Saturday, April 12, 2014

Pics or it didn't happen

Hey everybody, we're back from Korea and here are some pictures to prove we really went :)

Thanks again to everyone who donated to send us; you should be getting a letter soon!

The trip was a huge success, thanks to all your prayers! Our team got to speak and minister to people at many different churches and conferences, mainly focusing on unity and family, while empowering the people at each location. Unity within the church will be a key to revival, but we also got to focus on the unity of North and South Korea. We went to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) one day and got to look into the most closed-off nation in the world and pray for reconciliation and peace. Then we had lunch with the vice-mayor of a city right on the border which is pushing for the reunification of Korea. It was a very powerful day. Overall, we did a lot of battle through prayer and many people were encouraged and activated in ministry! We got to love the people of Korea and tell them how much the Father loves them and who he created them to be. 

No more pain!

That lady, holding up the peace sign, owns a shop in Daejeon. We found out she is a Christian and had pain in her back. After we prayed twice, all of the pain left and she was all smiles. She gave us free handkerchiefs and when I tried to buy a framed picture for $30 she gave that to me for free too.

Barriers turn into breakthroughs

This was my first prophetic painting ever! It's a vision I had before we went on the trip, of a chain dissolving over Korea and watering the revival that is to come. I feel like it means that God will use the things that used to keep us down to actually propel us forward. When I was praying for the lady on the left, I felt like it was for her, so I painted it that night and gave it to her. 

That's North Korea out there

We got to climb a small mountain and look out over North Korea. We had an amazing time praying, declaring freedom, and worshiping at the top.

Grill right in the table

This was at a Korean BBQ place where you take the raw meat and cook it right in front of you. It's buffet style so we got to try a little bit of everything. I even ate a little baby squid!

He who is skilled will stand before kings. Prov 22:29

This is Dustin with the vice mayer of Yeoncheon, a city right on the border of North and South Korea. Before we went on the trip, Dustin was given a piece of Korean currency by a homeless man at Starbucks. Random, right? Maybe not…the money was from 1953, the year that the demilitarized zone was established and the Korean War ended. As a prophetic act, we gave this note to the vice-mayor , declaring that finances will come for all of his plans to improve the area and foster peace.


Adorable and powerful

These kids are student at Little Heaven English school. They pretty much learn all the same stuff we learn at BSSM but they have the child-like faith that Jesus said was so important. They're also bilingual and cute. This was the honeybee classroom, and we got to teach, sing, and play with them. 

Here are some other testimonies that I don't have pictures for:
-A lady had back pain because one of her legs was shorter than the other. God grew her leg out and the pain left. Pain can’t stay when it meets the Kingdom.!
-Shoulder pain was healed when a lady’s daughter helped pray for it.
-One man came for a prophetic word but left with a relationship with Jesus! He had said a salvation prayer before, but not in his own language, so he was still unsure. Not anymore!
-A lady had cartilage restored to her knees when one of our team members sang a song over her, which she had never memorized but remembered on the spot.

It was a great trip with a great team! Now just 1 month until graduation. Here we go!

4 comments:

  1. Great summary, Nick!! It's exciting to hear just the "tip of the ice burg" of what God is doing over in that part of the world!

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    1. P.S. Especially love the honey bee classroom :)

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  2. I love that beautiful prophetic painting :)

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    1. Thanks roo! You would love seeing all the paintings people do during worship here.

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