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		<title>God answered all 8 children&#8217;s church camps &#8212; Young Ohm‏</title>
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Thank You! Thank you so much. I never realized how much joy building the
kingdom with you and God brings to my heart.
The urgent prayer request, about the lack of funds for the 8th children&#8217;s
camp, has been granted through your prayers and support. Your love and heart
for the children here showed God&#8217;s heart to embrace these [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thank You! Thank you so much. I never realized how much joy building the<br />
kingdom with you and God brings to my heart.<br />
The urgent prayer request, about the lack of funds for the 8th children&#8217;s<br />
camp, has been granted through your prayers and support. Your love and heart<br />
for the children here showed God&#8217;s heart to embrace these children. The camp<br />
was completed last week in His grace and I thank you for your prayers and<br />
support. &#8220;Lord! Hear and receive our praise. And bless these hands that give<br />
and pray and let them be the children that know your plans and become the<br />
cornerstone of your kingdom!&#8221;</p>
<p>The children who attended these 8 camps counted about 1000. These children<br />
who live in poor and poverty filled areas have left this reality for the<br />
first time in their lives. They arrive with their blankets and clothes for<br />
the few day trip, their faces filled with anticipation and excitement no one<br />
can express in words. It fills me with Joy. Although the facilities of the<br />
camp are not all that great, these children seem to feel loved and more then<br />
content. These children, who are looked down on and considered a burden in<br />
their homes, are served their food before the teachers and by the teachers<br />
themselves. They feel this strange but soon realize that this is love that<br />
God has for them. They are precious to Him. They sit listening intently to<br />
be sure not to miss any words God is teaching them. I look through the camp.<br />
I see the children who sit and chat with their friends, I see those who<br />
dance and sing, I see the smiles and excitement when learning a new game, I<br />
see the youngsters who are too young to join, but laugh and find joy in just<br />
watching or just copying from a distance. I also see the teachers who have<br />
to run about to keep the excited children under control, the children<br />
preparing for the talent show and the people sweating in the kitchen in order<br />
to feed these children. This is God&#8217;s Kingdom. This year&#8217;s camp theme was<br />
PRAYER. I saw God wanting to talk to these children.<br />
&#8220;Lord! You are standing near to these children; let these children<br />
experience you. Often in Life when things get tough and they feel like they<br />
do not know where they are going, stand by them and encourage them. Help<br />
them to know you are near. They are your children. Help them to make knowing<br />
you, and becoming like you the priority of their lives&#8221;<br />
Please pray with us:<br />
1. Please pray that the children will continue to pray and grow to become<br />
like you so that they can establish God&#8217;s Kingdom.<br />
2. The children¹s churches are growing. We currently have about 120<br />
churches and I pray that the joy of the teachers and coordinators involved<br />
will continue to grow and that this ministry will be able transform this<br />
community into His kingdom, which dreams His dreams.<br />
3. Many of the children&#8217;s churches have now begun a youth program and<br />
soccer teams. Please pray for more people to commit to this ministry as we<br />
are short of staff.<br />
4. Every month we are holding a preschool teacher&#8217;s seminar. Please pray<br />
that through this the teachers will be able to see the children with His<br />
eyes and teach them with His heart and love.<br />
5. We have, for the first time ever, held a bible college camp. For many<br />
of the students who attended it was the first time that they have ever read<br />
the whole of the New Testament. They were filled with unspeakable joy.<br />
Please pray that they will be able to live a bible-centered life.<br />
6. We have put Pastor abenago in charge of a church in sentubi, Transkei.<br />
This church was started by evangelism with the team. Many people will need<br />
to meet with God here; please pray for the pastor and the many souls that<br />
will be given to God and grow with Him. Many of these people live tied down<br />
in ancestor worship. Lord! Proclaim your salvation in this land.<br />
7. The Madagascar pastors&#8217; training is being planned. A pastor from the<br />
US is coming around to talk of evangelism. We have planned to hold this<br />
conference in two different cities with about 300 pastors and church<br />
leaders. Please pray that this will be an opportunity that will change<br />
Madagascar, and that God will be leading the process of planning and<br />
preparing for conference. At the moment Madagascar has not yet found Bibles<br />
for Madagascar. Please pray that there will be someone who loves Madagascar<br />
and will begin to print Bibles over there.<br />
8. We are now planning to expand the Montessori crèche into the township<br />
areas and so are looking for land to build a crèche. Please pray that this<br />
will work out smoothly and that through this crèche many children will be<br />
able to meet God and learn of His love.</p>
<p>For the Kingdom!</p>
<p>Missionary Young Ohm, Young Ae Ohm, Aaron and Priscilla</p>
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		<title>Kingdom Article #13</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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For the kingdom!
I thank you for your constant prayers and love. I would like to write about His kingdom, His kingdom that I see and experience here in Africa. The kingdom that He wants and the kingdom that the Holy Spirit is making With you, my brothers and sisters, I would liketo proclaim and establish [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>For the kingdom!</strong></p>
<p>I thank you for your constant prayers and love. I would like to write about His kingdom, His kingdom that I see and experience here in Africa. The kingdom that He wants and the kingdom that the Holy Spirit is making With you, my brothers and sisters, I would liketo proclaim and establish His Kingdom. I will send an article every month,please read it and share with us here your experiences, views and be a guidance to us For the kingdom Everything should be God¹s kingdom.</p>
<p> This is the kingdom of God.</p>
<p>I shout, &#8220;For the kingdom!&#8221; I meet every new day for the kingdom of God and as I meet the new day I feel tension and anticipation for his coming kingdom. How will this kingdom look? What kind of kingdom will weexperience? The whole universe is God&#8217;s kingdom! Everything (myself, family, friends, work, shop, school, nation, factory,business, culture, food, houses, mountains, oceans, trees, cars, money,computer, my life, etc.) was of God.</p>
<p>God made everything.There is nothing he didn¹t create. But Satan claims that everything belongs to him. People try to fight against God with their sins transforming from God¹speople into his enemy. Satan deceived us and Satan brought idea of division in our thought between sacred world and secular world, and between the world and the kingdom of God. Such a great deceiver Satan become controller over human being, when people see division. Everything is the handiwork of God, His masterpiece. He owns everything. Everything in this world is God¹s. God¹s world was wounded by Adam&#8217;s sin. Satan made his way into this wound,and he contaminated it.But Jesus came into this world, he bore the cross and died; he came closer to the wound. Jesus rose from the dead, and declared, ³the world is mine²and that all authority is in God&#8230; Yes, God owns everything. There was nothing in the world that is Satan¹screation. Satan cheated us.</p>
<p>Everything has been restored. Everything will be to the glory of God.In everything we can see God¹s image.The eternal kingdom of God &#8230;This is the will of God and God will accomplish Shout! Let us proclaim!Jesus is in me. I am the kingdom of God.The Holy Spirit in me. We live forever.My family will live forever.My friends will live forever.My Life and work is the kingdom of God. My school is the kingdom of God.The Shop is the kingdom of God.The Plants is the kingdom of God.My country is the kingdom of God God has invited us to his world. To the eternal kingdom..From now on, we live forever.We are the kingdom of God. With anticipation and excitement &#8230;</p>
<p>For the kingdom. Young Ohm</p>
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		<title>Kingdom life experience #12 / Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 1996&#8230;
My son, Kyung Hwan, and my daughter, Mi Jung, arrived in Africa.
Soon after, Kyung Hwan enrolled into a first grade and Mi Jung in the
kindergarten.
For 12 years, Kyung Hwan studied in Africa.
Then he decided to attend to a university in Korea.
As I saw him leave, unanticipated sadness emerged in.
When I dropped him off at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>June 1996&#8230;</p>
<p>My son, Kyung Hwan, and my daughter, Mi Jung, arrived in Africa.<br />
Soon after, Kyung Hwan enrolled into a first grade and Mi Jung in the<br />
kindergarten.<br />
For 12 years, Kyung Hwan studied in Africa.<br />
Then he decided to attend to a university in Korea.</p>
<p>As I saw him leave, unanticipated sadness emerged in.<br />
When I dropped him off at school, we would always shout &#8220;For the Kingdom!&#8221;.<br />
When one of us was away from the town, we would send each other the<br />
e-mails that ended with our motto, &#8220;For the Kingdom!&#8221;.<br />
Several weeks before Kyung Hwan left,<br />
I pondered over the notion of being a &#8220;father&#8221;&#8230; what can I do for my<br />
son as his father?<br />
Then another question arose,<br />
&#8220;What are the traits of a father living in His Kingdom? What kind of a<br />
father does God desires me to be for my daughter and my son?&#8221;<br />
God always asks and reminds us of who we are and what we are meant to do.</p>
<p>A role of a father living in the Kingdom of God is to represent the<br />
Father in heaven and to discipline a child to know and follow Him.<br />
When Lord gave me two beautiful children and along with it, a title, &#8220;father,&#8221;<br />
How deeply was I moved!<br />
What delight I felt when my first child was granted to me!<br />
God saw me as Kyung Hwan&#8217;s father&#8230;..</p>
<p>I must&#8230;<br />
1. be a father who calls Him, &#8220;Abba Father! Our Father! Father God!&#8221;<br />
2. be affectionate and interested in my children (as much as He is to us)<br />
3. daily be a true believer. I want to teach them to live by faith<br />
4. share my spiritual struggles with my children. Being a man who has<br />
short-comings. Yet seeking God.<br />
5. discover how to live as a father and a child in the Kingdom of God<br />
6. be a spiritual mentor, a teacher and a student.<br />
7. be obedient<br />
8. pursue unity (one with the Father. one with the neighbour)<br />
9. do the work of God. Respected for my love for God<br />
10. be diligent and discerning. In the frontline. To lead<br />
11. be a guide to following the Christ better<br />
12. be an optimist. Not to gossip. No negative things coming out of<br />
the mouth. Because of my trust in the Lord<br />
13. consider others before me<br />
14. live with hope and dreams. Life in faith<br />
15. not be a slave of money<br />
16. bring love of God in the time being<br />
17. be people-centred<br />
18. not fear showing my limits and depend on the Lord<br />
19. live every moment in His will<br />
20. become like Christ</p>
<p>It is a privilege to live as a father in the Kingdom of God and to<br />
represent the King eternal.<br />
I pray that my children may become like me becoming like Him<br />
As a parent and children look alike.<br />
Because I am their father, I want to say that I have hope for them.<br />
Lord! You are our Heavenly Father. Teach us how to be a father. Teach<br />
us to be like You. I yearn to know Your heart.<br />
I want to find You in fathering the sons and daughters<br />
More and more<br />
I hope to learn Your ways, and to become like You</p>
<p>For the kingdom<br />
Young Ohm</p>
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		<title>Kingdom life experience #11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Story of Moses
There is someone precious who lives for God’s Kingdom. His name is
Moses. He is not exactly the same but somehow similar to Moses in the
Bible.
He is Chinese and grew up under communism. In the pursuit of a better
living condition, Moses paid much money to come to South Africa. And
there he met Jesus [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Story of Moses</p>
<p>There is someone precious who lives for God’s Kingdom. His name is<br />
Moses. He is not exactly the same but somehow similar to Moses in the<br />
Bible.</p>
<p>He is Chinese and grew up under communism. In the pursuit of a better<br />
living condition, Moses paid much money to come to South Africa. And<br />
there he met Jesus Christ.<br />
He changed little by little becoming a faithful disciple of Jesus<br />
Christ after 2 years. When he first came to South Africa, he was<br />
working so hard to make a lot of money. However, since he met God, he<br />
was no longer interested in money. His heart was towards those who<br />
don’t know about Christ. His biggest interest was for them to accept<br />
Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. At the present, he is preaching the<br />
gospel in a small town in Johannesburg in South Africa.</p>
<p>While on the way to Madagascar for a pastoral training, I happened to<br />
stay in Johannesburg due to a conflict in the flight schedule. And I<br />
met Moses there. I was really glad to see him and started to ask some<br />
questions regarding his ministry in Johannesburg.<br />
Smiling brightly, He began to share&#8230; Even though it must have been<br />
so difficult for him to deal with all the hardships, I could sense in<br />
him the joy of living by grace of Lord.</p>
<p>According to Moses, there are a lot of people who just came from<br />
China. They would do anything to earn more money. Yet there are many<br />
who spend all their money on drinking and gambling. God felt pity and<br />
sent Moses to those poor people.<br />
Couple Chinese families share a house where each lives in a room to<br />
save up more money. So is Moses’ family (his wife and two beautiful<br />
little children).<br />
In such circumstance, Moses loves, serves and preaches the good news.<br />
I visited his place and found it to be awful. There was no place for<br />
me to sit. The room wasn’t big enough to raise two children and they<br />
slept on the mattress without the bed frame.<br />
He finds it convenient to have meals together with other families. Not<br />
only that but he also finds it alright to share the washroom. He<br />
considers it good to go through all these things with others because<br />
it creates opportunities to love, to embrace, to mentor and to preach<br />
the gospel. In that way, people get to share their difficulties and<br />
ask for prayer.<br />
Despite the troubles in life, he thankfully calls it all His grace. He<br />
told me he will move out in 2 months. He decided to move to another<br />
place because everyone in his present place heard the Word of God.<br />
When I asked about the new place, he didn’t say anything but smiling.<br />
I applaud his wife for being so supportive and brave.</p>
<p>Moses holding his children with the biggest smile on his face.<br />
Moses doing his best to love others<br />
Moses inviting other households into his place to run a good Christian program<br />
Moses being completely content and thrilled instead of being exhausted<br />
Moses trying to be more grateful and hoping for more to be done<br />
instead of complaining<br />
Moses more concerned about the others’ need<br />
Moses living for Kingdom of Heaven</p>
<p>I asked him how he manages living and he replied, he just prays.<br />
When he needs something, he prays.<br />
His life doesn’t adhere to anything in this world.<br />
He is heart-broken by the situation where he has nothing more to give.<br />
Love welling up for those who do not believe. A true mark of Christ he worships.</p>
<p>He has been preaching the gospel for 3 years raising the disciples like him.<br />
The desire to continue this work, he can’t change with anything.<br />
For the kingdom<br />
Young Ohm</p>
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		<title>Kingdom life experience #10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kingdom of God: Vertical structure and Horizontal structure 2
I love the 21st century. Our Father has been revealing himself,
leading the course of humanity for thousands of years, and teaching us
the concept of human equality. And now He let individualism into our
society.
Human beings have built and lived under the “vertical” social structure.
There was imperialism.
People have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The kingdom of God: Vertical structure and Horizontal structure 2</p>
<p>I love the 21st century. Our Father has been revealing himself,<br />
leading the course of humanity for thousands of years, and teaching us<br />
the concept of human equality. And now He let individualism into our<br />
society.</p>
<p>Human beings have built and lived under the “vertical” social structure.<br />
There was imperialism.<br />
People have been judged by high and low social status and by what they<br />
have and what they don’t have.<br />
How miserable it must have been to be judged by their status, family<br />
background, title or social position.</p>
<p>It is evident that our Lord is the one who has been patiently teaching<br />
us for 2,000 years.<br />
Jesus commands us to love our God and to love others as ourselves.<br />
Throughout the Old Testament, God teaches us to love Him and<br />
throughout the New Testament, he teaches us to love one another.</p>
<p>I realize again that every individual is equal.<br />
Previously, we couldn’t understand each other.<br />
But now in the “horizontal-structured” society, we have “neighbors.”<br />
O Lord… Now I know those living next to me.</p>
<p>Love your neighbor as yourself…<br />
He has shown us that this is the second greatest commandment.<br />
Everybody is equal to me. Everyone is as important as I am. Our jobs,<br />
our positions, our knowledge and our properties vary but we are the<br />
same and equally significant.<br />
The people, who are equal to me, are parts of His body.<br />
It took us 2000 years to acknowledge this structure.<br />
During the period of the vertical structure, we couldn’t fathom the<br />
phrase, “Love others as yourself.”</p>
<p>Love others. Love is to be one.<br />
Like the way we are to be united by God’s love,<br />
the way a married couple confesses,<br />
and the way a mother connect with her child, we become one unit as we<br />
love each other.<br />
To treat others in the way I would want to be treated…<br />
To feed and care for others’ needs as I would to myself is to become one.</p>
<p>Lord!<br />
You came to this world as fully man and yet fully God commanding us to<br />
be united with one another.<br />
Enable us do so in love and to live in Your kingdom here.<br />
Inspire us to experience the joy of being in communion with You by<br />
loving Your beloveds and to proclaim Your kingdom.<br />
My neighbor is the part of Your body.<br />
Others are like another me.<br />
Loving others is to love myself.</p>
<p>For the kingdom<br />
Young Ohm</p>
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		<title>Urgent prayer and support request / young ohm‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Thank you so much for your continuous prayer, interest and support. Becauseyou are always with us in prayer we strive on towards building His kingdom.And because it is you my brothers and sisters I have brewed up the courageto ask for urgent prayer and support. God loves all His people, but He especially loves the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thank you so much for your continuous prayer, interest and support. Becauseyou are always with us in prayer we strive on towards building His kingdom.And because it is you my brothers and sisters I have brewed up the courageto ask for urgent prayer and support. God loves all His people, but He especially loves the little children. TheChildren¹s churches here have been seeing great growth, and now there arechildren¹s churches in 120 areas over Khayelitsha.Seeing around 6000 children meet every week, and about 100 teachers at theseminars, we here can see a little into God¹s heart when he said, ³ Do notstop the little children from coming to meŠ²We are also reminded, through every Kids camp we hold, that we have to belike those little children to enter into heaven. At these camps Gods lovefor the children is being engraved into our hearts. This year¹s camp theme is Œprayer¹. We hope that through prayer the childrencan talk to God and seek Him and His vision and plan for them.Last week, by His grace, we had two camps, one with 150 children and anotherwith 100 children. And this week, 14 Children¹s churches combined togetherto have a camp with a total of 150 children. Already at the beginning of thecamp the bus rented was not enough to take the children, so the missionariesdrove back and forth many times to get the children to the campsite. Thechildren¹s faces are full excitement and anticipation as for most of them itis the first time they are going away from home and they have been waitingon this day already from the beginning of the yearŠ This year we have planned to hold 8 of these precious camps, but currentlywe have only the funds for 6 of these camps and are short of about $4500 forthe other two. For one camp, 2 nights and 3 days, for 150 children andteachers, each child needs about $15. About 300 children are waiting inexcitement and anticipation for their camp, but to say to them that it willnot be happening due to short funds seems unfairŠJust a little support from everyone can make the camp happen for thesechildren. We here are praying in faith that God will fill the funds for thecamp, and continue to plan for the children¹s camps. Please walk with us bydonating and helping us co-workers in Christ. Praise be to God for your helping hands!  For the Kingdom!Missionary Young Ohm Where to send the Donations: USA/Canada:Personal cheque: African LeadershipP.O.BOX 20048, 4865 Leslie Street,Willowdale, Ontario, M2J 5E4, Canada Germany/ Switzerland;Dietmar and Petra BuchfinkTel: (+49) (0) 7042 33256E.Mail: dietmar.buchfink@t-online.de Mirjam and Simon Schmid(+41) (0) 7948-96199Email: mailschmid@gmx.de South AfricaYoung Huem OhmP.O.Box 36077, Glosderry 7702, Cape Town, South Africa(+27)(0) 82-739-9976ohmyoung2@gmail.com</p>
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		<title>Short-Term Missionaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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I would like to greet you in the Name of our Lord and with this kind of
prayer.
&#8220;Lord! I feel a smile spread across my face as I call you Father.
I am filled with joy as I think of Jesus and I feel steadfast and secure, as
you have given me purpose here on this land.
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<p>I would like to greet you in the Name of our Lord and with this kind of<br />
prayer.<br />
&#8220;Lord! I feel a smile spread across my face as I call you Father.<br />
I am filled with joy as I think of Jesus and I feel steadfast and secure, as<br />
you have given me purpose here on this land.<br />
As Your holy spirit is with me, I am your kingdom.<br />
I see you kingdom here on this earth.<br />
Thank you. Thank you for letting this worthless servant proclaim your<br />
kingdom here in Africa. Thank you&#8221;</p>
<p>At the moment we are preparing for the short-term missionaries to come. The<br />
German team has already come in April and between June and December we will<br />
be having 6 more mission teams coming to do ministry. Most of our ministries<br />
have been either started by or developed by the short-term mission teams<br />
throughout the years. So we wait in anticipation, and are already excited to<br />
see the works that He will do through the teams that he has so carefully<br />
chosen for His works here in South Africa.<br />
In preparation for the Mission teams to come we are busy renovating and<br />
fixing up the mission homeŠ as we paint the walls and stand on the roof<br />
plugging up the leaks and cracks we think of all the teams that will be able<br />
to have their rest, within these walls and under this roof, after a long<br />
hardworking day with the Lord. As we paint the walls white, the house seems<br />
to take on Jesus¹ purity, as we fix the roof, his peace is felt and as we<br />
scrape off the moss and dirt from the walls we too feel renewedŠ I am<br />
gratefulŠ<br />
This years¹ missions teams will be establishing new children¹s churches,<br />
doing holiday programs for the children, camps for the teachers and<br />
children, door to door evangelism, visiting schools to spread his word, and<br />
build preschools as well as have time with the children to share His love<br />
with them. I pray that they will be teams of people who have come in search<br />
of Jesus, those who want to be a witness for this kingdom and those who will<br />
do ministry as Jesus didŠ<br />
³Lord! We wait in anticipation and excitement to see the kingdom that you<br />
will build with the teams, see the kingdom that you proclaim through the<br />
teams and the Love and blessing that you will pour out on this land through<br />
these teams.²</p>
<p>This is my prayer: that we as missionaries, short or long term will be able<br />
to fulfill our core taskŠ to share the gospel, the good news of our risen<br />
king and savior, of eternal life and the chance to be a part of God¹s great<br />
family, to be one with him, to feel his love and presence on youŠ To share a<br />
common dream with God, that all here in Khayelitsha will be able hear this<br />
good news and praise God as one family.<br />
This is the day when everyone will be able to see more than just glimpses of<br />
His KingdomŠ Everywhere people will hear the gospel, love and care for one<br />
another, they will forgive one another, encourage and give hope to one<br />
another and together we will worship and glorify his nameŠ<br />
³Lord! Jesus, who took on the cross for these million people of Khayelitsha,<br />
use us, your servants, to bring this your kingdom into this land. Be with<br />
us, lead usŠ²</p>
<p>Please pray with us:<br />
1. 1. That we, who will be working with the short-term mission<br />
teams will have wisdom<br />
2. That we will go to each house that we visit in anticipation,<br />
excitement and with a grateful heartŠ<br />
3. For the new children¹s church that has been established in makhasa.<br />
4. For the children¹s and teacher¹s camps that will take place in June.<br />
5. That the students of the Motor mechanic school will be able to learn<br />
God.<br />
6. The cold and rainy winter is approaching, please pray for the bible<br />
college students, who work in the day and study at night, that they will<br />
experience the warmth and courage that God gives. Please also pray that the<br />
people of Khayelitsha who live in informal houses where the cold weather<br />
hits them hardŠ<br />
7. That all the missionaries and local leaders who work with us will be<br />
able to experience and find God everyday, that their ministries will be<br />
handled with love and done in faith, and lastly for their health and safetyŠ</p>
<p>Thank you for your continuous prayer and supportŠ<br />
For the Kingdom!</p>
<p>Young Ohm, Young-Ae, Aaron and Priscill</p>
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		<title>Trip to Transkei</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Our Loving Lord Jesus has risen from the dead. He has come to us to give the
hope of resurrection. He wants the resurrection to be revealed on the land
of Africa. With your prayer and love, Africa will be healed, the Lord will
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<p>Our Loving Lord Jesus has risen from the dead. He has come to us to give the<br />
hope of resurrection. He wants the resurrection to be revealed on the land<br />
of Africa. With your prayer and love, Africa will be healed, the Lord will<br />
be risen, and His kingdom will come in Africa. It is our strength, joy and<br />
thanks that you are in this ministry with us.</p>
<p>With the team from Germany, we made a trip to Transkei, where 24 people<br />
accepted Jesus into their lives. We read again and again the names of these<br />
people that will be written in the Lord¹s book of life, and prayed in thanks<br />
that the Holy Spirit will guide them through the rest of their lives on the<br />
Lord¹s path.</p>
<p>On the day when we couldn¹t leave to evangelize due to bad rain and cold,<br />
we prayed instead. On the day we were returning from the trip, it rained and<br />
the car slipped into a pool of mud. In the rain, we were dragging and<br />
pushing the car. Many of us ended up with aching bodies. In spite of this<br />
situation, all of us thanked, and praised the Lord for the work He was<br />
doing.</p>
<p>One youth was seeking for the meaning of life. When we told him that the<br />
true meaning can be found in Jesus only, he accepted Jesus into his heart.<br />
One old lady thought that she was not beautiful anymore with countless<br />
wrinkles on her face. We told her that she was beautiful, and that if she<br />
had the heart of Jesus, she will be truly beautiful in the eyes of God, with<br />
which conviction she surely accepted Jesus. We told the gospel to one<br />
shamanist that all ancestral ghosts are false gods, that it is Satan in<br />
disguise who makes us fear and turn us into slaves. She didn¹t accept Jesus<br />
there, but since we were allowed to put our hands on her to pray, we<br />
commanded the Satan to go away in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Lord!<br />
Proclaim salvation! Lord, salvation is in you. Have pity on these people ­<br />
they have accepted Jesus into their hearts.</p>
<p>Please pray:<br />
1. Sunday school: May the leaders of 120 Sunday schools be able to see the<br />
Lord¹s dream and vision, and be in charge of the ministry in the image of<br />
our Lord. Let there be 120 committed people who will adopt, pray for and<br />
sponsor the 120 Sunday schools.</p>
<p>2. Preschool: Give thanks to our Lord who has allowed the 23rd Preschool to<br />
be built by the German team. May the precious little beings be nourished<br />
with the words of the Lord, and know the Lord¹s love through this preschool.</p>
<p>3. School ministry: May those who are spreading the Gospel in the 8 school<br />
locations share the Lord¹s heart and His words effectively.</p>
<p>4. Rural Theology schools and African Theology College: May the theological<br />
training of the Ethiopian refugees take place without difficulty, and may<br />
pastoral training centers be built in each rural regions.</p>
<p>5. Automobile repair/maintenance center: There are 14 students in training.<br />
May these students love the Lord and handle the vehicles like they handle<br />
people.</p>
<p>6. Madagascar: May there be English teachers be found at the evangelism<br />
event taking place at the end of August.</p>
<p>7. Malawi: The pastoral seminar to take place in the latter term is focused<br />
on leadership. May we find a leader who will take charge of this seminar.</p>
<p>8. Family: Both Kyung-Hwan and Mi-Jung are attending university. Thanks to<br />
our Lord for raising and guiding them, and may they continue to study and<br />
prepare with the dream and hope for His kingdom.</p>
<p>For His Kingdom,</p>
<p>Missionaries Young Ohm, Young-Ae, Kyung-Hwan, and Mi-Jung</p>
<p>Those who have accepted Christ:<br />
1.Luno, 2.Sandiso ntoazini, 3.Nowist, 4.Nezisa Kholiso, 5.Bsino Ntocini,<br />
6.Tata Bakolo, 7.Bonekele Kufa, 8.Sitenbisso, 9.Notawje, 10.Nospiwar,<br />
11.Potuni Bolilitye, 12.Nopheleo Boliltye, 13.Nosamkele, 14.Nokhuzile Mtulo,<br />
15.Luyo Ntulo. 16.Nokhanyiso, 17.Nosine Mqikela, 18.Mthandeni, 19.Lonwabo,<br />
20.Sinethemba, 21.Sipenathi, 22.Mama Khuselo, 23.Nobhenjile, 24.Nagoduwani</p>
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		<title>Pastors&#8217; theological training seminar in Malawi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Lord! Glory, Glory be given unto You. Thanks to your prayers I have returned from the Pastors&#8217; theological training seminar in Malawi, and not even the deadly mosquitoes or the heatcould stop us from sharing the Gospel. Thank you so much. Following lastyear we had 37 pastors come to Mulanje, a city in the southern [...]]]></description>
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<p>Lord! Glory, Glory be given unto You. Thanks to your prayers I have returned from the Pastors&#8217; theological training seminar in Malawi, and not even the deadly mosquitoes or the heatcould stop us from sharing the Gospel. Thank you so much. Following lastyear we had 37 pastors come to Mulanje, a city in the southern region ofMalawi, to attend the seminar. This training was for the pastors who hadalready received basic theological training and starting from last year, wehave had 2 successful training sessions about the concept of God¹s Kingdomand Evangelism. This was the third in which we dealt with Biblical researchthrough critical thinking and the realistic applications to God¹s Kingdom.Even though they held the already translated version of the Word, many couldnot make the Word their own and thus many churches remained unmoved andunacquainted to the Spiritual enrichment of the Bible. The seminar wasfocused on exactly that problem; To allow pastors to approach the Bible witha critical mind and to interpret the Word for themselves with the help ofthe Holy Spirit and also to learn to realistically apply it to themselvesand those around them. It was purely amazing and so moving. All the pastorsfell deeply into the Word, truly learning God and finding Him through theWord. It was truly the works of the Holy Spirit and made me rejoice.As time passed the trainees started asking critical questions about God¹sWord from many angles and just watching them rediscover God, I knew thatthese are the men that are going to change the world. One pastor confessed,³I have now been reborn. Through the Power given to us through the Word, andthe Power given us through God the author of all things I have been rebornand I shall work to revive my church; that all there will also be reborn.² Pastor Kim from Canada came and spoke powerful words through the Gospel ofJohn. Also, we spoke much of the Goodness of God¹s Kingdom: ³The start of one day; For The Kingdom.While leading a church; For The Kingdom.Family; For The Kingdom.Sleep; For The Kingdom.We eat; For The Kingdom.Send our children to school; For The KingdomŠ ³ I am confident that God has worked through these 5 days of training for thepastors and that God¹s Kingdom will be established and extended in the landof Malawi. We also discussed the topic of rivalry between churches and thatthere is no rivals in the Kingdom of God and that we should all praytogether for the spiritual enrichment and growth of other churches as wellas your own.God! Malawi is Yours. Work through Your servants and establish Your eternalKingdom in Malawi. Prayer Requests:</p>
<p>1. That the Pastors in Malawi would constantly rediscover God through theBible and that they would discover His purpose, and that they would bewitnesses of God to their people.</p>
<p>2. That the theological seminars through which Pastors will be trained willbe blessed by God and that it would function only through the Hands of Godso that the Theology of Africa would grow in His Hands. Also, that theservants who work towards this would understand Africa and God¹s purpose forAfrica.</p>
<p>3. That the pastors of Malawi, in amongst all the denominational rivalry andcompetition, would realize that they need to work together and fight thereal enemy and not each other.</p>
<p>4. That God grant the churches of Malawi the strength of faith and mind torighteously interpret so that they would be able to lead the people ofMalawi, who worship their ancestors, to God.</p>
<p>5. That poverty would not be interpreted as shame. Also that the Churcheswould be able to stand and make decisions for themselves and that they woulddream to be churches who send missionaries to help other countries.</p>
<p>6. We prepare the next theological training seminar focusing on Leadership/Reading through the whole Bible/ Community development/ God¹s vision. ThatGod will provide us with speakers and a church to financially support thisseminar. &#8220;Malawi!!! You are God¹s Kingdom.&#8221;</p>
<p>Please shout these words together withus as you keep Malawi in your prayers. For The Kingdom!</p>
<p>Young Ohm</p>
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		<title>New Year 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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He said that the only dept we should have is that of loveŠ I am in dept oflove. Because of your endless prayers for Africa last year, we have seenAfrica become more and more God¹s Kingdom. This servant has received muchlove and grace. And with this love and grace I will love my fellow brothersand [...]]]></description>
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<p>He said that the only dept we should have is that of loveŠ I am in dept oflove. Because of your endless prayers for Africa last year, we have seenAfrica become more and more God¹s Kingdom. This servant has received muchlove and grace. And with this love and grace I will love my fellow brothersand sisters here in Africa. In the year 2011 this is how I would like to workŠ Let this be a year where I am filled with Jesus.In my head, my heart, my hands, my feet.In my thoughts, plans and actionsŠ Let it be filled with Jesus. To love the brothers and sisters of Africa like Jesus loves them.To serve them like Jesus and do His work with the Joy of heaven in my heart.To care, comfort and understand them like Jesus. I want to look towards the places in Africa where there is no hope withJesus¹ eyes of hope.I want to look at the crime, poverty, Aids and diseases of Africa withJesus¹ eyes of love.I want to look at all the lies, sins and disbelief of Africa with Jesus¹eyes of care, comfort and worry. I want to share the gospel like Jesus.I want to proclaim the secret of heaven like Jesus.I want to seek His Kingdom first as Jesus did. Whatever I look at I will think, ŒIf I were Jesus?¹Whatever I plan I will think , Œif I were Jesus?¹Whatever I do I will think, ŒIf I were Jesus?¹In everything I will ask this question so that I may become more like Him. Jesus, I am here.Jesus, I will talk, love, forgive and understand like you did.Jesus, I will look only to you and walk only in your footsteps. I will work and live for His Kingdom as Jesus did. For the Kingdom!Missionary Young Ohm.</p>
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