Counting the Days

November 1, 2025

It’s been only three days (at the time of writing this) since my wife went to Korea, and I already miss her. She is coming back. I already know the date of her return, but she is greatly missed, and so we talk to her on FaceTime twice a day. We are counting the days.

While she is away, she has given me a mission. Well, actually there are a few, but the most important mission is that I feed the girls in a healthy way. The girls are very responsible and know how to take care of themselves. They practice their piano, do their daily homework, and clean up after themselves, but it is my mission to feed them healthily. When my wife returns, I don’t want them to look skinny or malnourished, I mean, that would be completely wrong, right?

As I think about the absence of my wife (which is quite noticeable), I think about Jesus in heaven, who promised to return. Meanwhile, Jesus gave us a mission. He said, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8. The mission is that we become witnesses and tell others about the good news of Jesus. This is in sync with the Great Commission I wrote about last week. When Jesus returns, we would like more people to be saved, and that is our mission. Just like FaceTiming with Hyemi each day, we FaceTime with God through the Bible and prayers daily, and we count the days of His return. And as we wait, our mission is to be His witnesses.

I thank you for your prayers and support of our ongoing evangelism, Revelation Today. I pray that as we witness for Jesus, and follow the mission given to us, we will hasten the return of Jesus.

As You Go

October 25, 2025

The Evangelism seminar started a couple of nights ago. It’s a blessing for us to deeply study God’s Word and the topics that started the movement to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ.

A few days ago, I was reading a post from an Adventist pastor in Tennessee, Daniel Jeon, and he has this page called ‘Jeology, the study of Jesus.’ He wrote about the Great Commission, and here is a part of it:

In the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18–20, most English Bibles translate Jesus’ words as, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” But when we look closer at the original Greek, we see something important. The word “go” (πορευθέντες, poreuthentes) is not a command. It’s a participle—meaning “as you go.” The only direct command in the entire Great Commission is “make disciples” (μαθητεύσατε, matheteusate).

What this means is that the act of making disciples and preaching the good news of Jesus is something that should be done naturally in our daily lives. It’s not limited to specific events or certain occasions, but proclaiming the love of Jesus and leading others to Jesus is something that we should do naturally all the time ‘as you go.’ All church members and followers of Jesus are disciple makers by living out the life of Christ, at school, at workplaces, at market places, wherever you are. Thank you to our church family for being the living evangelists. May you reflect the character of Christ wherever you are.

October 18, 2025

One Sabbath afternoon, we were home and I wanted to take a good nap after lunch. However, my girls had a different plan. They wanted to do some painting. Once lunch was over and we cleaned the dishes, I went to the couch and laid to rest while the girls set up the table to do some art work. Hye Mi asked me to sit together and I told them I just wanted some sleep. Immediately, Sebin shouted, "Dad! This is intergenerational! You have to paint with us!" I couldn't say no to that, so I joined the family and we all painted on a piece of paper, and the theme was "the things that make us happy." Honestly, I had a good time. In fact, I painted on two papers. I really enjoyed it, and I was glad I didn't take a naр.

The girls' proactive behavior brought my family together, we enjoyed this wonderful activity together, and we cherished a good memory together. The family brings us together. So does our church family. I was at the conference office last Sabbath to lead out another program, so I missed out on our Pathfinder induction ceremony. In the evening, as I was talking with Hye Mi over the phone, she was excited and told me that the church had a really good attendance. Perhaps we happened to have many guests visiting that day, or maybe it was because of the Pathfinder program that more families came to worship together. Whatever the factor was, the church family gathered to worship together. I am so happy for this community that we have. It brings us together and through our church family, we find real joy and happiness as we connect, and mostly we worship God together. And it's even better because our church is intergenerational.

The psalmist sings, "My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord... For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God." Psalm 84:2,10. There is great joy being in the presence of God, and the church is a great place to practice that. Not only that, we come together as a family of God, which becomes a foretaste of heaven. I am so thankful that you are here today. Happy Sabbath, and welcome!

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