could consume only water. I had more than 20 kg of weight loss. I was down to bones and skin. I was so tired of struggling against the disease and I frequently wanted to stop my life. But thinking of my good wife who had been caring for me without even getting upset once, and my two children, I could control myself." But because of one book, he could finish his 7-year of suffering and begin a new life again. "By chance I stopped by Chongno Bookstore and was looking at Christian books. One book caught my whole attention. I bought it and read it at home overnight. I shed so many tears." It was "Tasting Eternal Life before Death" a testimonial memoir of Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee. In the book he found assurance that he could also be healed. In May 1997, he attended the "5th 2-Week Special Revival Meeting with Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee". Listening to the message, he looked back on his life and shed so many tears of repentance. Even though he tried to live at his best, his life was like a drifting ship without having the hope for heavenly kingdom. He repented of his past and received prayer of Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee. He was healed of the pollution disease which medical science could not cure. Amazingly, he was diagnosed to be normal in more than 30 categories in his diagnosis including his blood test. "I went back to my work in October that year, and I worked very hard to make up for the time I had been on a sick leave. I was so happy to be healed. How thankful it is that God is alive and we will receive blessings if we live in goodness! I really wanted to live by the word of God." After experiencing the power of God, the Lord became his master of life, and he changed into a person who is bright and kind to everybody, and he came to seek the benefit of others even if it meant he had to take up loss. The joy of salvation and hope for the kingdom of heaven changed him into a generous and giving person. He is recognized and praised by his colleagues as a truthful Christian. He also received the blessing of promotion, and he also had the honor to do the representative prayer in the "2004 Kwacheon Government Complex United Thanksgiving Service," which was attended by more than 500 government workers. But what is more joyful to him is that all his family members and relatives have been evangelized, and more than 70 of his relatives are leading a truthful Christian life in main church and branch churches. "Because I met God for sure, I could preach boldly, and maybe in their sight my life has changed into light." Elder Hongki Park's family and his relatives who have become one in faith make others feel joy and richness in their heart as well. By Jungmi Yim, tghm7@hanmail.net With Relatives who have become believers

Manmin News NO.83 October 9, 2006

Fw: 87-My life is filled with blessings as I've come to understand the meaning of life and strive to love the church!

My life is filled with blessings as I've come to understand the meaning of life and strive to love the church!

Deacon Dong-young Kim (Representative, Joowon Tech., Inc.; President, 1-2nd Men's Mission) After marrying my wife, Deaconess Geun-hye Ahn, moving from Mokpo to Incheon, beginning work at a semiconductor company, and my marriage life was beginning to settle down, my older brother shared the gospel with me. "Why don't you come to Manmin Joong-ang Church with me? That place is heaven!" Understanding the true meaning of life, striving to live by the truth Upon coming to Manmin for the first time in July 1999, seeing the ushers in their beautiful Hanbok (traditional Koran clothing) and with their bright smiles, and entering the beautiful Main Sanctuary, I could tell this was no ordinary church. I attended a mission meeting after the service, and I felt the kind of love that exists in an intimate family from the fellow mission members. As I heard Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages filled with life every week, I've come to understand the true meaning of life and that there is more than the life on this earth. I was so thankful to learn that heaven and hell surely exist, and that God is indeed alive. Each time I noticed the changes about myself by striving to live by God's Word, I felt inexplicable and overwhelming joy. Then an opportunity came for me to take my faith to the next level. Receiving the blessing of prosperity in both spirit and in flesh For two years after a miscarriage, my wife and I had no children. I had always thought that we could have children later since we were both very young but my wife was different. "I am going to fast for 3 days to have a baby." My wife possessed faith as she had heard the countless testimonies of other couples who had received the blessing of pregnancy 5, 10, and even 21 years into their marriage after receiving Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer. I was so delighted to see my wife, who at the time was a new believer, demonstrating that kind of faith to God and we fasted together for three days in March 1999. When the Senior Pastor prayed from the pulpit during the "Friday All-night Service" that same week, we received his prayer by faith. The following week, my wife had a dream in which the Senior Pastor visited and smiled at her. She became certain of having become pregnant and it was indeed confirmed after a visit to the hospital. Hallelujah! God was delighted with the three-day fasting of us, who at the time had little faith, and allowed my wife to become pregnant according to our faith. We gave birth to a healthy baby boy in December 1999. Furthermore, as I worked diligently and served my superiors and colleagues by cultivating faithfulness, I began to receive overwhelming financial blessings. Then in 2001, I accepted the proposal of the president of the company at which I had been working and founded Joowon Tech., Inc., a company that produces parts for semiconductors. Loving the church more in gratitude of God's grace As my wife and I were so thankful of God's wonderful grace, we began to ponder, 'How can we take care of the sanctuary and be of strength to the Senior Pastor?' During this time, I began reading Rev. Dr. Lee's books and discovered within me the evil in my heart which I had overlooked. As I saw myself transformed as much as I threw away evil, I realized how precious the gospel of sanctification was. I made a contribution to the publication of The Message of the Cross. In an earnest desire to share with others the grace of Our God, my fellow mission members and I devoted our hearts and made monetary contributions to the publication of the Senior Pastor's books in Korean and other languages, the replacement of the equipment that repeated the Senior Pastor's three-minute sermon messages and prayer for the sick, sending computer to branch churches abroad, the replacement of lightings in the sanctuary, and the purchase of a new umbrella wrapper. When God saw these acts, God gave us a greater love for the sanctuary, a sense of our being the master of the church, and teeming joy and gratitude at home and work. Astounding blessing of becoming one in faith and love With Joowon Tech employees Last June, my fellow mission members and I made a contribution to help pay for the replacement of the large yet quite old screen in the Main Sanctuary. This ended up serving as an opportunity for my mission members to make following confessions: "I received financial blessings from the most unexpected places!" "I received God's answers to my prayer!" and "I am so happy whenever I take care of the sanctuary." Mission members who participated with me in their faith and love have either received financial blessings or begun to grow a heart that loves the church and the Lord more greatly. I am so delighted to know that instead of asking the church to do something for them, they are always asking themselves what they can do for the church. My wife is carrying out her God-given duty as cell leader and giving glory to the Father by doubling the number of brothers and sisters in her cell. Our son Joo-wah and daughter Joo-eun are growing up to be bright lights of the world. I give all thanks and glory to Our Father God and Our Lord Jesus would also like to express my most sincere gratitude to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for nurturing my family with his heartfelt prayer. With fellow 1-2 Men's Mission workers [Just a Second!] "Those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." To "worship" is "to honor and love as a deity," and the only true deity worthy of receiving honor is Our God. Therefore, worship must be a ceremony in which people give Him reverence, praise, and glory and God seeks people who worship Him in spirit and truth. "Worshipping in spirit" refers to making bread of God's Word found in the 66 books of the Bible in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and worshipping from the heart together with the Holy Spirit residing within us. "Worshipping in truth" refers to correctly understanding God and worshipping Him from the heart that truly loves God with joy, gratitude, prayer, praise, keeping His commandments, and offerings. For worshipping God in spirit and truth is a path through which God's holiness and perfection come to our heart, it is a very important ceremony and a basis for every believer. By bringing together all our heart, all our soul, and all our will, let us give Our God spiritual worship with which He is pleased! "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24).

Manmin News NO.80 August 20, 2006

Fw: 86-We have come from Canada in search of messages of life!

We have come from Canada in search of messages of life!

Deacon Choon-ho Kim (43; Calgary, Canada) I quit my job in 1996 and immigrated to Canada with my family. I had been growing increasingly skeptical of my job and life in general, and jumped on the "immigration bandwagon" that had been prevalent in Korea at the time. Adjusting to a life as an immigrant family, however, was no easy task. I couldn't think of starting a business because of the language barrier. My wife and I tried to make ends meet by running day and night a gift shop, a bag store, and the like, but only a sense of emptiness and the weight of a life constantly pressed for money struck us. As I became poor in spirit, I remembered the church I had attended and the messages I had heard back in Korea. I began attending a Korean-Canadian church nearby and experiencing the living God. Soon, peace settled in my heart and I was given courage in life. Then one day in 1997, God led me to a new chapter in my life as a Christian. A friend of mine in Canada introduced to me Manmin Joong-ang Church and Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, and gave me the cassette tapes of Rev. Dr. Lee's messages on "the five levels of faith." I had always been curious, asking myself, 'What is true faith?' and Rev. Dr. Lee's messages on the five levels of faith were truly refreshing. They explained to the minutest detail the nature of true faith, ways to measure one's own faith and help reach the perfect faith, the growth process of faith and corresponding heavenly rewards and crowns. As Biblical questions about which I had long been curious were resolved one by one, like a ship with a sail in a tail wind, my life in Christ was rejuvenated. As I began seeking God's will regarding the life in a foreign land, I realized that God had a calling for me and decided to study theology to prepare for that calling. In order to prepare for the tuition, we moved to Alberta where it was said to be relatively easier to make money. Yet, financial troubles continued while trials and the loneliness that made me feet like I was abandoned in a wilderness kept tormenting me. As my family began to participate in worship services at Manmin Joong-ang Church on the Internet in 1998 and listen to Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages of life, however, my family received great strength and encouragement and came to know God's love for us. Rev. Dr. Lee's messages of great spiritual depths on topics including heaven and hell, and "The Lectures on Genesis" gave us a fervent hope for heaven and became a guideline for our lives in Christ. Furthermore, God Himself provided basic necessities and allowed us to live on Our Lord's grace and love. About two years ago, I had a dream in which the Senior Pastor told me, "Come to Seoul for a visit. It is better to do the work of Our Lord together." I thought to myself, 'I would love to visit Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee and the site of the Muan Sweet Water (Exodus 15:25) I've been hearing so much about!' and began praying with an earnest longing in my heart. Finally, with help from various people in my life, my family could get on a plane to Korea. Upon arriving in July 2006 at Manmin Joong-ang Church I had longed to visit and see with my own eyes, I realized I'd been like a babe in the woods and felt like I'd just gotten out of the woods. I could feel the Holy Spirit within me jumping for joy as I saw in person Rev. Dr. Lee's wondrous manifestations of God's power and works of healing. I participated in all worship services, "The Daniel Prayer Meeting" held every evening, cell services, outreaches, and Spirit-filled fellowships with other members. When I return to Canada, I vow to never forget this precious experience in my motherland and dedicate my life for the gospel of Our Lord!

Manmin News NO.80 August 20, 2006