January Prayer Meeting Minute
Hello Everyone,
The following are the announcements followed by notes from the January Prayer Meeting.
Announcements:
~The 4th Annual Arts and Crafts Camp was very successful. We had 36 girls from 5 different children homes and 41 faithful volunteers. It was the biggest Arts and Crafts camp that we had ever had. We even moved into a bigger room to accommodate everyone. There were a lot of laughter and smiles. Everyone had a blessed time! :)
~Jerusalem Ministry Fan Page on Facebook has been created. Look for us on facebook and please press "Like It".
~It is graduation season. Unlike schools in America, Korean schools have separate graduation for Elementary, Middle and High schools. Please check with your child if they are graduating or not. If they are graduating, if would be lovely to be there and love and support your child.
January Prayer Meeting 1/28/2012
First Prayer Meeting held at Zion Home
Praise Led by Mark Yu
Sharing by Jee Lee
Bible Passage - Hebrews 12:5-11
Over the past three years that I have been working at the children home, I've seen a number of children going back to live with their parents. Many people might think that it's a good thing, but as I have observe different cases, It's not always the case. The reason is children do not go back because the very reason that they have been brought to the children home has not be solved when they go back. Not only that they go back to their parents feeling more distant from them with more scars in their hearts. Not only that some of their parents ended up getting married to a new spouse, and the gap from their step parents are even greater. I even head of children dropping out of school after they go back to their parents.
There's a girl named Debbie (not her real name). She is only 16 years old and if she still attend school, she would be a rising junior in high school. Her background story is this. Her father got sick and couldn't take care of the family. As son as her mom found that out, she left the family. Debbie and her younger sister was placed at my children home soon after that. She was in touch with her dad but she didn't hear anything from her mom over 7 years. But all the sudden, her mom showed with her newly wed husband wanting to take back the girls. At first it seemed like it was going well. Her mom showered the girls with material things. However, the big gap that was in between them was very hard to ignore. For Debbie getting along with a stranger so called "step dad" had been very difficult for her. She got into one big fight with her step-dad and he kicked her out of the home. her mom took her step-dad's side. As soon as she left the home, she dropped out of school and she want' afraid of anything. Even as she was recalling back saying that she wasn't herself then, she didn't care about anything. She ended up faking her age and getting a job at 노래방 (Kareoke Room) as a helper, which means that she was pouring drinks on side of men. She did that for a period of time. She told me that it was easy money for her. She was able to buy everything that she wanted. However, she finally came to her senses. She left that place and found herself a little tiny room in 고시원 by affording the place by serving at a restaurant. She lost her job and she couldn't pay so she got kicked out of room seeking for a place to stay. She called me out of desperation and she has been with me over a week now.
Since she was living on her own for over a year now, she didn't really get discipline. She did everything that she wanted to do and there was no one to tell her what to do. After she came to my apartment, it was a different story. I had to follow the rules that I had to set before her. A little by little, I had to let her know about things that my own mom had taught me. Things that were very obvious to me now but it wasn't part of Debbie yet. She was trying really hard to follow the rules that I had set for her, and she did well for awhile. But one night, she didn't come home without any notice. I was worried sick for her and I was up most of the night. I called every possible contact information I had of her friends, but I still couldn't find out where she was. Finally she texted me 7 in the morning that she slept over at her boyfriend's. That night, I really had to explain everything that what she did was wrong. She didn't understand why I was up waiting for her, she didn't know why it was a big deal when she didn't come home when she was only at my place just for temporally. I was reteaching everything I learned from my mom. Debbie in her eyes, I could see that she was realizing what parents are supposed to be for her. At that moment, I realized that I wasn't just sowing into Debbie's life but also sowing into her next generation. All the teaching and disciplining that she didn't receive from her mom, she was now receiving from me.
Prayer Requests~
~Pray for children who will be graduating from High school. Soon enough, they will be on their own living by themselves. Pray for God's guidance of their lives and protection over them.
~Pray for the directors' health, wisdom, joy and peace ~Pray for Zion Home. God's joy and blessing will be over them. Also, pray for favor from the home to allow us to use their facility for our monthly prayer meetings.
~Pray for dorm moms- they will have hope in each child and that will be their strength. Also, pray that they will take care of the children as their own children.
~Jerusalem Ministry-
~volunteers- will see the father's heart for these children to love and care for them.
~Leaders- direction for the future.
~Spring Benefit Concert- release pop stars to join the concert, pray for all the logistical things.
Hello Everyone,
The following are the announcements followed by notes from the January Prayer Meeting.
Announcements:
~The 4th Annual Arts and Crafts Camp was very successful. We had 36 girls from 5 different children homes and 41 faithful volunteers. It was the biggest Arts and Crafts camp that we had ever had. We even moved into a bigger room to accommodate everyone. There were a lot of laughter and smiles. Everyone had a blessed time! :)
~Jerusalem Ministry Fan Page on Facebook has been created. Look for us on facebook and please press "Like It".
~It is graduation season. Unlike schools in America, Korean schools have separate graduation for Elementary, Middle and High schools. Please check with your child if they are graduating or not. If they are graduating, if would be lovely to be there and love and support your child.
January Prayer Meeting 1/28/2012
First Prayer Meeting held at Zion Home
Praise Led by Mark Yu
Sharing by Jee Lee
Bible Passage - Hebrews 12:5-11
Over the past three years that I have been working at the children home, I've seen a number of children going back to live with their parents. Many people might think that it's a good thing, but as I have observe different cases, It's not always the case. The reason is children do not go back because the very reason that they have been brought to the children home has not be solved when they go back. Not only that they go back to their parents feeling more distant from them with more scars in their hearts. Not only that some of their parents ended up getting married to a new spouse, and the gap from their step parents are even greater. I even head of children dropping out of school after they go back to their parents.
There's a girl named Debbie (not her real name). She is only 16 years old and if she still attend school, she would be a rising junior in high school. Her background story is this. Her father got sick and couldn't take care of the family. As son as her mom found that out, she left the family. Debbie and her younger sister was placed at my children home soon after that. She was in touch with her dad but she didn't hear anything from her mom over 7 years. But all the sudden, her mom showed with her newly wed husband wanting to take back the girls. At first it seemed like it was going well. Her mom showered the girls with material things. However, the big gap that was in between them was very hard to ignore. For Debbie getting along with a stranger so called "step dad" had been very difficult for her. She got into one big fight with her step-dad and he kicked her out of the home. her mom took her step-dad's side. As soon as she left the home, she dropped out of school and she want' afraid of anything. Even as she was recalling back saying that she wasn't herself then, she didn't care about anything. She ended up faking her age and getting a job at 노래방 (Kareoke Room) as a helper, which means that she was pouring drinks on side of men. She did that for a period of time. She told me that it was easy money for her. She was able to buy everything that she wanted. However, she finally came to her senses. She left that place and found herself a little tiny room in 고시원 by affording the place by serving at a restaurant. She lost her job and she couldn't pay so she got kicked out of room seeking for a place to stay. She called me out of desperation and she has been with me over a week now.
Since she was living on her own for over a year now, she didn't really get discipline. She did everything that she wanted to do and there was no one to tell her what to do. After she came to my apartment, it was a different story. I had to follow the rules that I had to set before her. A little by little, I had to let her know about things that my own mom had taught me. Things that were very obvious to me now but it wasn't part of Debbie yet. She was trying really hard to follow the rules that I had set for her, and she did well for awhile. But one night, she didn't come home without any notice. I was worried sick for her and I was up most of the night. I called every possible contact information I had of her friends, but I still couldn't find out where she was. Finally she texted me 7 in the morning that she slept over at her boyfriend's. That night, I really had to explain everything that what she did was wrong. She didn't understand why I was up waiting for her, she didn't know why it was a big deal when she didn't come home when she was only at my place just for temporally. I was reteaching everything I learned from my mom. Debbie in her eyes, I could see that she was realizing what parents are supposed to be for her. At that moment, I realized that I wasn't just sowing into Debbie's life but also sowing into her next generation. All the teaching and disciplining that she didn't receive from her mom, she was now receiving from me.
Prayer Requests~
~Pray for children who will be graduating from High school. Soon enough, they will be on their own living by themselves. Pray for God's guidance of their lives and protection over them.
~Pray for the directors' health, wisdom, joy and peace ~Pray for Zion Home. God's joy and blessing will be over them. Also, pray for favor from the home to allow us to use their facility for our monthly prayer meetings.
~Pray for dorm moms- they will have hope in each child and that will be their strength. Also, pray that they will take care of the children as their own children.
~Jerusalem Ministry-
~volunteers- will see the father's heart for these children to love and care for them.
~Leaders- direction for the future.
~Spring Benefit Concert- release pop stars to join the concert, pray for all the logistical things.