간증 - 영어캠프
As the team was set and we had our first meeting, I was nervous as I felt I wasn’t adequately prepared to
lead this team. But I was thankful that this team was comprised of some gifted individuals that had not
only the skills to prepare well but also were spiritually mature to go on this mission trip to Korea. We
continued to meet after our initial meeting to pray and plan, but as the weeks passed, there were things
constantly changing and we were struggling with the communication between the staff in Korea and us.
But we persevered, keeping the students that we were preparing to minister to in mind and prayer. As we
struggled with the communication with the Korean staff, we also struggled with the communication within
ourselves. We had trouble meeting with each other consistently and we were not all together in person
when we did meet during the last weeks leading up to the trip.
I do not have the gift of organization and administrative skills and this particular mission trip to Korea
seemed to have needed those skills from me. So, the more and more the weeks went by leading up the trip,
I felt sorry for my team that they had me as their leader and thought to myself, would I be able to lead this
team?
Amidst these inner thoughts, the day came to go to Korea. As I was on the plane, I kept thinking about
how I was going to lead this team. I believe I was so tense, that I threw up in the bathroom after eating a
meal. But I kept on praying that God would lead me to lead the team. When I arrived, I met up with the
other team members, as we all didn’t go together and was driven to the site of the first week of ministry
in Daejeon.
We prepared for the English camp for the older and younger students, but we were not ready for the things
to come. Before the trip, we were told that we would have to prepare for a certain number of students but
found out that we would have more students than what we prepared for. But we adapted and tried our
best to be able to serve the students that came. The difference in the number of students wasn’t the only
thing that caught us off guard but also changes to the program and the camp that we were unaware of
prior to the trip. Honestly, it was frustrating to do all the things at this camp because of the changes before
and even during the camp. But we continued to be flexible and adaptable and continued to pray.
Physically, it was exhausting. I don’t think many of the team members had adequate sleep each day and
were serving while sleep deprived. As the team leader, I tried my best to encourage the team and to keep
everyone’s morale up and positive but there were times when I had to do that for myself before I could do
that for the team.
After the first week was over, we then travelled to another location in the countryside of Korea in a city
called Goesan. This was a refreshing change of pace and it was also a time of healing for the team. We also
ran an English camp program for the students at Goesan. It was here, that God showed me how He was
and is still sovereign.
I believe God was showing that to me in Daejeon but because of the constancy of the camp, I did not see
what God was showing me daily. At Goesan, where things were calmer, I was able to realize that God
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