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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:01:08 AM
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"Perfect Actions"
KICS
What was learned?
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. |
M y Father is so wonderful yet very mysterious in all that He does and allows. Since my departure, you have all been on my heart as I realize that many may not understand the reason for my very short visit. I now know that God allows many things to happen in our lives that are hard to understand just so we can seek Him earnestly for answers. The simplest answer for my short visit was a need to keep a promise to God who allowed me to go to KICS that required me to break a lesser promise made to the school in my contract.
One of the conditions for my happy employment at KICS was being with my Korean wife. Many knew about this important need for me to be with my wife. I will not go into the details of how I lived while at KICS but let be enough to say that it was a very difficult time as God permitted yet it was difficult enough that it worried my wife.
Knowing it was essential that I meet my wife on March 3rd, I arranged travel plans and waited to see if tie Lord would provide a nice place for my wife by March 3rd. When the day for me to meet my wife arrived, I was still living in the dorm and had a commitment to go meet my wife. Since travel plans had been made long in advance with all people knowing that March 3rd would be the date I met my wife, I just waited patiently for the Lord to direct.
In God's wonderful way I had many opportunities to seek out those at KICS who truly lived regenerated lives that showed the transformation of life given by the Holy Spirit that Jesus promise to send. These people know who they are and I'm so grateful to each and every one that knew that I made a great effort to keep my promise to a contract at KICS that went against the directions of the Holy Spirit just days before I left for Korea. I can't remember ever ones name due to the very short time I was at KICS but I do have photos to comment on which I will do now.
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I want to thank Bob for being very honest with me and when he discovered that I had failed God by acting against the Holy Spirit and the reason for my difficult stay was MY owe fault.
Thank you Bob for your sincere fellowship with time and the great meals we shared. You my dear brother were the first to see what was going on and I must apologize for burdening you with the possible outcome of my time at KICS, when I know others would exploit your kindness and openness which eventually disclosed that I may have to leave KICS to meet my wife. |
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Don (sorry if for the initial error) you and Bob made a great team for brotherly fellowship and honestly were the ones that were able to turn part of my time like Jonah inside the "big KICS fish" a wonderful adventure.
Ann I know your heart and I know how difficult it was for you to be able to come into God's presence and agree that I should listen to the Holy Spirit always. I also understand Korean culture very well and what God allowed placed you in a difficult position as it is written, "You can't serve two masters." even when one master claims to be a Christian school.
Your kindness and honesty is all I will remember. |
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My brother Pabitra, it was a honor to meet you and Inhae Shin. I will always remember you as my teaching partner for half of the sixth graders that I spent so much time helping prepare letters of love and concern for the children in Alaska that are not blessed with the kind of love they have every day.Your kindness was greatly appreciated and I know that my short visit may have come as a little surprise for you but I believe you knew where and how the Lord was directing me. Please assure the students that thier letters will be delivered
My good friend from Bible School told me these words from a popular Christian song, "Friends are friends forever when the Lord is the Lord of them" may this be true for us.
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Paul your gentle kind spirit was a source of refreshment for me; you were always at peace, calm and able to deal with all that came your way. I was grateful to take over your 6A class for a short time and now see why the Lord permitted this to happen. My heart and life is with k-3 grade here in Alaska and do look forward to teaching little children who are battling dragons that were never meant for little children to meet.
Korean children are surrounded my love and security but my calling is to help children here in Alaska who many times have been injured before they are even born; it is a sad heart breaking sight but my time in Korea for 11 years has taught me that it is good to try and share Korean culture with US children. |
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Mary I appreciate your kindness and thoughtful nature that so frequently made sacrificial efforts to make me comfortable when you knew I had no computer to work with. The sincerity of your efforts to teach and your honesty with expressing your battles to help little children learn the difficult language of English touched my heart. |
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I will never forget your kindness and fluency with Korean as a fellow teacher from a land in Asia where God's love in Jesus has reached. may the Lord continue to use you to bless and minister to students and other foreign co-workers. |
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Dear Pastor Cho's Mom,
Thank you for greeting me in the dark lonely hall ways of the dormitory when I was concerned for the mother who sat alone in the cold cafeteria one early morning. You have an excellent son who was a great help to me as I tried to live in the small storage room in the dorm. You did well to raise him to consider others who may be having a difficult time in life.
You are kind and honorable and I thank God for you.
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I will remember your kindness along with your wife during the first days of my arrival when I was alone looking for shoes and toothpaste. You made a great effort to assist me during my short time at KICS. May you always be strong and maintain the place in life that God meant for you as leader of your wife and family. |
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Dear Mrs. Ko,
Thank you for making such a great effort to insure my comfort and adjustment to KICS and the dormitory. I know you had a concern about my visit to my friend Timothy Sauder and I grateful you know that the presence of the Lord is stronger for Love is of God and does not keep a record of wrongs. I will always remember you as the first and only one to make a great effort to bring me the heart soap, and wonderful toothpaste when times were difficult.
I know that God had a reason for my visit though it was very short and I only carry good memories from that time in my life with great trials. |
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I'm so grateful for your efforts to bring God honoring music to those of us lead to sing. I know you were shy about having your photo taken and maybe never thought it would be on a web page but I place it here because God used you to cheer my heart with beautiful music. |
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Dear Priscilla,
Last but not least I know if there be anyone who had the greatest struggle it was you. I trust that God will heal your heart and mind and show you that even though my time at KICS was short and caused you discomfort; it is my sincere belief that God's Love makes everything clear and heals every hurt we may have.
It was an honor to have met your husband who was the one who assured me that my place was with my wife just as he is with you. |
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The front of Korea International Christian School where so many teachers from all over the world come to prepare children for His plan for the future. May the children of KICS always know that they are far more blessed that many other children in the world because they have parents who love them in a culture that honors them. |
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Korea International Christian School is proud to proclaim their affiliation with many main line conservative Christian Colleges in the United States with a goal and vision that involves a major effort to prepare students for studies in affiliated schools overseas. |
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The tall apartment building near KICS that held the answer to the reason for my suffering during my short visit to Korea for the third and last time of my life. |
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This too is my Father's world and though He was not able to speak to me in the rustling grass, and singing birds, He did speak very clear and loud to my question when I asked. "Lord why am I in this very difficult place without a place to hang my clothes or wash freely?" He spoke through the words at the top of the near by apartment complex and said to me, "You Fell from my grace. But I will lift you back up and bring you back home."
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(A Return To The Abyss)
The entries following this link detail the terrible fall from grace that occured on February 10, 2009
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Lessons
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the days when
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Was Conveyed Gracefully |
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I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God: incline Thine ear
unto me, and hear my speech.--PS. xvii. 6.
Ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.--PS.
lxii. 8.
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Whate'er the care which breaks thy rest,
Whate'er the wish that swells thy breast;
Spread before God that wish, that care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
JANE CREWDSON.
Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trouble
and perplexity.
P. MELANCTHON.
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Whatsoever it is that presses thee, go tell thy Father; put over the matter
into His hand, and so thou shalt be freed from that dividing, perplexing
care that the world is full of. When thou art either to do or suffer
anything, when thou art about any purpose or business, go tell God of it,
and acquaint Him with it; yea, burden Him with it, and thou hast done for
matter of caring; no more care, but quiet, sweet diligence in thy duty,
and dependence on Him for the carriage of thy matters. Roll thy cares, and
thyself with them, as one burden, all on thy God.
R. LEIGHTON.
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