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Don't You Give Up On Me

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Updated: Feb 1, 2023



Hello everyone~ Happy belated Thanksgiving and happy early Christmas!! This month was jam packed with events ranging from a worship week called The Presence Gathering which was filled with YWAM bases from all across the West Coast and Canada, to a fundraising banquet, and a trip to the redwoods this past weekend. This month's song is called Don't You Give Up On Me. I chose this song for 2 reasons. Coming to the end of my training, I started to lose gas and get complacent and lazy seeing the finish line so close. This song encouraged me to finish strong. The second reason is because this song speaks about times when you cannot hear or see God's presence to not give up because He is there with you in the storm. The lyrics resonated deeply within me because I wanted this song to become a prayer for the people suffering in Ukraine. In this post I will be sharing three testimonies and end with some of the ministry my team will be doing in Ukraine as well as some prayer requests.


Here is a funny TikTok one of the staff made showing a lot of the staff and classmates here on base!


Hot Thoughts and Hot Dogs

During one of our first local outreaches I had a chance to speak to an older gentleman working a hot dog stand. After speaking to him for the majority of the time we had I found out that he has had painful experiences with Christians and churches. As I left after that first encounter, I had a sense of yearning to share my story and how real God's love is regardless of how He may be misrepresented at times. To my surprise, God gave me two more opportunities to speak to him. The amazing thing was, every time I came to visit there would not be as many people coming by to buy hotdogs, but as we started talking, customer after customer came until by the end of our conversation he was out of hot dogs! This was a great opportunity for me to speak with the customers as he was preparing their hot dogs. There were so many blessings and love shared in each encounter that I had. The biggest blessing for me though was when he listened to my story to how I often struggled with finding community in church and being hurt by other Christians, but still never doubted in God's love and faithfulness to me. He empathised with my pain and wanted to keep in contact so that I could continue to update him on my missions trip. Even though I was the one trying to share God's love, I felt God's love for me as I heard his story and his vulnerability. God introduced me to a wonderful friend whose kindness and gentleness encouraged me to seek God on a deeper level.


My face when I was witnessing crowds of people interrupt our conversations

Father Heart of God

Matthew 6:28-33

I hope you all enjoyed some of the ways God has been moving in my life this past month. I've really enjoyed creating this blogs and everyone's words of encouragement and joy from reading has spurred me to continue doing this. In terms of my missions trip, there are 14 of us going to Romania and Ukraine. We will most likely be spending a majority of our time in Ukraine in order to help the YWAM base there. We will be leaving this Monday! We will be helping refugee camps by providing food, warm clothes, and sharing the gospel. I will also help by possibly speaking at some of the local churches and leading worship in both children and adult ministries. If you would like to support me in any way please refer to my partnership tab. I will have a section for myself and also for the people in Ukraine. In terms of communication, I am unsure when I get to Ukraine whether or not I will have access to wifi because some parts of Ukraine do not have electricity, heating, or running water. So if this is my last post before I come back, I just wanted to express how grateful I am to all of you who have followed my journey! I pray that all of you are blessed and have a wonderful Christmas and New Years~


Love,

Heymin






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