On my way to the conference in Korea, I spent six days in Vietnam meeting missionary Ko Jaesung and visiting the mission field there. There wasn’t much information regarding mission work in Vietnam, which is a communist country, and so I was able to hear about the lives of local Christians in Vietnam and the churches there from missionary Ko.
On my first day in Vietnam, everything seemed chaotic and disorderly. There were few traffic lights, cars and motorcycles were all tangled with one another and it was almost impossible to use the footpath or cross the street without crashing into a motorcycle. The sight of people sitting on little chairs blocking the footpaths eating out of unclean bowls was not pleasant to see. However, after the first day, I started liking Vietnam. I saw myself through the people there. Besides our similar appearances, I was no different to them despite living in Australia and appearing to be clean, orderly and polite. To God, I was the same unlawful person and I felt ashamed about having been critical of others when I myself was saved through God’s mercy. I started feeling merciful towards the unreached there.
Through the missionary, I learned that despite their lives appearing to be unruly, they were considerate of one another and had a spirit of ‘I cannot live without you’ towards one another. The fact that there were no traffic accidents despite the absence of traffic lights meant that having regard for one another was second nature to the Vietnamese. A local minister invited us for a meal and through our conversation their warmth and hospitality shook my soul. Despite persecution and hardships they had to endure for so long, they had kept their faith pure.
This week’s message
Today is Teacher’s Day week. Let us thank all those who have helped us be where we are today and thank our ministers, mokjas and moknyos and Sunday School teachers who have helped us mature spiritually.
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On my way to the conference in Korea, I spent six days in Vietnam meeting missionary Ko Jaesung and visiting the mission field there. There wasn’t much information regarding mission work in Vietnam, which is a communist country, and so I was able to hear about the lives of local Christians in Vietnam and the churches there from missionary Ko.
On my first day in Vietnam, everything seemed chaotic and disorderly. There were few traffic lights, cars and motorcycles were all tangled with one another and it was almost impossible to use the footpath or cross the street without crashing into a motorcycle. The sight of people sitting on little chairs blocking the footpaths eating out of unclean bowls was not pleasant to see. However, after the first day, I started liking Vietnam. I saw myself through the people there. Besides our similar appearances, I was no different to them despite living in Australia and appearing to be clean, orderly and polite. To God, I was the same unlawful person and I felt ashamed about having been critical of others when I myself was saved through God’s mercy. I started feeling merciful towards the unreached there.
Through the missionary, I learned that despite their lives appearing to be unruly, they were considerate of one another and had a spirit of ‘I cannot live without you’ towards one another. The fact that there were no traffic accidents despite the absence of traffic lights meant that having regard for one another was second nature to the Vietnamese. A local minister invited us for a meal and through our conversation their warmth and hospitality shook my soul. Despite persecution and hardships they had to endure for so long, they had kept their faith pure.
This week’s message
Today is Teacher’s Day week. Let us thank all those who have helped us be where we are today and thank our ministers, mokjas and moknyos and Sunday School teachers who have helped us mature spiritually.