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As I may have mentioned earlier,  we have been split up with Charles and I leading two different teams. He has a group of the boys and one girl.   I have a group of two boys and two girls.  Half of each of our group is from South Korea,  and half is from North Korea.  And while you may expect the top be many barriers, I personally witnessed many amazing things today. Shy students opening up,  South Korean students helping North Korean students with their lessons, complex thoughts coming out of our realms from Nehemiah, and my North Korean students opening up to me in a loving way. I wish I could share photos with you at this time.  However,  for the protection of the students from North Korea, and their families.  However, you can see photos via the nehemiah global initiative USA page on Facebook. I'll try to share a link tomorrow.  But for now,  it is bedtime.

We have now completed our two day training here at the Nehemiah Global English Reunification camp (NERC). We're all feeling a little nervous, overwhelmed, and unprepared. However, this is perhaps the situation for us to be in as the kids are arriving today, and they are feeling the same way. As a family we will be split up into three groups. Charles and I are group leaders, and Hailey will be joining a group of students under a ream leader from Hong Kong. My group consists of two girls, and two boys, ages 15, 16, and two seventeen year olds. Two of them are refugees and two are from South Korea. I do not know who is who at this time, and in reality it doesn't matter. They are here.  I am here.  We've been brought together for a reason. So, starting today I will be responsible for for teenagers.  Charles also has a group of three boys and one girl. We won't be able to share their photos with you at this time for purposes of protection of them and their families. We w...

48 hours ago we boarded a plane to head to the other side of the world on an amazing mission that will not only lift up and honor Korean students, both Northern Refugees and Southern, but also ourselves.  48 hours ago we boarded a plane to head to the other side of the world on an amaz8ng mission that will not only lift up and honor Korean students, both Northern Refugees and Southern, but also ourselves. After 26 hours of travel, we arrived on YWAM campus located Jeju Island. We had two buses, three plane transfers. And crossed more time zones than I can count. We arrived at 8pm Korean time, which was 6AM CST. To say that we arrived travel weary is to put it lightly. Jeju is beautiful. I mean REALLY beautiful. And very warm. (97° real feel with 67% humidity) We've only been on the University of Nations campus, but it is lovely and I can't wait to see more. We've been receiving more teaching teams from China today, and have been connecting and preparing for...

It's Tuesday night, the night before we hop on a plane to literally fly to the other side of the world to do a job that has been in my heart for years. What was LITERALLY once a dream has now become a reality, and in less than 24 hours we will be on Jeju island. To everyone that has contributed on some level to this journey, I invite you to fully join us via  my photos, musings, and updates. Tonight has been filled with a walk to Mall of America for dinner, some decompressing on rides, and an early bedtime, as dawn will come really early for us. As we head off, we ask for prayers as we go. We are walking into the unknown, working on teamwork and trust. And now... to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a big day. We have made the bold decision to travel via carry on only. Many reasons have influenced this. However, traveling light seems right.

Much time has passed by since I've had news to report or updates to make. And while I feel guilty about the passage of time, the reality is that I've been busily preparing the way for this trip to Korea. And, I now have many things to report back to everyone.  Back in February, the opportunity to travel and serve in this English language camp presented itself. My heart was in it 100%, but my personal finances were not. After losing my business, nearly losing our house, and spending the past year struggling financially, the whole thing felt like an utter impossibility. But, the call to action was real. And where there is a call, we have a choice to answer.  " Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." - Rev. 3:20 Once I accepted that call to action, the pieces began to fall into place. This of course doesn't mean that my faith is perfect or that I securely ...