Summer 2012
We left Kona to visit our friends and family in Maine. It
was a refreshing time to reconnect with folks and to build some new networks.
Fall 2012
After visiting
Maine we returned to support the School of Worship in Kona. We were now
staffing along a lot of amazing people who had just finished the previous SOW,
and it was exciting to work with a fresh batch of worship leaders! This quarter would wrap up our two years spent
in Kona, where we had made so many wonderful memories and friends, and where
Jubilee was born.
2013 Winter/Spring/Summer
The transition to living in Maine was made
easier because of the wonderful support of family and friends. We remembered
God’s leading for training, so I immediately began looking for work while I
shopped around for a Bible College. It took over three months just to find part
time retail work, but we were never in need of anything because God is always
good. We plugged into a local church plant started by some good friends, as well
as the occasional drum gig at nearby churches. Being in foreign missions you
tend to make a lot of different relationships at a lot of different churches,
and I had created a monster trying to divide my time between as many as three
different churches a month! Things eventually slowed down and we became more
involved in a small group at Redemption Hill.
2013 Summer/Fall
God had opened the doors for me to study at New England
Bible College, with hopes to transfer credits into the University of the
Nations. This was such a good experience for me, as short as it ended up being.
Our son Jinha was born the week classes started, which made for a perfect storm
of business and joy. It was a challenging time of growth and work, while also a
precious time of welcoming Jinha into the world!
2014 Winter/Spring to now
After an eventful and busy end to 2013, things came to a quick halt. Over the course of 3 1/2 weeks I totaled my car, lost my job, and had to take a break from studying. Thankfully loss and frustration wasn't what marked these cold early months of 2014, but encouragement! We got to assist the first of two YWAM teams sent to be sent to Lewiston this year in January. They managed to pick one of the coldest weeks in Maine's history to visit, and that didn't stop them from sending the second team in June! It was so refreshing to spend time with our friends from Nashville. This first half of the year has also formed our next initiative with YWAM, working with a Korean DTS in Salem. God is so good to our family, Jinha is so loud and smiley and awesome....Jubilee is gorgeous, and so clever and so kind. Bora and I have enjoyed leading worship in local churches more and more lately. God get's us through difficulties, is patient and full of grace when we fail, and loves us unconditionally.
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