i was sooo dead tired last night. i got home and just konked out. i just woke up after about 12 hours of sleep. my eyes had krusties all over, my fingers were swollen and my mouth tastes like fart, but [james brown voice] i feel good (na na na na na na na!) [/james brown voice].

i was tired yesterday because:
1. i woke up at 9 to get ready and head into manhattan for a...
2. 1.5 hour meeting about how our Alpha bible study's been going.
3. right after some of us headed out to long island for a bbq at jee's
4. i ate lots and lots and lots
5. and played volleyball
6. in 95 degree weather
7. with humidity
8. a couple of us had to head back into the city to
9. transport equipment from RCC to Lamb's Theater where
10. junghoon, helen and i lead praise for
11. an event (testimony, praise, prayer) for North Korea missions
12. moving equipment back to RCC
13 stuffing face with chicken soulvaki at moonstruck

so with all the driving around and moving stuff and eating lots and praising lots... i was TIRED.

the event was good. Soon Ok Lee gave her testimony, she was born and raised in n.korea... she was a member of the communist party and used to believe kim il sung and kim jong il were gods. she was wrongly imprisoned and witnessed the horrific abuse unleashed upon the christians in the political prisons. witnessing the amazing faith of the christians, she began to open her heart to the God that meant so much to these people-- that they would accept such brutal torture (forced to keep their heads bent to face the gound at all times, slave labor in front of hot metal-working furnaces, constant beatings by guards, meager portions of food, etc) and death (by beatings to the face and body, by being burned with liquid steel, etc.)in His name. she was released and escaped to china with her son. she eventually made it to s.korea and she goes around speaking about the persecution of christians in north korea. she's spoken at the us senate and house on multiple occasions, before the french and british governments and all over the free world. (Soon Ok Lee's book is availible here. you can also read her US Congress hearing transcript here and it continues here)

if you're a person that prays, please consider the following prayer requests:
1. that God would protect the christians in north korea-- physically, spiritually, and emotionally
2. that God would begin to soften the hearts of Kim Jong-il and the north korean government to the amazing grace of God.
3. that God would send more missionaries to china (near the n.korean border) and north korea to demonstrate the love of Christ to refugees and koreans.
4. that Christians in the prisons would soon see the day when they are able to SHOUT their praises to their Lord, to their God, to their Father.

thank you.

Lord, hear our prayers and move in north korea. Amen.