Dear Friends,
I hope this letter finds you well! As many of you already know, I am going with a team of brothers and sisters from Jubilee Church in Seoul, Korea to China for a week-long missions trip. I’m truly grateful for this opportunity.
China has been on my heart for more than a year now. It is an amazing place. Young people attend a school there to learn the basic fundamentals in the everyday educational setting. But God is also there and ever-present, using the teachers, our brothers and sisters, to teach the Gospel message by loving the students.
Our team will be in China for one week, from January 9th to the 15th. Our main goal is the same as the teachers’: to love the kids the way God loves us, so that they may also know our Savior.
By no means do I feel ready or prepared. But as a friend told me a year-and-a-half ago, God equips the called.
Please join me in prayer and if possible, financial support. There are several requests (the verses noted below are the verses marked for this missions trip):
1) Loving God More (Mark 12:30)
2) Loving Each Other: Praise God, there are nearly 20 members on this team! Pray that we’ll be unified under His name and that we love each other as God loves us (John 13:34)
3) Loving the Kids: We will be working with the 7thand 8thgraders. May we all have open and serving hearts (Matthew 19:14)
4) Protection as we are travelling to a closed country
5) Overcoming language barriers
6) Warmth! It is very cold, highs of -13* Celsius (9* F), lows of -25* Celsius (-13* F). The last winter team experienced temperatures of -40* Celsius (-40* F).
7) And personally, to let go of any expectations normally set on a missions trip, to let God work, and be willing, open and ready to experience God and receive His love.
If you are able, please support our team financially as well. We each need to raise 1,000,000 KRW, or about 900 USD. Directions can be found at jubilink.com. (Search for me under the China 2011 Winter project).
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for partnering with our team. I am really excited to see how God works in the city of Hope!
Always,
Jane Choi
choitotheworld@msn.com