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.