my realistic view of life blocked me from registering to the
in the church. That reminded that I need to pray even
mission trip. As time went by, I became more and more
during my normal life.
depressed, and I decided to surrender to God and prayed.
“God, I admit that I am a weak creature. I also admit that
Lastly, I realized that God sent me to Cambodia because
everything should be decided and progressed by you. If
of grade 9th kids. They needed to take the national exit
you want me to go Cambodia, then I will go.”
exam which is governed by their government. The problem
was that they realized this fact 10 weeks before the exam.
When I decided that I will go to Cambodia, my mind
The national exit exam is composed of several subjects,
became peaceful and felt great. When I was wondering
our mission team was in charge of Chemistry and Physics.
on what would be my main job in Cambodia, Chanyang
When I arrived there, my mission was beyond my limit. I
nuna sent me messages. “Hun Ki, kids here need to learn
was given only 2 weeks, and I had to teach them contents
about physics. Can you teach them?”. When I received
of Physics which they learn during middle school years (3
that message, I realized that God has reasons to send me
years). At first, I thought that it would be impossible to
there.
do, but I respected God’s will of sending me here in Cambodia and promised to the president that I will try my best
When I went to Cambodia, it was a really beautiful city.
to reach that goal. Since God already knew my nervous
However, when I saw people who were living in poor
mind, he prepared another teacher over there. She and I
conditions, it made my heart to be breaking down. I re-
met every day to discuss about the lecture materials and
alized that I was living in good condition and wasted
test contents. With God’s grace, we taught them almost
so much money when it was not necessary. During the
all the contents. The fact which is much more surprising
mission trip, I was attending physical and spiritual fight
is that, 9th grade kids all passed their national exam. I felt
against the Satan. During the raining time, when I stepped
God’s presence over the country Cambodia, and I realized
one of my feet, my whole body slipped from the stairs.
that what I felt in Cambodia cannot be learned from the
Although I felt pain, I endured it, because I did not want
internship. Now, I can tell that God prepared all of this
to become a burden for the team.
situation to send me to Cambodia, and to teach me pre-
During mission trip, I learned why people said mission
cious lessons in my life.
trip is the war of the spirit. Team members took turn ev-
ery day for the fight against the Satan. We were fighting
against the Satan by praying and by words of God from
the bible. When I saw those fighting actions, I thought
that the Satan would attack us while we are volunteering
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