*Mission trip to Thailand the first week of April
*Tammy to get settled in at her job in Colorado Springs
*Jason to find his career job
*For two 5's, three 4's, and four 3's on the AP Biology Test
*For a very good middle school and high school swimming season
*For Yong Hui in her job as outreach coordinator at Camp Stanley
*For me as the Sunday School teacher at Camp Stanley
*For our school as we prepare for the certification during the 08-09 School Year
*For us to be good stewards of all the resources that God has provided for us
Thursday, December 27, 2007
2007 Highlights (Not in Order)
*Yong Hui is working as the Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
*****This has us helping with the Sunday School Program and the Officers Christian Fellowship
*We completed our first year of teaching and started our second
*****I am able to mentor younger teachers and pray for our school
*****I am being a light and salt to our students
*Korean Peninsula
*****Elections of 19 Dec have a Christian leader
*****Talks between the North and South promise peace (but when is North Korea going to stop persecuting Christians - still ranked as the country which persecutes the greatest)
*****I visited the Joint Security Area two times
*****This has us helping with the Sunday School Program and the Officers Christian Fellowship
*We completed our first year of teaching and started our second
*****I am able to mentor younger teachers and pray for our school
*****I am being a light and salt to our students
*Korean Peninsula
*****Elections of 19 Dec have a Christian leader
*****Talks between the North and South promise peace (but when is North Korea going to stop persecuting Christians - still ranked as the country which persecutes the greatest)
*****I visited the Joint Security Area two times
Thursday, November 29, 2007
General Prayer Requests
1. Pray for MG Morgan the new Commanding General of the 2nd Infantry Division and for MG Coggins who is retiring in the Washington, D.C. area.
2. Pray for the Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at Camp Casey, Camp Red Cloud, and Camp Stanley. Our 6th graders are singing at Camp Stanley.
3. Pray for our sister schools in Brazil. There are still 14 teachers waiting for their visas to be approved (they have been waiting since August)
4. Pray for our deployed troops away from home. Those in Korea are just as far from home as those in Iraq and Afghanistan (although in not the danger zone).
5. Our Spanish/Math teacher is ready for maternity leave (any moment) and we do not have a replacement in sight. Pray for her replacement.
2. Pray for the Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at Camp Casey, Camp Red Cloud, and Camp Stanley. Our 6th graders are singing at Camp Stanley.
3. Pray for our sister schools in Brazil. There are still 14 teachers waiting for their visas to be approved (they have been waiting since August)
4. Pray for our deployed troops away from home. Those in Korea are just as far from home as those in Iraq and Afghanistan (although in not the danger zone).
5. Our Spanish/Math teacher is ready for maternity leave (any moment) and we do not have a replacement in sight. Pray for her replacement.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Prayer Requests for December
1. Pray our students will end the year strong. Pray our seniors will get all of their applications submitted.
2. Pray for the Camp Stanley Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on 5 Dec
3. Pray for our teachers traveling over the holidays (we are not in that number)
4. Pray for Tammy and Jason as they are living in our Monument house
5. Pray for Yong Hui as she continues her ministry as the outreach coordinator at Camp Stanley
6. Pray for MG Coggins as he retires and for MG Morgan who will replace him as the Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division
7. Pray for Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Jackson, the 2nd Inf Div Chaplain, and for Chaplain (Captain) Kim, the Camp Stanley Chaplain
2. Pray for the Camp Stanley Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on 5 Dec
3. Pray for our teachers traveling over the holidays (we are not in that number)
4. Pray for Tammy and Jason as they are living in our Monument house
5. Pray for Yong Hui as she continues her ministry as the outreach coordinator at Camp Stanley
6. Pray for MG Coggins as he retires and for MG Morgan who will replace him as the Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division
7. Pray for Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Jackson, the 2nd Inf Div Chaplain, and for Chaplain (Captain) Kim, the Camp Stanley Chaplain
November Highlights
1. Yong Hui began her ministry as the Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
2. We began a Sunday School at Camp Stanley right after the 1000 service
3. We moved to our larger apartment
4. We ate three Thanksgiving meals in the span of 26 hours.
5. I co-led the Camp Red Cloud men's group on Saturday mornings
6. We thoroughly enjoyed our ministry with the International Christian School
2. We began a Sunday School at Camp Stanley right after the 1000 service
3. We moved to our larger apartment
4. We ate three Thanksgiving meals in the span of 26 hours.
5. I co-led the Camp Red Cloud men's group on Saturday mornings
6. We thoroughly enjoyed our ministry with the International Christian School
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Prayer Requests for November
*Pray for Tammy as she awaits the results of her Professional Engineer Test
*Pray for us as we move into our new apartment (quite bigger)
*Pray for me as I have devotions on 1 Nov on God's Ultimate Passion
*Pray for Yong Hui in her second month as Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
*Pray for all the soldiers who pass through Camp Stanley enroute to their final destination in the 2nd Infantry Division (which just turned 90 on 26 Oct)
*Pray for CH (CPT) Kim the Camp Stanley Chaplain and CH (LTC) Jackson the 2nd Infantry Division Chaplain
*Pray for my trip to the DMZ with Drew Brown, a student teacher
*Pray for the student praise team (I have 90% in my classes)
*Pray for us as we move into our new apartment (quite bigger)
*Pray for me as I have devotions on 1 Nov on God's Ultimate Passion
*Pray for Yong Hui in her second month as Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
*Pray for all the soldiers who pass through Camp Stanley enroute to their final destination in the 2nd Infantry Division (which just turned 90 on 26 Oct)
*Pray for CH (CPT) Kim the Camp Stanley Chaplain and CH (LTC) Jackson the 2nd Infantry Division Chaplain
*Pray for my trip to the DMZ with Drew Brown, a student teacher
*Pray for the student praise team (I have 90% in my classes)
October Highlights
October was a busy month.
*Yong Hui began her ministry as Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
*We began our service at the Camp Stanley Chapel
**We attend the 1000 am service
**We lead the 1100 am Sunday School
*The students finished the 1st Quarter and began the 2nd
*I biked/ran the 15Km/5Km race and finished 2nd in my age group to a 40 year old sergeant
*We began teaching English to a Korean Bible Study
*We are ready to move to a larger apartment
*The school hosted a carnival
*The Student Council hosted a bon fire
*Yong Hui began her ministry as Outreach Coordinator at Camp Stanley
*We began our service at the Camp Stanley Chapel
**We attend the 1000 am service
**We lead the 1100 am Sunday School
*The students finished the 1st Quarter and began the 2nd
*I biked/ran the 15Km/5Km race and finished 2nd in my age group to a 40 year old sergeant
*We began teaching English to a Korean Bible Study
*We are ready to move to a larger apartment
*The school hosted a carnival
*The Student Council hosted a bon fire
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Prayer Requests for October
We are moving from an 800 square foot to a 1200 square foot apartment. Pray for the move.
Our seniors are busily applying for college admission and planning for the 3 Nov SAT.
Juniors have the PSAT the 17th of Oct.
Successful end of the 1st Quarter and Parent Teacher Conferences in mid-October.
For sore shoulders, loose big toenails, hurt thumbs, sprained ankles, and shin splints as our athletes finish October in preparation for the Korea Wide competition the end of the month.
We will have our first meeting of the airplane club.
I am trying to get the 7th grade girls swim team going in October.
Tammy takes her Professional Engineer Test the 26th of Oct.
Tammy as she moves to Colorado Springs to be at work on 15 October
Our seniors are busily applying for college admission and planning for the 3 Nov SAT.
Juniors have the PSAT the 17th of Oct.
Successful end of the 1st Quarter and Parent Teacher Conferences in mid-October.
For sore shoulders, loose big toenails, hurt thumbs, sprained ankles, and shin splints as our athletes finish October in preparation for the Korea Wide competition the end of the month.
We will have our first meeting of the airplane club.
I am trying to get the 7th grade girls swim team going in October.
Tammy takes her Professional Engineer Test the 26th of Oct.
Tammy as she moves to Colorado Springs to be at work on 15 October
September 2007
All students back in the saddle again
Tests/ Reports/ Labs
All co-curricular activities have started
Volleyball/Crosscountry
Had a good time of fellowship in our Family Fall Gathering
As the 3 sister schools got together in Seoul
Had time off for the Korean Thanksgiving 추석
Student Leadership Team active and planning events for school
Tests/ Reports/ Labs
All co-curricular activities have started
Volleyball/Crosscountry
Had a good time of fellowship in our Family Fall Gathering
As the 3 sister schools got together in Seoul
Had time off for the Korean Thanksgiving 추석
Student Leadership Team active and planning events for school
Ministry Opportunities to Pray For During the Week
Sunday - Sunday School, Choir, Chapel
Monday - Friday 0500 Yong Hui prays at nearby church
Monday - Wayne - Barnabas Prayer Group
Monday night - Truth Project Video series
Tuesday - Friday - Wayne Chapel at 0730
Tuesday - 0545 Wayne Prayer for School
Wednesday - 0825 - Wayne Middle/High School Chapel
lunch Wayne Discipleship group with 2 9th graders
Thursday - 0700 Wayne Discipleship group with 1 teacher
Saturday - Wayne Prayer Breakfasts
Monday - Friday 0500 Yong Hui prays at nearby church
Monday - Wayne - Barnabas Prayer Group
Monday night - Truth Project Video series
Tuesday - Friday - Wayne Chapel at 0730
Tuesday - 0545 Wayne Prayer for School
Wednesday - 0825 - Wayne Middle/High School Chapel
lunch Wayne Discipleship group with 2 9th graders
Thursday - 0700 Wayne Discipleship group with 1 teacher
Saturday - Wayne Prayer Breakfasts
An atypical Saturday
0430 Devotions
0530 Depart for bike ride (PT)
0700 Help cook breakfast for Men's Group
0800 Men's group begins
0900 Pick up mail at post office
0905 Watch first of two girls volleyball games
0945 In position to help with cross country race
1230 Home for lunch
1400 Watch parade in front of our apartment
1600 Go to county fair in back of our apartment
1800 Walk with Yong Hui
2045 Evening Prayer Time & to bed
0530 Depart for bike ride (PT)
0700 Help cook breakfast for Men's Group
0800 Men's group begins
0900 Pick up mail at post office
0905 Watch first of two girls volleyball games
0945 In position to help with cross country race
1230 Home for lunch
1400 Watch parade in front of our apartment
1600 Go to county fair in back of our apartment
1800 Walk with Yong Hui
2045 Evening Prayer Time & to bed
Friday, September 7, 2007
Great Week in September
Labor Day Week was a great one at ICS
Two teachers and I hiked up a mountain at the base of Camp Red Cloud - beautiful
Sunday was communion at chapel.
On Labor Day I won the silver medal in my age group in a 5 Km race.
I had the message in chapel - facing your giants
Our students struggled but learned about the distance equations and photosynthesis
The girls volleyball dominated in their first match and the boys won by a nail biter
We had some rain and a lot of sunshine
We had a lot of Sonshine on our school
Two teachers and I hiked up a mountain at the base of Camp Red Cloud - beautiful
Sunday was communion at chapel.
On Labor Day I won the silver medal in my age group in a 5 Km race.
I had the message in chapel - facing your giants
Our students struggled but learned about the distance equations and photosynthesis
The girls volleyball dominated in their first match and the boys won by a nail biter
We had some rain and a lot of sunshine
We had a lot of Sonshine on our school
Friday, August 31, 2007
Some thoughts for September 2007
Yong Hui and I are planning on working closer with the chaplains at Camp Red Cloud this year. Pray for us as we have mid-week Bible studies in addition to the Sunday services.
The Advanced Placement Biology is coming along well. One of the students was amazed that we were on page 100 already, but we have to keep that pace to do 12 labs, finish the book, and prepare for the AP Test.
I am amazed at how fast the Praise Team and the Student Leadership Team has gotten busy. Pray for wisdom as these teenagers lead our worship and our students in so many ways.
We also rejoice with the release of the 19 hostages held in Afghanistan. It was a long ordeal, but we know they had Psalm 91 protection during the entire time.
The Advanced Placement Biology is coming along well. One of the students was amazed that we were on page 100 already, but we have to keep that pace to do 12 labs, finish the book, and prepare for the AP Test.
I am amazed at how fast the Praise Team and the Student Leadership Team has gotten busy. Pray for wisdom as these teenagers lead our worship and our students in so many ways.
We also rejoice with the release of the 19 hostages held in Afghanistan. It was a long ordeal, but we know they had Psalm 91 protection during the entire time.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
August 2007 Report
The Spiritual Emphasis Week was great with three young men from Philadelphia leading the chapel.
Pray as I am the speaker on 5 Sept. My message will be Facing Your Giants - from the book by Max Lucado.
Pray for the ladies who start a Beth Moore Study: Daniel--Lives of Integrity;Words of Prophecy
Pray for Tammy as she prepares to take the Professional Engineer Test in October
Pray as I am the speaker on 5 Sept. My message will be Facing Your Giants - from the book by Max Lucado.
Pray for the ladies who start a Beth Moore Study: Daniel--Lives of Integrity;Words of Prophecy
Pray for Tammy as she prepares to take the Professional Engineer Test in October
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Prayer for ICS Uijongbu
Hi,
Pictured are my science classes. Please pray:
For the Spiritual Emphasis Week that will be the last week in August
That our seniors will be able to take the SAT without leaving the country
That the praise team will continue to sing joyfully after a great start
Pictured are my science classes. Please pray:
For the Spiritual Emphasis Week that will be the last week in August
That our seniors will be able to take the SAT without leaving the country
That the praise team will continue to sing joyfully after a great start
Saturday, July 28, 2007
July 2007 Post
Hi Friends
July brought a cacophony of thoughts. Yong Hui and finished the Pre-Field Orientation course in Southhaven, Mississippi. We visited our daughter Tammy in Suwanee, Georgia (recently rated as the tenth best city to live in). We saw Chaplain Sir Walter and his wife Sandra Scott and their daughter Gina. The Scotts lived next to us in Panama. We visited friends from Worth County High School and spent the night with Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Russell and Christine Beard. We gave a presentation at First Baptist Church, Sylvester and renewed our friendships with many friends. We traveled to Valdosta, Georgia to spend the night with Reverend Dexter and Jeanie Wilson, dear friends from Sylvester. I hiked up Pikes Peak with a fellow teacher Sophie Yu, we made the trip (13 miles in distance and 7000 feet change in elevation one way) in 11 hours 30 minutes. I received and graded tests from my AP Biology class. I began my AP Biology Seminar at Cherry Creek High School in Denver. I prayed with many other prayer warriors around the world for the 22 South Korean hostages taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
We leave for Korea on 5 August to begin our second year in Uijongbu.
My AP Biology Students have been working hard to complete the 11 chapters that they have to finish before school starts. The Advanced Placement Biology class offers the students the opportunity to receive a college credit if they score well enough on the end of course test in May. We have 50 chapters in the book and to finish them by April, the students have to do some preliminary work which includes taking an on-line pretest. One student is complete and two more can smell the barn. Try one of these tests at :
http://highered.mcgraw- hill.com/sites/0072919345/student_view0/index.html
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for traveling mercies as we return home to Korea
• Pray for me as I finish the Advanced Placement Biology course.
• Pray for a permanent job for Jason.
• Pray for wisdom for the decisions that Tammy has to make.
• Pray for my students in my physics classes, chemistry class, AP Biology class, and U.S. Military History Class
• Pray for the new Division Chaplain of the 2nd Infantry Division
• Pray for Pastor Richardson, Uijongbu Community Church and Pastors Vasel and Francis, Uijongbu Baptist Church
• Praise God for the blessings I have received at New Life Church, with the Gideons International, and with the International Christian School-Uijongbu
July brought a cacophony of thoughts. Yong Hui and finished the Pre-Field Orientation course in Southhaven, Mississippi. We visited our daughter Tammy in Suwanee, Georgia (recently rated as the tenth best city to live in). We saw Chaplain Sir Walter and his wife Sandra Scott and their daughter Gina. The Scotts lived next to us in Panama. We visited friends from Worth County High School and spent the night with Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Russell and Christine Beard. We gave a presentation at First Baptist Church, Sylvester and renewed our friendships with many friends. We traveled to Valdosta, Georgia to spend the night with Reverend Dexter and Jeanie Wilson, dear friends from Sylvester. I hiked up Pikes Peak with a fellow teacher Sophie Yu, we made the trip (13 miles in distance and 7000 feet change in elevation one way) in 11 hours 30 minutes. I received and graded tests from my AP Biology class. I began my AP Biology Seminar at Cherry Creek High School in Denver. I prayed with many other prayer warriors around the world for the 22 South Korean hostages taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
We leave for Korea on 5 August to begin our second year in Uijongbu.
My AP Biology Students have been working hard to complete the 11 chapters that they have to finish before school starts. The Advanced Placement Biology class offers the students the opportunity to receive a college credit if they score well enough on the end of course test in May. We have 50 chapters in the book and to finish them by April, the students have to do some preliminary work which includes taking an on-line pretest. One student is complete and two more can smell the barn. Try one of these tests at :
http://highered.mcgraw- hill.com/sites/0072919345/student_view0/index.html
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for traveling mercies as we return home to Korea
• Pray for me as I finish the Advanced Placement Biology course.
• Pray for a permanent job for Jason.
• Pray for wisdom for the decisions that Tammy has to make.
• Pray for my students in my physics classes, chemistry class, AP Biology class, and U.S. Military History Class
• Pray for the new Division Chaplain of the 2nd Infantry Division
• Pray for Pastor Richardson, Uijongbu Community Church and Pastors Vasel and Francis, Uijongbu Baptist Church
• Praise God for the blessings I have received at New Life Church, with the Gideons International, and with the International Christian School-Uijongbu
June 2007 Report
Hi Friends
June has come and gone. Hard to believe all that has happened in this short month. We finished school, came home for the summer, and then attended the Pre-Field Orientation course in Southhaven, Mississippi.
We still have some summer travel plans to do which will continue on 7 July when we go to Atlanta to visit Tammy and then we will continue on 11 July our friends in Sylvester, Georgia and in Valdosta, Georgia. We will return to Colorado and then the first week of August I have an AP Biology class to attend at Cherry Creek High School and then on 4 August we will return to Korea. Wow, it seems as if the next school year has already started.
Our school visited the Everland Theme Park on Memorial Day and we had a great day. Yong Hui really enjoyed the rose garden that boasted of over 10,000 roses. Pictured is one of the many presentations of the roses.
On 5 June I had a very interesting day as 10 of our students visited the project managed by my very first roommate at West Point. Jim Hickey and I were Beast Barracks roommates and he was hired by a company in Korea that is reclaiming thousands of acres of ocean land near Incheon, Korea. My students all enjoyed the visit. We have a picture of them at the construction site at the end of this letter.
We arrived in Colorado on 8 June and had a busy two weeks as I led one of the prayer segments for the Gideon International Day of Prayer on 9 June. We spent some time working on the yard and the house. We went to our nephew Shane’s wedding and somewhere in between we were able to play a round of putt putt golf and have fun with my brothers.
This PFO has been very valuable as nearly 150 teachers from 19 schools in 15 nations are in a suburb of Memphis to learn about all the things we need to know to teach in an international Christian school. It is funny that two of the speakers are from Colorado Springs. However, I think we needed to be here, not just talk with them in their offices at home.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for traveling mercies as we go to South Georgia and then return home to Colorado
• Pray for me as I attend the Advanced Placement Biology course.
• Pray for a permanent job for Jason.
• Pray for wisdom for the decisions that Tammy has to make.
• Pray for us as we prepare for the next school year.
ICS-Uijongbu students at the new school site of the New Song Do City. These students range from 6th to 10th grade and will be available to visit the site in future years to watch the progress of the city.
June has come and gone. Hard to believe all that has happened in this short month. We finished school, came home for the summer, and then attended the Pre-Field Orientation course in Southhaven, Mississippi.
We still have some summer travel plans to do which will continue on 7 July when we go to Atlanta to visit Tammy and then we will continue on 11 July our friends in Sylvester, Georgia and in Valdosta, Georgia. We will return to Colorado and then the first week of August I have an AP Biology class to attend at Cherry Creek High School and then on 4 August we will return to Korea. Wow, it seems as if the next school year has already started.
Our school visited the Everland Theme Park on Memorial Day and we had a great day. Yong Hui really enjoyed the rose garden that boasted of over 10,000 roses. Pictured is one of the many presentations of the roses.
On 5 June I had a very interesting day as 10 of our students visited the project managed by my very first roommate at West Point. Jim Hickey and I were Beast Barracks roommates and he was hired by a company in Korea that is reclaiming thousands of acres of ocean land near Incheon, Korea. My students all enjoyed the visit. We have a picture of them at the construction site at the end of this letter.
We arrived in Colorado on 8 June and had a busy two weeks as I led one of the prayer segments for the Gideon International Day of Prayer on 9 June. We spent some time working on the yard and the house. We went to our nephew Shane’s wedding and somewhere in between we were able to play a round of putt putt golf and have fun with my brothers.
This PFO has been very valuable as nearly 150 teachers from 19 schools in 15 nations are in a suburb of Memphis to learn about all the things we need to know to teach in an international Christian school. It is funny that two of the speakers are from Colorado Springs. However, I think we needed to be here, not just talk with them in their offices at home.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for traveling mercies as we go to South Georgia and then return home to Colorado
• Pray for me as I attend the Advanced Placement Biology course.
• Pray for a permanent job for Jason.
• Pray for wisdom for the decisions that Tammy has to make.
• Pray for us as we prepare for the next school year.
ICS-Uijongbu students at the new school site of the New Song Do City. These students range from 6th to 10th grade and will be available to visit the site in future years to watch the progress of the city.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
April 30 Report
Hi Friends
The month of April has flown by and it is hard to believe that only one more month remains for the seniors. For the last month, all we have to do is to be at the right place at the right time to be successful. This coming week we have the Elementary Musical and the Junior/Senior Banquet. Next week is the athletic banquet, and you can get the drift.
We are starting to finalize our summer travel which will begin on 8 June with a flight to Colorado which will be followed by a pre-field orientation class near Memphis the last week of June and the first week of July. We will then visit Tammy and our friends in Sylvester, Georgia. We will return to Colorado and then the first week of August I have an AP Biology class to attend at Cherry Creek High School and then on 4 August we will return to Korea. Wow, it seems as if the next school year has already started.
I am the coach of the swim team and our verse is II Timothy 4:7 as we endeavor to “Fight the good fight, finish the course, and keep the faith.” Above is the second freestyle relay as it was preparing to start. The guy in the black and green shorts is Monish from India and who was instrumental in starting the paper airplane club. The guy with his hands on his head was a week swimmer who just recently was able to swim 50 meters (it used to take him a week to do it). We finished with 116 points in the conference tournament, the most ever, and our swimmers were happy with their performance.
I have a weekly Bible study with Kimi and Rose. Kimi is one of the girls who could not swim when the season started and she finished 3 events on the championship. They are best friends and Kimi brought Rose to me because Rose thought she had a great sin that would keep her from being saved. We used the Roman Road to discuss the fact that we are all sinners and Rose came to know Jesus as her personal Savior. We meet as we disciple Rose.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. She prays daily from 0500 to 0600 at the local Korean Church which is one block from our house. She has her Bible Study on Tuesday and helps clean the church on Thursdays. If that is not enough, she is preparing to be an acupuncturist by attending classes every Wednesday morning.
I led the lesson of the Facing Your Giants study on 14 April that focused on Raging Sauls and Desperate Days. We all have had harsh bosses in our lives and there was a lot of discussion on these important topics. That same day we hosted a swim meet and said good-by to Pastor Kelley who had been the pastor of the Uijongbu Baptist Church for 11 years. Talk about having to be at the right place at the right time.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Praise for the mission that Tammy went on to Slovakia from 8-14 April.
• Tim and Jason are in a Bible Study on the Driven By Eternity by John Bevere and need prayer as they sort through doctrine and what this book says. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
• Yong Hui needs wisdom as she continues her Bibles studies and volunteers in our church.
• Our school and church sent out one mission team and the Uijongbu Community Church sent out another mission team during Spring Break. Both went to the Philippines. Pray for protection and for success.
• Praise God that our swimming team finished strong as we had a good showing at our friendly meet on 14 April at home and at the KAIAC championship of 28 April.
• Our Uijongbu Baptist Church changed pastors this month. Pray for Pastor Kelley who returned to the United States after 12 years here and pray for Pastor Tom Vasel as he assumed the duties of the senior pastor.
The month of April has flown by and it is hard to believe that only one more month remains for the seniors. For the last month, all we have to do is to be at the right place at the right time to be successful. This coming week we have the Elementary Musical and the Junior/Senior Banquet. Next week is the athletic banquet, and you can get the drift.
We are starting to finalize our summer travel which will begin on 8 June with a flight to Colorado which will be followed by a pre-field orientation class near Memphis the last week of June and the first week of July. We will then visit Tammy and our friends in Sylvester, Georgia. We will return to Colorado and then the first week of August I have an AP Biology class to attend at Cherry Creek High School and then on 4 August we will return to Korea. Wow, it seems as if the next school year has already started.
I am the coach of the swim team and our verse is II Timothy 4:7 as we endeavor to “Fight the good fight, finish the course, and keep the faith.” Above is the second freestyle relay as it was preparing to start. The guy in the black and green shorts is Monish from India and who was instrumental in starting the paper airplane club. The guy with his hands on his head was a week swimmer who just recently was able to swim 50 meters (it used to take him a week to do it). We finished with 116 points in the conference tournament, the most ever, and our swimmers were happy with their performance.
I have a weekly Bible study with Kimi and Rose. Kimi is one of the girls who could not swim when the season started and she finished 3 events on the championship. They are best friends and Kimi brought Rose to me because Rose thought she had a great sin that would keep her from being saved. We used the Roman Road to discuss the fact that we are all sinners and Rose came to know Jesus as her personal Savior. We meet as we disciple Rose.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. She prays daily from 0500 to 0600 at the local Korean Church which is one block from our house. She has her Bible Study on Tuesday and helps clean the church on Thursdays. If that is not enough, she is preparing to be an acupuncturist by attending classes every Wednesday morning.
I led the lesson of the Facing Your Giants study on 14 April that focused on Raging Sauls and Desperate Days. We all have had harsh bosses in our lives and there was a lot of discussion on these important topics. That same day we hosted a swim meet and said good-by to Pastor Kelley who had been the pastor of the Uijongbu Baptist Church for 11 years. Talk about having to be at the right place at the right time.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Praise for the mission that Tammy went on to Slovakia from 8-14 April.
• Tim and Jason are in a Bible Study on the Driven By Eternity by John Bevere and need prayer as they sort through doctrine and what this book says. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
• Yong Hui needs wisdom as she continues her Bibles studies and volunteers in our church.
• Our school and church sent out one mission team and the Uijongbu Community Church sent out another mission team during Spring Break. Both went to the Philippines. Pray for protection and for success.
• Praise God that our swimming team finished strong as we had a good showing at our friendly meet on 14 April at home and at the KAIAC championship of 28 April.
• Our Uijongbu Baptist Church changed pastors this month. Pray for Pastor Kelley who returned to the United States after 12 years here and pray for Pastor Tom Vasel as he assumed the duties of the senior pastor.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
March 2007 Report
Hi Friends
It was a short 31 years ago today that Yong Hui and I were married somewhere between the Eighth Army Staff Judge Advocate’s Office, the Office of the Mayor of Seoul, and the U.S. Embassy. A lot has happened since then and we have lived all over the world, but the bottom line is that I would do it all over again, but I would try to be more romantic this time around.
We finish this month ready for the Easter Season. It is still hard to believe how the crowds waving palm branches on Palm Sunday were crying “Crucify Him” within that same week. But the good news is that He is not in the grave, but He is risen! That has been our theme at ICS.
Of course, all the soldiers are tired now because they have completed a 31-day long march.
On 1 March the commander of the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom invited me for a tour of the area because he had heard I was not able to walk around the Panmunjom Poplar Tree Site when I was on a USO sponsored tour. I took 6 other teachers and we had a great day as we toured the area. I was embarrassed about the special treatment I received but was glad to do things that I had always wanted to do – walk half way across the Bridge of No Return, look at North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette, and take a picture of a North Korean guard from North Korea. We all prayed for North Korea on North Korean soil as we were in the Military Armistice Commission Meeting room. That was special to pray for the country that persecutes Christians most on its own soil.
I am the coach of the swim team and our verse is II Timothy 4:7 as we endeavor to “Fight the good fight, finish the course, and keep the faith.” This was important because five of our swimmers started unable to swim one lap. (Now we only have three unable to swim 25 meters). Several others could not complete the 50-meter swims that are the minimal distance. In fact, at a prayer and praise session at my school I remarked any swimming practice is good when I do not drown a student. My assistant coach remarked after one meet that “we single-handedly added 10 minutes to the length of the meet” as three of our swimmers stayed in the pool to finish their laps long after everyone else had finished. I am proud of their effort in finishing the course. I have the girls team that swam in our first meet pictured. There are now two more girls and we have 8 boys (who broke my camera when I took their picture).
This was an interesting month as our seniors are getting accepted to colleges and as they share in the excitement of preparing to go off to the real world. (Seniors in my classes are going to the University of Washington, Purdue, Wheaton, Liberty – to name a few)We had a teacher for the United States talk at chapel and to our biology classes on Creation verses Evolution and why we can believe the Bible. That was a very important series (3 days) for our school in general and our seniors in particular as they will be questioned on their Christian faith when they leave the shelter of our school.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. She prays daily from 0500 to 0600 at the local Korean Church which is one block from our house. She has her Bible Study on Tuesday and helps clean the church on Thursdays. If that is not enough, she is preparing to be an acupuncturist by attending classes every Wednesday morning.
We finished the Wild at Heart by John Eldridge Bible study and are now going through Max Lucado’s Facing Your Giants as we are looking at the life of David. There is a neat slogan: Focus on Giants – You stumble. Focus on God – Your Giants Tumble. I will lead the next lesson on 14 April that will focus on Raging Sauls and Desperate Days. These lessons are very appropriate for the leaders of the Warrior Division. By the way, we all rejoiced with the Division Chaplain Mike Durham who was promoted to Colonel this month.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for Tammy as she goes to Slovakia on mission from 8-14 April.
• Praise God for the Experiencing God class I led during Sunday School . I refreshed a lot of concepts I had not thought about for a long time.
• Tim and Jason are in a Bible Study on the Driven By Eternity by John Bevere and need prayer as they sort through doctrine and what this book says. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
• Yong Hui needs wisdom as she continues her Bibles studies.
• Our school and church sent out one mission team and the Uijongbu Community Church sent out another mission team during Spring Break. Both went to the Philippines. Pray for protection and for success.
• Pray our swimming team will finish strong as we have a friendly meet on 14 April at home and the KAIAC championship of 28 April to go.
• I have the chapel message on 2 May, pray for me as I prepare it.
• Our Uijongbu Baptist Church changes pastors this month. Pray for Pastor Kelley who returns to the United States after 12 years here and pray for Pastor Tom Vasel as he assumes the duties of the senior pastor.
It was a short 31 years ago today that Yong Hui and I were married somewhere between the Eighth Army Staff Judge Advocate’s Office, the Office of the Mayor of Seoul, and the U.S. Embassy. A lot has happened since then and we have lived all over the world, but the bottom line is that I would do it all over again, but I would try to be more romantic this time around.
We finish this month ready for the Easter Season. It is still hard to believe how the crowds waving palm branches on Palm Sunday were crying “Crucify Him” within that same week. But the good news is that He is not in the grave, but He is risen! That has been our theme at ICS.
Of course, all the soldiers are tired now because they have completed a 31-day long march.
On 1 March the commander of the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom invited me for a tour of the area because he had heard I was not able to walk around the Panmunjom Poplar Tree Site when I was on a USO sponsored tour. I took 6 other teachers and we had a great day as we toured the area. I was embarrassed about the special treatment I received but was glad to do things that I had always wanted to do – walk half way across the Bridge of No Return, look at North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette, and take a picture of a North Korean guard from North Korea. We all prayed for North Korea on North Korean soil as we were in the Military Armistice Commission Meeting room. That was special to pray for the country that persecutes Christians most on its own soil.
I am the coach of the swim team and our verse is II Timothy 4:7 as we endeavor to “Fight the good fight, finish the course, and keep the faith.” This was important because five of our swimmers started unable to swim one lap. (Now we only have three unable to swim 25 meters). Several others could not complete the 50-meter swims that are the minimal distance. In fact, at a prayer and praise session at my school I remarked any swimming practice is good when I do not drown a student. My assistant coach remarked after one meet that “we single-handedly added 10 minutes to the length of the meet” as three of our swimmers stayed in the pool to finish their laps long after everyone else had finished. I am proud of their effort in finishing the course. I have the girls team that swam in our first meet pictured. There are now two more girls and we have 8 boys (who broke my camera when I took their picture).
This was an interesting month as our seniors are getting accepted to colleges and as they share in the excitement of preparing to go off to the real world. (Seniors in my classes are going to the University of Washington, Purdue, Wheaton, Liberty – to name a few)We had a teacher for the United States talk at chapel and to our biology classes on Creation verses Evolution and why we can believe the Bible. That was a very important series (3 days) for our school in general and our seniors in particular as they will be questioned on their Christian faith when they leave the shelter of our school.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. She prays daily from 0500 to 0600 at the local Korean Church which is one block from our house. She has her Bible Study on Tuesday and helps clean the church on Thursdays. If that is not enough, she is preparing to be an acupuncturist by attending classes every Wednesday morning.
We finished the Wild at Heart by John Eldridge Bible study and are now going through Max Lucado’s Facing Your Giants as we are looking at the life of David. There is a neat slogan: Focus on Giants – You stumble. Focus on God – Your Giants Tumble. I will lead the next lesson on 14 April that will focus on Raging Sauls and Desperate Days. These lessons are very appropriate for the leaders of the Warrior Division. By the way, we all rejoiced with the Division Chaplain Mike Durham who was promoted to Colonel this month.
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
• Pray for Tammy as she goes to Slovakia on mission from 8-14 April.
• Praise God for the Experiencing God class I led during Sunday School . I refreshed a lot of concepts I had not thought about for a long time.
• Tim and Jason are in a Bible Study on the Driven By Eternity by John Bevere and need prayer as they sort through doctrine and what this book says. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
• Yong Hui needs wisdom as she continues her Bibles studies.
• Our school and church sent out one mission team and the Uijongbu Community Church sent out another mission team during Spring Break. Both went to the Philippines. Pray for protection and for success.
• Pray our swimming team will finish strong as we have a friendly meet on 14 April at home and the KAIAC championship of 28 April to go.
• I have the chapel message on 2 May, pray for me as I prepare it.
• Our Uijongbu Baptist Church changes pastors this month. Pray for Pastor Kelley who returns to the United States after 12 years here and pray for Pastor Tom Vasel as he assumes the duties of the senior pastor.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
February Report
Dear Friends,
There is a lot of news in this short month because we had our Spiritual Emphasis Week, Lunar New Year’s celebration, start of swimming season, and more.
The Praise Team leads worship at every chapel and they were busy during the chapel services for the Spiritual Emphasis Week as well as for the normal Wednesday chapels. Please see a photo later on in the letter. Two former teachers who knew the kids and who were well known by the kids came and had the students in the palm of their hands during the chapel messages. The purity seminar was great for the boys as he spoke on being a man of honor. I was told the girls equally enjoyed theirs.
I had the chapel service immediately following the Spiritual Emphasis Week and I used the theme “Why do you believe what you believe?” as I followed the emphasis of the speaker of the week. We do our sermons in PowerPoint so the students who are weak in their grasp of the English language can have a visual aid.
Yong Hui stays busy leading her Hodos Group Bible Study as she is going through the Experiencing God book.
I have really been busy at Camp Red Cloud. I led one study on the strategy for being a man who is able to defeat the enemy in the Wild At Heart study. We have a great time of study and fellowship at 0800 hours every other Saturday.
Please pray for:
• I led one girl to the Lord last week. She had felt she had such a great sin that Jesus would not accept her and I took her through several passages and then down the Romans Road and she accepted Jesus. Pray for Rose and her friend Kimi who was able to perceive it was time to bring her to an adult.
• For Yong Hui in her ladies Bible Study which is now called the Hodos Group (Greek for The Way)
• Pray for Tammy who has some major decisions to make.
• Pray for Jason who is still looking for a permanent job.
• Pray for our seniors who are busily seeking colleges to attend. Pray they will have patience as they wait. Several are still taking SAT tests or SAT-II. Some of the juniors have started to take these tests.
• We have all our staff for next year finalized. Pray for the two new teachers.
• Pray for our Experiencing God Sunday School class which finished next Sunday.
• Pray for the Wild At Heart Men’s Group at Camp Red Cloud and lift up all the chapel staff of the 2nd Infantry Division. Pray for the National Day of Prayer which will be celebrated on 1 Mar at Camp Red Cloud with the Division Commander, MG Coggin speaking on the Warrior’s Faith.
• Pray for one of the chaplains Chris who is in the hospital with a burst appendix.
• Pray for the swimming team. Our verse is 2 Tim 4:7 “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.” We have 5 swimmers who cannot complete one lap and they are distraction for the 8 serious swimmers. So, I need to build them up (during the season) without disrupting the hard practice for the team. Coach Annalisa Benner is helping me and she has been great.
• Pray for our return trip to the Joint Security Area on 1Mar as I have a VIP tour lined up that will enable me to visit the Panmunjom Axe Murder site with the battalion commander of the JSA.
There is a lot of news in this short month because we had our Spiritual Emphasis Week, Lunar New Year’s celebration, start of swimming season, and more.
The Praise Team leads worship at every chapel and they were busy during the chapel services for the Spiritual Emphasis Week as well as for the normal Wednesday chapels. Please see a photo later on in the letter. Two former teachers who knew the kids and who were well known by the kids came and had the students in the palm of their hands during the chapel messages. The purity seminar was great for the boys as he spoke on being a man of honor. I was told the girls equally enjoyed theirs.
I had the chapel service immediately following the Spiritual Emphasis Week and I used the theme “Why do you believe what you believe?” as I followed the emphasis of the speaker of the week. We do our sermons in PowerPoint so the students who are weak in their grasp of the English language can have a visual aid.
Yong Hui stays busy leading her Hodos Group Bible Study as she is going through the Experiencing God book.
I have really been busy at Camp Red Cloud. I led one study on the strategy for being a man who is able to defeat the enemy in the Wild At Heart study. We have a great time of study and fellowship at 0800 hours every other Saturday.
Please pray for:
• I led one girl to the Lord last week. She had felt she had such a great sin that Jesus would not accept her and I took her through several passages and then down the Romans Road and she accepted Jesus. Pray for Rose and her friend Kimi who was able to perceive it was time to bring her to an adult.
• For Yong Hui in her ladies Bible Study which is now called the Hodos Group (Greek for The Way)
• Pray for Tammy who has some major decisions to make.
• Pray for Jason who is still looking for a permanent job.
• Pray for our seniors who are busily seeking colleges to attend. Pray they will have patience as they wait. Several are still taking SAT tests or SAT-II. Some of the juniors have started to take these tests.
• We have all our staff for next year finalized. Pray for the two new teachers.
• Pray for our Experiencing God Sunday School class which finished next Sunday.
• Pray for the Wild At Heart Men’s Group at Camp Red Cloud and lift up all the chapel staff of the 2nd Infantry Division. Pray for the National Day of Prayer which will be celebrated on 1 Mar at Camp Red Cloud with the Division Commander, MG Coggin speaking on the Warrior’s Faith.
• Pray for one of the chaplains Chris who is in the hospital with a burst appendix.
• Pray for the swimming team. Our verse is 2 Tim 4:7 “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.” We have 5 swimmers who cannot complete one lap and they are distraction for the 8 serious swimmers. So, I need to build them up (during the season) without disrupting the hard practice for the team. Coach Annalisa Benner is helping me and she has been great.
• Pray for our return trip to the Joint Security Area on 1Mar as I have a VIP tour lined up that will enable me to visit the Panmunjom Axe Murder site with the battalion commander of the JSA.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
January 2007
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Dear Friends,
We are moving into the hi-tech arena as we purchased a digit camera and are using that to record our ministry here in Korea. Yong Hui and I have not taken as many photos as we should have in our lives (although once I did take 30 minutes of the ground when I thought I turned off the Beta camera we bought in Korea in 1984) and this will be an adjustment for us. I also have the website for our school and for our blog page.
I hope you enjoy seeing a serious Min because he is much more fun loving. We are working our way through a discipleship series called MILK to remind us that a new Christian needs milk before he or she can move on to meat. (Unavailable for now)
We spend the first part of January starting off the 2nd Semester and the second part preparing for our Spiritual Emphasis Week that starts on 29 Jan 07. I will cover the week in my February newsletter and ask you to pray for it as we will begin shortly after you receive this.
God reminded us of His Words in James 4:15, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that” as we were traveling to and from Colorado. Our plan was that we would fly from Seoul to San Francisco to Denver. Instead we flew to San Francisco and rented a car to drive to Colorado Springs because the Denver airport was closed because of snow. Our return plan was to fly from Denver to San Fran to Seoul. Instead we flew from Denver to San Fran to Las Vegas to Seoul because snow delayed us leaving Denver enough to miss our connection to Seoul. Did I mention that our luggage was delayed by 2 days?
We (or at least Yong Hui did and I slept though it) had a 4.8 earthquake on Saturday to remind us Psalm 46.
Our youth put on an evening service at the Uijongbu Baptist Church and one of my science students, Bobby wrote the skit that they did entitled, “No Man Can Serve Two Masters.” He wrote two more for the Spiritual Emphasis Week and I can hardly wait to see them.
The praise team is back in gear and has been making a joyful noise unto the Lord during the Wednesday chapel services.
I am confident that we will have a good semester and year.
Please pray for:
• Open hearts (teachers and students) to receive the message of the Spiritual Emphasis Week. Some need to receive Christ as personal savior, some need to walk in obedience to Christ, and some need to make commitments to Christian Service.
• Students to make commitments to be holy during the Purity Seminar on 1 Feb 07.
• For Yong Hui in her ladies Bible Study which is now called the Hodos Group (Greek for The Way) (Much better than the Korean Mafia).
• For me as I lead the Chapel on 7 Feb. My theme will be from Josh McDowell’s book Right from Wrong as I drive home some of the reasons that we do what we do as Christians.
• Pray for Tammy who has some major decisions to make.
• Pray for Jason who is still looking for a permanent job.
• Pray for our seniors who are busily seeking colleges to attend. Pray they will have patience as they wait. Several are still taking SAT tests or SAT-II. Some of the juniors have started to take these tests.
• We have at least two teachers in-bound for next year. Pray for Julie and Rich as they prepared to teach Kindergarten and High School History.
• Pray for our Experiencing God Sunday School class.
• Pray for the Wild At Heart Men’s Group at Camp Red Cloud and lift up all the chapel staff of the 2nd Infantry Division.
Dear Friends,
We are moving into the hi-tech arena as we purchased a digit camera and are using that to record our ministry here in Korea. Yong Hui and I have not taken as many photos as we should have in our lives (although once I did take 30 minutes of the ground when I thought I turned off the Beta camera we bought in Korea in 1984) and this will be an adjustment for us. I also have the website for our school and for our blog page.
I hope you enjoy seeing a serious Min because he is much more fun loving. We are working our way through a discipleship series called MILK to remind us that a new Christian needs milk before he or she can move on to meat. (Unavailable for now)
We spend the first part of January starting off the 2nd Semester and the second part preparing for our Spiritual Emphasis Week that starts on 29 Jan 07. I will cover the week in my February newsletter and ask you to pray for it as we will begin shortly after you receive this.
God reminded us of His Words in James 4:15, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that” as we were traveling to and from Colorado. Our plan was that we would fly from Seoul to San Francisco to Denver. Instead we flew to San Francisco and rented a car to drive to Colorado Springs because the Denver airport was closed because of snow. Our return plan was to fly from Denver to San Fran to Seoul. Instead we flew from Denver to San Fran to Las Vegas to Seoul because snow delayed us leaving Denver enough to miss our connection to Seoul. Did I mention that our luggage was delayed by 2 days?
We (or at least Yong Hui did and I slept though it) had a 4.8 earthquake on Saturday to remind us Psalm 46.
Our youth put on an evening service at the Uijongbu Baptist Church and one of my science students, Bobby wrote the skit that they did entitled, “No Man Can Serve Two Masters.” He wrote two more for the Spiritual Emphasis Week and I can hardly wait to see them.
The praise team is back in gear and has been making a joyful noise unto the Lord during the Wednesday chapel services.
I am confident that we will have a good semester and year.
Please pray for:
• Open hearts (teachers and students) to receive the message of the Spiritual Emphasis Week. Some need to receive Christ as personal savior, some need to walk in obedience to Christ, and some need to make commitments to Christian Service.
• Students to make commitments to be holy during the Purity Seminar on 1 Feb 07.
• For Yong Hui in her ladies Bible Study which is now called the Hodos Group (Greek for The Way) (Much better than the Korean Mafia).
• For me as I lead the Chapel on 7 Feb. My theme will be from Josh McDowell’s book Right from Wrong as I drive home some of the reasons that we do what we do as Christians.
• Pray for Tammy who has some major decisions to make.
• Pray for Jason who is still looking for a permanent job.
• Pray for our seniors who are busily seeking colleges to attend. Pray they will have patience as they wait. Several are still taking SAT tests or SAT-II. Some of the juniors have started to take these tests.
• We have at least two teachers in-bound for next year. Pray for Julie and Rich as they prepared to teach Kindergarten and High School History.
• Pray for our Experiencing God Sunday School class.
• Pray for the Wild At Heart Men’s Group at Camp Red Cloud and lift up all the chapel staff of the 2nd Infantry Division.
Monday, January 15, 2007
October 2006
Hi Friends
We had a wild October that was punctuated with the Korean Thanksgiving celebration during the first week and a week of parent teacher conferences and staff development training at the end. In between, Kim Jong Il’s regime exploded a nuclear device that upset the world. The good news is that God is our Shield and Defender and that He knew all that North Korea was up to. We need to pray that Kim Jong Il will change his exploits from military ventures to humanitarian ventures, but more importantly that he will stop the idolatry of his father and allow Christ to be preached to a nation that desperately needs the Gospel.
Times marches on in biology, chemistry, and physics. We finished the 1st Quarter and are now in the 2nd Quarter. The students have a paper due on the Military Contribution to Science on 10 November and a 3-5 minute report on any science topic of their choice due in November, so they will be busy. We have had three meetings of the paper airplane club. It is hard to imagine the amount of information there is out there concerning paper airplanes. We meet every other Friday after school. I told you about Monish last letter. He is the president of the club and I get to let my light shine before him.
Monish is being discipled by other teachers. One of the biology students who runs cross country accepted Jesus as Lord two weeks ago and I have started a program to disciple him over lunch on Wednesdays.
There are three specific prayer requests that I have concerning staff devotions. First, each teacher is given a Spiritual Day and mine will be on November 8 (Tammy’s birthday) and I pray for insight and revelation on this day. Second, I will lead the faculty devotions on 14 November. I plan on using Psalm 145 as the foundation for this short devotion. Third, I will be the chapel speaker on 29 November. I plan on using 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 to tell them they have to work hard, pray hard, and do their part and that God will do His. When I went to Ranger School, I made sure I knew all the military terminology as I prepared myself academically. I ensured my boots were well broken in and was physically ready by weight lifting, running, and road marching as I prepared myself for the hardships. And I claimed and memorized Philippians 4:11-13 as I prepared myself spiritually. But this comes full circle because some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the Name of the LORD our God.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. First, there are several ladies who need an intense Bible study and Yong Hui is planning on using one of the Precept books that are translated into Korean to teach them. She definitely needs our prayers in this. She is also taking a ladies’ Bible Study by Beth Moore ‘To Live is Christ’.
The Wild at Heart by John Eldridge Bible study is in its 4th week and we are learning about how God created us to be men. I led the lesson that focused on the characteristics of God and we had a good discussion about our God who is the King of Glory and who is a Warrior God. Very appropriate for the leaders of the Warrior Division.
Yong Hui has our home almost where she wants it. We have a good friend who has been helping us decorate the interior and it is amazing how they have put it together (the slang word for this furniture is street furniture).
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
Praise God for the opportunities for formal discipling with Min.
I am planning on leading an Experiencing God class during Sunday School beginning in November, so lift that up as well.
Tammy is heading for Africa with a group ‘Heart for Africa’ on 29 Nov. She has her funds raised, but needs physical strength as the group is doing a lot in just a few days.
Tim and Jason are in a Precept Bible Study on the Book of James and will study a series by John Bevere after the study on James is over. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
Yong Hui needs wisdom as she develops her lesson plans for her Bibles studies.
Jason is in the middle of a job change because his contract with the city of Colorado Springs ended because of problems with entering every house to change the meter from manual to radio controlled.
We had a wild October that was punctuated with the Korean Thanksgiving celebration during the first week and a week of parent teacher conferences and staff development training at the end. In between, Kim Jong Il’s regime exploded a nuclear device that upset the world. The good news is that God is our Shield and Defender and that He knew all that North Korea was up to. We need to pray that Kim Jong Il will change his exploits from military ventures to humanitarian ventures, but more importantly that he will stop the idolatry of his father and allow Christ to be preached to a nation that desperately needs the Gospel.
Times marches on in biology, chemistry, and physics. We finished the 1st Quarter and are now in the 2nd Quarter. The students have a paper due on the Military Contribution to Science on 10 November and a 3-5 minute report on any science topic of their choice due in November, so they will be busy. We have had three meetings of the paper airplane club. It is hard to imagine the amount of information there is out there concerning paper airplanes. We meet every other Friday after school. I told you about Monish last letter. He is the president of the club and I get to let my light shine before him.
Monish is being discipled by other teachers. One of the biology students who runs cross country accepted Jesus as Lord two weeks ago and I have started a program to disciple him over lunch on Wednesdays.
There are three specific prayer requests that I have concerning staff devotions. First, each teacher is given a Spiritual Day and mine will be on November 8 (Tammy’s birthday) and I pray for insight and revelation on this day. Second, I will lead the faculty devotions on 14 November. I plan on using Psalm 145 as the foundation for this short devotion. Third, I will be the chapel speaker on 29 November. I plan on using 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 to tell them they have to work hard, pray hard, and do their part and that God will do His. When I went to Ranger School, I made sure I knew all the military terminology as I prepared myself academically. I ensured my boots were well broken in and was physically ready by weight lifting, running, and road marching as I prepared myself for the hardships. And I claimed and memorized Philippians 4:11-13 as I prepared myself spiritually. But this comes full circle because some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the Name of the LORD our God.
Yong Hui continues to serve here in Uijongbu. First, there are several ladies who need an intense Bible study and Yong Hui is planning on using one of the Precept books that are translated into Korean to teach them. She definitely needs our prayers in this. She is also taking a ladies’ Bible Study by Beth Moore ‘To Live is Christ’.
The Wild at Heart by John Eldridge Bible study is in its 4th week and we are learning about how God created us to be men. I led the lesson that focused on the characteristics of God and we had a good discussion about our God who is the King of Glory and who is a Warrior God. Very appropriate for the leaders of the Warrior Division.
Yong Hui has our home almost where she wants it. We have a good friend who has been helping us decorate the interior and it is amazing how they have put it together (the slang word for this furniture is street furniture).
There are several prayer requests and praises for us:
Praise God for the opportunities for formal discipling with Min.
I am planning on leading an Experiencing God class during Sunday School beginning in November, so lift that up as well.
Tammy is heading for Africa with a group ‘Heart for Africa’ on 29 Nov. She has her funds raised, but needs physical strength as the group is doing a lot in just a few days.
Tim and Jason are in a Precept Bible Study on the Book of James and will study a series by John Bevere after the study on James is over. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
Yong Hui needs wisdom as she develops her lesson plans for her Bibles studies.
Jason is in the middle of a job change because his contract with the city of Colorado Springs ended because of problems with entering every house to change the meter from manual to radio controlled.
September 2006
Hi Friends
It is hard to believe that we have been here for one full month. Looking back, it seems much longer because of all the things that have been happening. In fact, Yong Hui and I looked back at one Wednesday and wondered if it was only one week ago, it seemed like months.
We had a staff development time where the three schools from the Network of International Christian Schools came together. We have schools in Uijongbu (the oldest (and ours)which was started in 1983 and one in Seoul (just 1 mile from where Yong Hui lived when I met her) and one in Pyong Tec (near Camp Humphreys or Osan Air Base). The network has schools from Afghanistan to Indonesia and 12 other countries in between. We service 3,000 students and one count was that 250 students received Christ last year as their personal savior.
I guess time flies by so quickly because we have been very busy with teaching biology, chemistry, and physics; with the church activities, the Saturday morning Bible Studies, school sports (we have a good cross country team and a good volleyball team (boys and girls), and working out.
One of the things about our school is that we are saving the children and then the parents. At a recent baptismal, we had 4 students and 3 parents baptized. There are two forces that we have to deal with at our school. The first is the fact that some of our students from non-Christian homes cannot tell their family members of their salvation. One of my favorite tenth graders (Monish) is an Indian with Hindu parents. He cannot even tell his younger brother who is a sixth-grader at our school. That leads to the second force in that students make multiple confessions of faith because they do not have the support at home to discuss their salvation and do not grow in their faith outside of the school. But we are working on these situations one student at a time.
Monish has a zeal toward paper airplanes and he and I started the model airplane club which has 11 members (all 4th and 5th graders). There are some amazing websites dedicated to paper airplanes, so the cost of the club is time, construction paper, scissors, and glue. He is discipled by another teacher, but this will enable me to also let my light so shine.
We have an energetic praise and worship team that leads our chapel services every Wednesday. There is always an inspiring message that causes the students to evaluate their lives and make changes in their Christian walk. The theme of this year is Keys to Success. My time of being the chapel speaker is 29 November. I plan on using 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 to tell them they have to work hard, pray hard, and do their part and that God will do His. When I went to Ranger School, I made sure I knew all the military terminology as I prepared myself academically. I ensured my boots were well broken in and was physically ready by weight lifting, running, and road marching as I prepared myself for the hardships. And I claimed and memorized Philippians 4:11-13 as I prepared myself spiritually. But this comes full circle because some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the Name of the LORD our God.
It looks like Yong Hui has several items of her Christian service here in Uijongbu. First, there are several ladies who need an intense Bible study and Yong Hui is planning on using one of the Precept books that are translated into Korean to teach them. She definitely needs our prayers in this. She is also taking a ladies’ Bible Study by Beth Moore ‘To Live is Christ’ (they would not let me in this study although Beth Moore quoted a letter from me in the first lesson). She is also one of the ladies who helps clean the church on Thursdays and she helps when it is time for the Korean pot luck (which is coming up). She may also help with the Army Community Service on Camp Red Cloud as there are many families here that need support.
Speaking of Camp Red Cloud, it is the home of the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division. I go to a Bible Study on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays sponsored by the Division Chaplain as we study Wild at Heart by John Eldridge. I lead the next lesson that will be on 9 October. The leaders’ guide paints a scenario that these guys who were Wild at Heart could be the same guys that stormed the cliffs of Omaha Beach on D-Day and it asks “What kind of men were those men?” and the answer comes back, loud and clear – it is the same guys who are taking this study. When we visited Tammy, we visited Normandy and I waded knee deep on Omaha Beach and asked that same question. By the way, although the Division Chaplain is a UGA grad, he is a very good guy.
Yong Hui has our home almost where she wants it. We have a good friend who has been helping us decorate the interior and it is amazing how they have put it together. There is only one problem left and we know the what, but we have not organized the how. Yong Hui likes hard beds and we need to get some thick plywood to go under the mattress so she can sleep through the night. (Right now our mattress is on the floor and that is doing the trick).
There are several prayer requests for us:
Prayer for opportunities for formal discipling with the high school boys. Being a new teacher, I have not developed the ‘right to be heard’ that is required for them to want to submit to my leadership.
I am planning on leading an Experiencing God class during Sunday School beginning in November, so lift that us as well.
Tammy is heading for Africa with a group ‘Heart for Africa’ and needs prayers in raising the funds and for physical strength as the group is doing a lot in just a few days.
Tim and Jason are in a Precept Bible Study on the Book of James and need prayer for which book they will do after James is over. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
Yong Hui needs wisdom as she develops her lesson plans for her Bibles studies.
We joined the Uijongbu Baptist Church and need prayer to find our place of service at the church. We also need to pray for the church as the pastor who has been there over ten years is going to retire in May and we need the right pastor with a heart for the military and for the South Koreans in our area to succeed him.
It is hard to believe that we have been here for one full month. Looking back, it seems much longer because of all the things that have been happening. In fact, Yong Hui and I looked back at one Wednesday and wondered if it was only one week ago, it seemed like months.
We had a staff development time where the three schools from the Network of International Christian Schools came together. We have schools in Uijongbu (the oldest (and ours)which was started in 1983 and one in Seoul (just 1 mile from where Yong Hui lived when I met her) and one in Pyong Tec (near Camp Humphreys or Osan Air Base). The network has schools from Afghanistan to Indonesia and 12 other countries in between. We service 3,000 students and one count was that 250 students received Christ last year as their personal savior.
I guess time flies by so quickly because we have been very busy with teaching biology, chemistry, and physics; with the church activities, the Saturday morning Bible Studies, school sports (we have a good cross country team and a good volleyball team (boys and girls), and working out.
One of the things about our school is that we are saving the children and then the parents. At a recent baptismal, we had 4 students and 3 parents baptized. There are two forces that we have to deal with at our school. The first is the fact that some of our students from non-Christian homes cannot tell their family members of their salvation. One of my favorite tenth graders (Monish) is an Indian with Hindu parents. He cannot even tell his younger brother who is a sixth-grader at our school. That leads to the second force in that students make multiple confessions of faith because they do not have the support at home to discuss their salvation and do not grow in their faith outside of the school. But we are working on these situations one student at a time.
Monish has a zeal toward paper airplanes and he and I started the model airplane club which has 11 members (all 4th and 5th graders). There are some amazing websites dedicated to paper airplanes, so the cost of the club is time, construction paper, scissors, and glue. He is discipled by another teacher, but this will enable me to also let my light so shine.
We have an energetic praise and worship team that leads our chapel services every Wednesday. There is always an inspiring message that causes the students to evaluate their lives and make changes in their Christian walk. The theme of this year is Keys to Success. My time of being the chapel speaker is 29 November. I plan on using 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 to tell them they have to work hard, pray hard, and do their part and that God will do His. When I went to Ranger School, I made sure I knew all the military terminology as I prepared myself academically. I ensured my boots were well broken in and was physically ready by weight lifting, running, and road marching as I prepared myself for the hardships. And I claimed and memorized Philippians 4:11-13 as I prepared myself spiritually. But this comes full circle because some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the Name of the LORD our God.
It looks like Yong Hui has several items of her Christian service here in Uijongbu. First, there are several ladies who need an intense Bible study and Yong Hui is planning on using one of the Precept books that are translated into Korean to teach them. She definitely needs our prayers in this. She is also taking a ladies’ Bible Study by Beth Moore ‘To Live is Christ’ (they would not let me in this study although Beth Moore quoted a letter from me in the first lesson). She is also one of the ladies who helps clean the church on Thursdays and she helps when it is time for the Korean pot luck (which is coming up). She may also help with the Army Community Service on Camp Red Cloud as there are many families here that need support.
Speaking of Camp Red Cloud, it is the home of the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division. I go to a Bible Study on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays sponsored by the Division Chaplain as we study Wild at Heart by John Eldridge. I lead the next lesson that will be on 9 October. The leaders’ guide paints a scenario that these guys who were Wild at Heart could be the same guys that stormed the cliffs of Omaha Beach on D-Day and it asks “What kind of men were those men?” and the answer comes back, loud and clear – it is the same guys who are taking this study. When we visited Tammy, we visited Normandy and I waded knee deep on Omaha Beach and asked that same question. By the way, although the Division Chaplain is a UGA grad, he is a very good guy.
Yong Hui has our home almost where she wants it. We have a good friend who has been helping us decorate the interior and it is amazing how they have put it together. There is only one problem left and we know the what, but we have not organized the how. Yong Hui likes hard beds and we need to get some thick plywood to go under the mattress so she can sleep through the night. (Right now our mattress is on the floor and that is doing the trick).
There are several prayer requests for us:
Prayer for opportunities for formal discipling with the high school boys. Being a new teacher, I have not developed the ‘right to be heard’ that is required for them to want to submit to my leadership.
I am planning on leading an Experiencing God class during Sunday School beginning in November, so lift that us as well.
Tammy is heading for Africa with a group ‘Heart for Africa’ and needs prayers in raising the funds and for physical strength as the group is doing a lot in just a few days.
Tim and Jason are in a Precept Bible Study on the Book of James and need prayer for which book they will do after James is over. They are doing the study on Wednesdays at our house.
Yong Hui needs wisdom as she develops her lesson plans for her Bibles studies.
We joined the Uijongbu Baptist Church and need prayer to find our place of service at the church. We also need to pray for the church as the pastor who has been there over ten years is going to retire in May and we need the right pastor with a heart for the military and for the South Koreans in our area to succeed him.
November 2006
Dear Friends, I wonder where the time goes.
I would like to give you an insight to our daily and weekly routines.
Yong Hui has a weekly routine of teaching a Bible Study on the names of God and helping clean the church on Thursday. This is a major project for the ladieswhich is in addition to the Wednesday evening church services and the Sunday services. The Korean ladies cook for the church every 1st Sunday, so that is quite an undertaking for the ladies and requires a lot of work on the preceding Saturday. Every other Tuesday, Yong Hui has a Beth Moore Bible Study, To Live is Christ. So she stays busy on a regular basis and Thanksgiving was the ARTEP for her. (ARTEPs are the readiness tests that we took while I was in the army to test the ability of our units to conduct warfare – and which were the times that both Jason and Tammy were born.) Yong Hui is also taking classes to become a registered acupuncturist.
My routine in school is interesting because on Mondays we pray in Barnabas Groups, on Tuesday and Thursday we have staff devotions, on Wednesdays we have high school chapel, and on Fridays we have a praise and prayer session. Every other Friday I have a group of elementary students who stay after school for a model airplane group that uses paper airplane design to make a wide variety of airplanes, some that work well and some that do not. In addition to these events, I have a Saturday Bible Studies: the 2nd and 4th weeks I meet with officers and men of Camp Red Cloud for a study on Wild At Heart and on the 3rd week we meet with the Uijongbu Baptist Church.
My daily routine has devotions early and I arrive at school (a five minute walk) by 6 am. I always liked the early morning hours when it was my duty to wake up the dawn. Rogers told his Rangers to be ready for attacks at dawn and dusk because that is when the French and Indians attack. In all the years I was in the army, the French and Indians never attacked us, so that strategy must have worked. This gives me time before the students arrive to be prepared for the day of chemistry, physics, and biology. Next semester, I will also have one class of world history.
At the end of the school day, I go to Camp Red Cloud for an hour of swimming. I get home about 5:30 and we have supper and get ready for the evening activities which include Wednesday services.
I am discipling Min in a series called MILK as I am going through the very basics of Christianity which includes the assurance of his salvation and other topics that a new Christian needs to understand.
I had a busy month of giving formal devotions and messages. I led two devotions for the teachers on the power of God and on Psalm 145. I gave a chapel message with the theme of Working Hard, Praying Hard, and letting God do the rest. I presented the message one Wednesday on what it means to be a good soldier, following 2 Timothy 2. I have also started to teach a Sunday School class using the Experiencing God workbook.
One of the highlights of the month was being the male chaperone from our school for a leadership team that went to Seoul for a conference sponsored by Dr. Jeff Meyer of the Passing the Baton ministries. He talked to 41 students from our network of schools from Indonesia, Singapore, China, and the 3 Korean schools. We learned to lead how Jesus led and our students began to develop a spiritual goal for our school. It was very good time and I pray that they will continue the work that they began.
Thanksgiving week was a week of many calories as we had three turkey meals that week. It seemed strange having to buy two turkeys but we needed one for the school and one for church. It also is amazing how those two turkeys fill up a refrigerator.
Our prayer requests are varied this month:
As you read this, Tammy is in Africa with a mission trip. Some of you may have helped her raise support.
Jason is without a job as the County of El Paso terminated his HVAC contract because of problems with the contract that was to change all the meters from the standard meter to radio meters to enable the readers to get a reading from their cars without going into the yard. It seems that public opinion was definitely against this upgrade.
We need wisdom as we prepare for the Semester Exams and our students need the peace that passes understanding as they prepare for them. The seniors also need this peace as they are busily trying to get into colleges.
Yong Hui needs prayer as she continues in her Bible Study. The ladies in her study are very young in the Lord and she needs to feed them milk until they can receive the meat.
Yong Hui and I pray for physical strength. I took my flu shot and had a very sore stomach virus or whatever kind of thing that it was supposed to prevent. If I were a horse, I would have been shot and melted down to make glue.
We will be traveling to Colorado Springs on 20 December and we pray for journey mercies for us and Tammy who will travel on 22 December
I pray that we will remember the reason for the season as we look at all the prophecies that Jesus accomplished when He arrived as a Babe in Bethlehem.
I would like to give you an insight to our daily and weekly routines.
Yong Hui has a weekly routine of teaching a Bible Study on the names of God and helping clean the church on Thursday. This is a major project for the ladieswhich is in addition to the Wednesday evening church services and the Sunday services. The Korean ladies cook for the church every 1st Sunday, so that is quite an undertaking for the ladies and requires a lot of work on the preceding Saturday. Every other Tuesday, Yong Hui has a Beth Moore Bible Study, To Live is Christ. So she stays busy on a regular basis and Thanksgiving was the ARTEP for her. (ARTEPs are the readiness tests that we took while I was in the army to test the ability of our units to conduct warfare – and which were the times that both Jason and Tammy were born.) Yong Hui is also taking classes to become a registered acupuncturist.
My routine in school is interesting because on Mondays we pray in Barnabas Groups, on Tuesday and Thursday we have staff devotions, on Wednesdays we have high school chapel, and on Fridays we have a praise and prayer session. Every other Friday I have a group of elementary students who stay after school for a model airplane group that uses paper airplane design to make a wide variety of airplanes, some that work well and some that do not. In addition to these events, I have a Saturday Bible Studies: the 2nd and 4th weeks I meet with officers and men of Camp Red Cloud for a study on Wild At Heart and on the 3rd week we meet with the Uijongbu Baptist Church.
My daily routine has devotions early and I arrive at school (a five minute walk) by 6 am. I always liked the early morning hours when it was my duty to wake up the dawn. Rogers told his Rangers to be ready for attacks at dawn and dusk because that is when the French and Indians attack. In all the years I was in the army, the French and Indians never attacked us, so that strategy must have worked. This gives me time before the students arrive to be prepared for the day of chemistry, physics, and biology. Next semester, I will also have one class of world history.
At the end of the school day, I go to Camp Red Cloud for an hour of swimming. I get home about 5:30 and we have supper and get ready for the evening activities which include Wednesday services.
I am discipling Min in a series called MILK as I am going through the very basics of Christianity which includes the assurance of his salvation and other topics that a new Christian needs to understand.
I had a busy month of giving formal devotions and messages. I led two devotions for the teachers on the power of God and on Psalm 145. I gave a chapel message with the theme of Working Hard, Praying Hard, and letting God do the rest. I presented the message one Wednesday on what it means to be a good soldier, following 2 Timothy 2. I have also started to teach a Sunday School class using the Experiencing God workbook.
One of the highlights of the month was being the male chaperone from our school for a leadership team that went to Seoul for a conference sponsored by Dr. Jeff Meyer of the Passing the Baton ministries. He talked to 41 students from our network of schools from Indonesia, Singapore, China, and the 3 Korean schools. We learned to lead how Jesus led and our students began to develop a spiritual goal for our school. It was very good time and I pray that they will continue the work that they began.
Thanksgiving week was a week of many calories as we had three turkey meals that week. It seemed strange having to buy two turkeys but we needed one for the school and one for church. It also is amazing how those two turkeys fill up a refrigerator.
Our prayer requests are varied this month:
As you read this, Tammy is in Africa with a mission trip. Some of you may have helped her raise support.
Jason is without a job as the County of El Paso terminated his HVAC contract because of problems with the contract that was to change all the meters from the standard meter to radio meters to enable the readers to get a reading from their cars without going into the yard. It seems that public opinion was definitely against this upgrade.
We need wisdom as we prepare for the Semester Exams and our students need the peace that passes understanding as they prepare for them. The seniors also need this peace as they are busily trying to get into colleges.
Yong Hui needs prayer as she continues in her Bible Study. The ladies in her study are very young in the Lord and she needs to feed them milk until they can receive the meat.
Yong Hui and I pray for physical strength. I took my flu shot and had a very sore stomach virus or whatever kind of thing that it was supposed to prevent. If I were a horse, I would have been shot and melted down to make glue.
We will be traveling to Colorado Springs on 20 December and we pray for journey mercies for us and Tammy who will travel on 22 December
I pray that we will remember the reason for the season as we look at all the prophecies that Jesus accomplished when He arrived as a Babe in Bethlehem.
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