Little Miracles

He is God!
After coming back to our hotel we decided to try out the local outdoor bath/hotspring. It is only about one quarter mile from our hotel. (We have since been there again :)
We sat down and put our aching feet and felt the bubbling heated water from God's created earth and it was pure delight. A Korean woman began talking with us in broken English. She was a retired army nurse that had spent some time in the states training in the 1980s. She told us that she was a Roman Catholic, and we shared that we were here with another Baptist church. It was fun to sit and chat and be soothed by the healing waters. We truly were rejuvenated. In fact, when the earth began to spew the water after about 15 minutes, it became almost too hot to keep our feet in the bath. We said our goodbyes and asked if there was a coffee house nearby. None was known by our new acquaintance, so we started walking home. We had not taken 10 steps when a young Korean girl and her friend walked by us holding what looked like a Starbucks-type cup. I stopped her and asked where we could get some. She really did not know English, but through simple pointing we were told to turn around and go straight and turn right. We walked about 50 yards and there it was- a small coffee shop. Amazing! Ask and you shall receive. Well, it doesn't end there. We sat, ate some cookies, and drank some hot chocolate on this blustery evening. We laughed at how our desire was met so quickly. When we got back to the hotel we came to this computer station and sat down to check emails. (Thank you for writing to us. It really means a lot to hear from home!) Another small miracle- next to the computer was a pair of scissors. Why is this amazing? We had been looking from day one for a nice pair so Jean Ann could give Bro. Tommy a haircut. He had said that this was the longest his hair had been in a long time. And now, a pair of scissors as sitting right in front of us beside a computer. WOW!
We marched right up to our rooms, and Tommy got his haircut. AMEN!
We thank God for all the little things of this trip.
Yesterday we were taken sight seeing. We went to a beautiful mountain. The trees are so colorful and the crowds were huge. We took pictures and walked and bit and went to our next stop- the Korean War Memorial and National Cemetery. The monument is enormous and very detailed. When we walked up to the gate a guard asked us, through the pastor, to bow to the monument and pay respect before we go in. He was then told that we did NOT bow to any idols and that we were Christians, and we only bow our knees to Jesus Christ. He seemed a bit angered, but he did get the message loud and clear.
We took pictures, walked around, and spent some fun time with many of the church members. A true blessing of this trip has been the youth of these churches. They have such passion for Jesus. I will share much more later. Ki Sung and Ki Wan are the pastor's sons. Ki Sung (17) is so talented. He sings, plays guitar and piano, speaks English very well, and he wants to be a doctor. Ki Wan is autistic. He is always smiling and he hugs everyone constantly. He comes up to me all the time and says I love you. He dances when we sing in church. He has truly blessed our hearts. Phillip and So Young are brothers and sister from another wonderful couple in the church, the Lees. Dr Lee and his wife (an English teacher) have been great guests and hosts for us. They have spent some time in Australia so they also Speak good English. Their children are very talented with art and music. In fact, the youth lead the music in worship.
Last night was the "Love Feast", a time to welcome any visitors and show us love. They fed us and asked me to share my testimony and Bro. Tommy to preach. The evening was wonderful. The music was spirit-filled and they honored us by singing songs in English and Korean. Pastor Sheen did a wonderful job of translating the sermon. It was seamless. He is such a great speaker. His heart is so obvious as it comes through every word he speaks. Brother Tommy told him afterwards that he felt so free to preach for the first time since we have been here because Pastor Sheen could interpret so easily. We were all blessed and Tommy preached on Pilate's question from Matthew- "What should I do with this Jesus?"
After the services we handed out all our gifts. It was a joyous time and very important for us. We have been treated so well that we felt a great need to give back. Gift giving is just that. I feel that in my heart as I write to you. I love to give gifts more than receive them. Don't you? As Christians, we all love to give what really is not ours anyway. God is the Greatest Giver! I pray that our service during this trip has honored Him and His people of these churches.

We came back to the hotel, and as I stated- went to the hotspring again, drank hot chocolate (we are creatures of habit), and went to bed. I am writing this as we are getting ready to eat breakfast. Actually, Jean Ann and the Vinsons are sitting at the table giving my order of eggs and sausage and toast as I write.
The pastor will be preaching his last sermon here this morning. We will be speaking with and meeting with this church for the last time. It will be very emotional. I already saw some tears last night.
They will take us to the train station and we will be on our way to Seoul.
Pray for us and our new friends and brothers and sisters in Christ.
We love you all!
Wink