Hey all! Sorry it’s been so long… Here’s a shotgun entry filling you in on what’s been happening.
North Korea:
Robert Park is back in the U.S. Most sites claim he said some pretty stupid stuff (like: “they treated me very nice and I was allowed to pray freely and go to church.”). Basically all N. Korea propaganda. His friend said he was beat near death a couple of times and finally released because they didn’t know what else to do with him. He’s now recovering in the states, but the effect of the torture still lingers.
2 Weeks ago was unofficially N. Korea awareness week where some friends from Robert’s church marched into the UofA mall to stage a demonstration raising awareness for the humanitarian issues in n. korea. I attended some of it and it seemed to be one of the more successful demonstrations I’ve ever seen at the UofA.
A refuge named “Tom” spoke at our NavNite to conclude the week. It was fascinating as he told of his story of how he escaped to China, found Christ, went back to N. Korea because of his family, was captured a couple of times, escaped again and fled through China, Mongolia and Laos before making it to S. Korea, totally over 10,000 kilometers traveled. All while he was 24. My age. Wow.
Conference:
We attended our annual regional conference and it was great! Here’s an email I sent out about it.
Spring Break:
We’re leaving tomorrow for Chinle, AZ to build a house on the Navajo Reservation. 70+ students are coming and it’s one of our biggest trips (both in prep and attendance) that we’ve ever done. Several non-believers are coming. We’ll spend half the day studying the book of Hosea, and the other half building a 22x22’ house. It’ll be awesome. Picture to follow :)
Thanks for all your prayers!!!
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