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I was able to reaffirm my calling towards teaching and why I want to do missions as a teacher . I also found a lot of healing during that time and was able to experience his love on a different level . God showed me His love by revealing to me what child-like faith looked like . Some of the children that I met had such genuine , pure faith that inspired me to evaluate myself and to see where I am with my walk with Christ . He also reawakened my passion to serve as a missionary teacher .
He also lead me to take time to look deep within my heart and pull out all the dark , junk that I was afraid to see . He made me evaluate my heart and when I came face to face with the pains that I have buried inside my heart , He opened my eyes . Up to this point , I think I was struggling to understand and accept God ’ s love . But God worked powerfully in my heart during the three weeks . It is not because of something I accomplished , but it was because my heart became softened and God opened my eyes . It is hard to explain completely with words , but I know that this is a start to a new season in my life . God is perfect in his timing . When I was going through a desert period in my life , God planted flowers in my life . When my throat was parched , He gave me water to drink . He renewed my strength and motivation to live my life Christ , just as Apostle Paul did .
Gospel and sharing His love which has greatly impacted my life .
As a close , I will leave these verses with you , which has stayed with me . These verses come from Acts 20 when Paul was preparing to leave Ephesus . “ And now , behold , I am going to Jerusalem , constrained by the Spirit , not knowing what will happen to me there , except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me . But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself , if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus , to testify to the gospel of the grace of God ” Acts 20 : 22-24
Bob Sim
During the three weeks , our team followed the journey of Paul in the book of Acts . Reading about a part of his life made me realize what a joy and honor it is to serve the Lord and how each of us are called to be His missionaries . He awakened a calling in me to be active in sharing the
I did not expect that I would go Cambodia this summer . My goal during the summer was to get good internship so that I can earn some money and experience which I can put on my resume . However , I got rejected to all the companies that I applied , and they only said ‘ Sorry ’ on e-mail . Since I did not get any chance to do any interview , I was so despaired . I was talking against God . ‘ God , some people who did not study and play a lot got internship really easily , but people who are trying their best like me would get no chance to do any internship . Are you really God who is fair to everyone ?’
At that time , the church was advertising about the mission trip . I suddenly felt that I want to go mission trip , but
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