Breaking In and Breaking Out

 

Great news today!  I hear Katie opened her eyes when he dad walked in her room!! Also, the doctors gave a good report that her surgeries went well and the cat scans are looking ok.  We still don’t know the extent because of the swelling!  She’s still in critical condition but things are definitely looking up!  Thanks for your prayers and continue them because God is hearing them and doing miraculous things not because He can but because His children are talking to Him and He gets all the glory.  The prayers of the saints are sweet incense to Him!!

So God is breaking in on Katie and my family and I am breaking out to the Philippines to serve at Kids International Ministries in Manila.  It will be my first international thanksgiving and I hope to be a blessing by serving others! True religion is serving the widows and orphans and God has confirmed that I am to go on this trip!  Please continue to pray for me and for God to move on this trip and for Katie and my family!  Love, love, love you!

Urgent Prayers needed!!

Tuesday, I got a call saying my niece, Katie, was in a car accident and in critical condition.  Her brain is swollen and she has had a few strokes since then.  Her body is really broken up but God is bigger than this and He has already performed many miracles.  The first being that she is alive!!  Please pray for my family as they are in the midst of the battles of keeping good health physically and mentally to endure through the long recovery.  All of my updates have been on Facebook, please check for more frequent updates.  I can only think, I will be home in a month!!!  But until then, next Wednesday, I leave for the Philippines to go serve at Kids International Ministries in Manilla.  Here, I will get to help in an orphanage that is affiliated with my school.  I really am in awe how this trip just opened up for me.  This trip is costing approximately $600.  Please pray for finances and God to open up the heavens during this time.  Of course, you can donate by writing a my name in a note online at www.map1040.com (all tax deductible)  You are a blessing to me!! Love you…

Out with October and In with November

One bright side of this past month was my sister visiting.   She was here with friends for a week and we got to see much of Seoul.  I had been saving up the sightseeing for when she came and  we did a lot.  However, I did have to work and had to take in some much needed rest since I have been having a chest cold for the last 3 weeks.  I have been to the doctor three times since she left and if I am not better in the next 3 days, he wants to test me for asthma. Which I am totally believing that I do not have!!   Those of you who have known me for a while, know that I have battled with allergies and sinus issues all of my life.  For the last four years, I have been asking and believing for God to heal me from this.  Please stand with me as I claim my healing and will be able to be allergy free.  Also,  with work and master’s classes, I don’t have time for sickness and you know the enemy always likes to get you in your weakest area.  So please pray for the strength to fight and for the enemy’s plans to be revealed.  Coming up for the next month is  two weekend graduate classes that are about a 2 hour commute away and Thanksgiving in Bangkok with my good friend from Florida, Jaimee Silva.   Some of you might remember hearing about her from some previous newsletters and updates.  I went to Bangkok two summers ago to assist her in training teachers for her Children’s Church that she is a pastor for.   It will be good to get away and be around someone familiar for Thanksgiving.  After that, 3 weeks to prepare for Christmas and my trip home.  I will be going home for the holidays to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary.   Also,  today was very exciting because the cold weather has finally come.  So far so good,  I am loving the cold weather and living the city life.  If you have a Facebook account, please look me up.  I have plenty of pics that I share and post there.  Thanks for your prayers and emailing me.  It is so encouraging and helpful.  A little bit of home always makes me smile.

South Koreans Don’t Play….

Harvest International Ministries Conference

October is starting with complete business already.  I have experienced my first Korean Chusok which is like the Amerian Thanksgiving.  The city of Seoul was almost like a ghost land because all the people leave the city to go stay with relatives in the countryside.  I took advantage of this and drove to the store a couple of times! Also, it is so neat when I get to go to a Korean non denominational worship service.  The band is always rocking and everyone in the building is engaged worshiping the Lord, like a live concert.  Everyone young, old and in between are clapping, singing or praying as hard as they can and not caring who is around at all.  What a statement these people make when they worship.  Another interesting thing for me to go to these churches is that they are usually in basement floors.  This service took place in the 4th Basement floor and it had no windows.   It is hard for me to grasp this concept, especially for me being a southern girl who grew up on a farm but it is still interesting and awesome to experience to say the least.   These people are also praying for a miracle and we know that only God can do this miracle and that is for the wall to come down.  Prayers are bombarding heaven for the unity of the church and denominations in Seoul and South Korea and they are believing when this happens, that the north and the south will be united.   On a personal note,  please pray for me to be a good steward of my time as I am taking Korean language and master’s courses.  I am still praying if I can juggle it all.   Thanks for all of your prayers!!

Times of Refreshment

Taechon Beach

As I was walking out on this beach, it occured to me the last time I was on a beach was about 1 year and 4 months ago.  I was moving from  South Florida back to my home states of Mississippi and Louisiana.  I thought WOW, who would have thought the next beach I would visit would be in another country where I was living.  So crazy.  And I know God is up there just laughing at me because he knew this was a dream of mine and He knew when and where it was all going to go down along with the light blub going off in my head.  If you didn’t know, the beach is one of my favorite places to be and now that I am living in Seoul, I am coming to enjoy the mountains just as much.  It reminds me of Psalms 29, the voice of the Lord is over the waters and shakes the wilderness.   This beach is a few hours away from my school and it is a piece of property that is owned my a missionary organization.  Long ago, missionaries would come and have holiday there and get away from everything.  This was back in the day when traveling globally was not just a ride in a plane and a hop across the ocean.  It was really a

Bush next to the beach

great get away especially since we had the school closed down under quaratine from H1N1 flu and just the fast life of living in the city!  It was a faculty retreat weekend and a good one it was with worship, fellowship and the listening of the crashing of the waves.

Please pray for me as I have signed up to pursue a Masters Degree and that I would learn the Korean culture and language quickly.  Also pray for my body to adapt to the rigorous exercise class that I am taking and all the hill climbing.  I am excited that my sister is coming to see me in October.  Please pray for preparation and safe travels for her!  Love you guys lots!