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TNP Testimony

I had sent Ppaul an email on my thoughts and reflections after his sermon titled “Who Do you Fear” (or something along those lines haha) last Monday, and the following day he asked that I share it at Tuesday night prayer meeting. Below is a testimony that I shared with everyone whom was at Bergen TNP last week, and I post it here in the hopes that it encourages whomever that reads it in one way or another.

*Prayer: Lord there is nothing that I should fear in standing here in this opportunity to share about what you have been doing in my life. Help me to realize that you are using me in this moment to testify of your continued redemption in my life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, give me bold confidence to declare that you are alive and you are at work.*

I fear man. Straight up. This has been a struggle for as long as I can remember, a catalyst and fuel for a lot of habitual sins that have developed in my life. Pastor Paul and Jae have preached sermons on this particular topic many times. Each time I heard it it was just felt like some one was power drilling into my heart. They would have altar calls and times where people can stay later and pray afterward, and it became so consistent with me that PPaul/PJae didn't even have to ask me what I needed prayer over, in fact PPaul one time just said, the same thing? And I jus nodded. hahahahaha

There was something different though as I heard all of these things that fulfilled the description of basically who I was. There was a sense of calm and stillness within me. Rather than hearing these examples and have the feeling of guilt overcome, I just sat back in my seat and just reveled at how far God has brought me. Was an instance where God really just point blank showed me, Kevin, I am molding and growing you, and just felt compelled to share that with Ppaul.

I am a people pleaser. I can't say no to anyone because any opportunity given to me is a chance for me to gain further favor in someone's eyes. If I did say no it would linger for days and I would constantly regret my decision. These shackles from the fear of man as Ppaul preached, is debilitating. It sucks the life out of you. How can we live like this? How can you live everyday yearning for the approval, compliments, and validation from people? How can you live everyday when the most trivial of circumstances out of nowhere (i.e. Instagram, Facebook) drills within you insecurity and not feeling included, and throws a complete wreck into your week that you mull and meditate over to death, even going to means of fulfilling yourself through sexual immorality, alcohol, or money?

I've racked up thousands of dollars in credit card debt in my pursuit of an image that would be accepted by all. I've exercised to put on weight to make up for my own perceived value of weakness, I've lost weight in further chase of a general appeal. I've calculated my relationships with people to position myself in an attempt to gain popularity. I treasured myself so highly and in the challenge of satisfying this insatiable self the tangible things of this world was the law that I served. I fear man because I love myself so much

Romans 7:24: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

How am I to get rid of this fear of man? In the past I've tried so hard to find the answer to the how and why, becoming defeated because I only found more reasons of why I was unworthy, or better yet, how prideful I was.

Romans 7:25: Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Church, I stand here today, as a testament to His unending love, that through his grace, and His grace alone, I have been freed from these shackles and handcuffs and they no longer wring against my wrists and ankles.

My chains are gone, I've been set free, my God my Saviour, has ransomed me. And like a flood his mercy reigns, unending love, amazing grace.

God in His timing revealed deeper levels of His grace. There is no other explanation. It was nothing that I did but everything that He did. I am still not perfect, nor will I ever be. I will have to fight and continually be on guard as the devil tries to sneak his way in through the most subtle of ways.

Pastor Paul called me earlier today and the latter half of my day was an anxious wreck. Even preparing for this testimony the fear of man came like a tidal wave. I couldn't focus during work after PPaul called me and even left an hour early to give myself more time to prepare. I was worried about ME. The attention was on MYSELF. How will I sound? Will I make sense? What if I don't get resounding amen's from the crowd? Will people talk good things about me? Will my name be glorified?

It's not perfect, and never will be. I'll have to fight this continually.This will be an eternal struggle, like all things because of my sinful nature, until I die. But I can still cling onto Him. He has opened my eyes like never before and I am able now, unlike in the past, to overlook the things that I lack and truly see all that He is. I'll fall, but I can pick myself up quicker than ever because I know His hand is there every time to help me back up.

He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures

Through his grace, God has helped me stay pure. God has helped me manage my money that come end of March I will have paid all of my credit cards. God has helped me to love people by praying for them, changing my heart motives and molding me to love others the way God loves and views them.

This grace was a gift given to me freely, when I was so undeserving. It would be an utter shame if I did not share this with you all. It would be an utter shame if I did not pray for everyone in my life that they receive more and more of this gift of grace. Church, God is alive, and I am proud to say that God has used me today to tell you all that He redeems.

"T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed."

Grace that is slowly but surely turning my fear of man into fear of the Lord, and grace that is slowly but surely showing me that with fear of the Lord there is nothing I have to fear. This fear of man is slowly turning into the fear of God because the focus is off of myself and on Him. I am a sinner, I was, I am, and I will continue to be. If the focus stays on me, my life will be focused on sin. He is our Saviour, He is good, and He will forever be good. If the focus stays on him, my life will be focused on truth.

Church, let us not lift our souls to another, but pray that God let us be a generation that seeks his face.

I’m Going Back!

Hi everyone! I sincerely thank you all for taking your time to come here and read and see my thoughts as I prepare to go back to Thailand for missions in May. A full calendar year hasn’t even passed and God has allowed me to go back to Chiang Mai to serve and I really couldn’t be more excited.

There are so many things that I want to share with you all and this time around I think I can do a much better job in keeping you all updated in a timely manner. This “first” post I wanted to use to share with you all how I have been doing these past 5-6 months post our first go around, why I decided to go back to Thailand, as well as other thoughts meditations that have come from cell group, accountability partners, Vision retreat, etc.

I just re-read my testimony that I emailed to you all when I had come back, and I would like to share a moment of praise to say that by His grace and his grace alone I have been able to hold dearly onto what I had shared with you all months ago. In fact, there has never been a point in my life until now where despite my daily failures and realizations of the deeper layers of my sin, I am able to shift the focus off of myself and onto Christ. Yes, sometimes the most trivial things still can throw a rut into my week. I still feel anxious at times wondering about other people’s opinions of me. But somehow at the end of the day I am content and I am able to look to Him and see that He covers me.

Why am I going back to Thailand? If I had to give a one word answer, it would be gratitude. God revealed to me sides of Him that I have never seen before. The children and staff of Mango House along with Pastor Danny and his family have given me more than I could ever have asked for. My cup has been overflowing ever since I came back. I am filled and ready and it is time to fill and bless and serve others rather than search for another cup to stockpile these blessings for myself. There are things that I regretted not being able to do the first time due to my past spiritual state; I want to give it my absolute all this time (before, during and after the trip) without fear, anxiety and sexual immorality holding me back.

I was hoping that I would also be able to attend the Korea mission trip as well, as I would love nothing more than to be able to see the Andong kids in particular again. Unfortunately my work would only allow for one trip, and ultimately I decided on Thailand because it would have such an amazing impact on the children of Mango House to see as many familiar faces return from our first go around. We were the first church outside of Pastor Danny’s home church to visit, and this time is crucial in cementing and deepening the very early stages of this relationship. On a side note, praise God for the fervor he has placed in our community, with Costa Rica and Tanzania already filled to capacity.

Our team has a total of 23 members (up from 17 last year), and 8 (myself included) of us going for the second time. Almost half of our team is in college, and I’ll be honest in saying that at first seeing everyone at orientation had me a little worried. But I have already seen God work in this team in very subtle ways and I can say that I am very excited to work with all of the new members. I will also be placed in a leadership aspect as our team will be broken into three with different focuses, and am honored that God would choose me as worthy to do such a thing. The spiritual leadership seminar from Vision Retreat really resonated with me and was yet another reminder of how many strong spiritual leaders have been placed in my life, and I hope that through this minor role I can give thanks and praise to God and all of those that have played a role in my spiritual maturity. I am also taking CGLT this year (not to become a cell group leader) following up on the spiritual leadership seminar, in the hopes that it gives me a deeper perspective and angle into the minds and thoughts of those that have helped me mature in my walk. I also hope that it helps me to better serve in my current role in the Welcoming Committee, something that I totally just put on the back burner this past year.

I humbly ask, please, for your prayers. These past couple of months God has revealed to me just how important prayer is, and it is something that I truly “get” now. Yes I still have much ways to go, but in His grace prayer has become much more than simply asking for things or coming in times of need but instead conversations that show me His thoughts, His heart. I’ve also been reading the Bible everyday via the Bible in One Year app, something that I started back in P Jae’s cell group last year but fizzled out pretty early. Bible reading has been awesome, with some days where God just gives me a DIRECT answer. I’ve never pushed myself to any limit when I reached a plateau in my prayer/bible reading life, and Lanny Duyck’s testimony in Vision Retreat was an absolute butt kicker of a conviction that God revealed to me.

Muay Thai has been my biggest hobby as of late, and when I first started I was told upfront by my teachers that it would take 6 months just to develop a decent kick. Those first months were a real test of if I was willing to take this sport seriously. Have I ever had that same attitude in my prayer and Bible reading? Have I ever grinded through it when I didn’t feel like it? Have I pursued Him with any intensity that matches in the slightest how hard I have pursued things and people in my life? Am I praying and reading with the 95/5% mentality? I’ve told myself I wanted to compete at least once in an amateur fight, and I’ve been going to classes at least four times a week in preparation for whenever the opportunity arises. If you see my info card at my gym you will see that I have logged into class almost 500 times. I still have not competed, but I still diligently go. Does my prayer life and BIble reading exemplify this?

Thank you all for reading this far, and I will use other posts to go into detail on other topics as this post is already very long. If you have any questions about anything, please ask! I would love to converse with you in person or email. If you find it in your heart to pray for me, the following are my three central focuses:

1. Team (Unity, purity, initiative, team leaders Pastor Matt and Sarah) 2. Mango House (continued protection for Pastor Danny & family, staff and children) 3. Me (that I continue to hold onto my testimony, continue to fight and train in prayer and reading)

Lastly, if you find it in your heart to partner with me financially I would be ever so grateful. I need to raise $1500 (down from $2325 from last year, WOW!) for the cost of the flight and other expenses. You may do so via the following methods:

1. Wufoo contribution, Wufoo takes 2.9% of the donation. I am the first one on the team member drop down menu (TM2016_A01):

https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2016-thailand-partnership/

2. Cash or checks (PLEASE DO NOT PUT IN SUNDAY OFFERING BASKET), please make checks out to Grace Community Chapel and write in the memo Thailand 2016 - Kevin Lee.

3. Venmo (ID: @kleeee)

Again, I can’t thank God enough for all of you. All of you have been a blessing in my life in one way or another, and it is a privilege to be able to call you all friends. Please keep checking this Tumblr as I will be updating frequently. I’ll close this post by sharing our video of pictures from last year’s trip. PTL!

https://www.facebook.com/596722796/videos/vb.596722796/10153038953832797/?type=2&theater

Two days left

Been telling myself over and over that I had plenty of time to prepare and now our departure date is the day after tomorrow.

I’m feeling pretty anxious and nervous. Been meeting with close friends this week and last to share thoughts, and each one as been very encouraging and helpful.

We leave late Friday night to board a 1:45 AM flight to Hong Kong, and from there we will take another flight directly into Chiang Mai.

Have a lot of thoughts to share but will leave it at this for now. Thank you all for supporting me through finances and prayer. If you would still like to support me I have raised $900 of the $2325, and you may do so by donating through the following link: https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2015-thailand-financial-partnership/

I promise to post a final “before I leave” update post (probably while at the airport) as well as more pictures from previous fellowship events. Thank you!

I’ve known deep down that Pastor Jae needed to take an extended break. I don’t remember exactly how, I might’ve heard it very slightly in passing, or I really think I might’ve had a dream recently about this, but hearing about PJae’s sabbatical didn’t come as a complete shocker. What did throw me off that it was for a full year.

I have never experienced a pastor taking a sabbatical. In fact, I was surprised when I saw the CRC slide of what they define as a sabbatical, how official something like this is. I always thought it was just an extended vacation, that at most he would be back within a couple of months.

But deep down, I am glad. He needs this. He needs it bad. I’ve done my best to purposely place myself in the guidance of PJae these past two years, through discipleship, two mentoring trips and his cell group. I know firsthand just how hard he pushes himself, and the physical and mental pain he has gone through.

I know how that old school treatment of heating that glass jar or whatever onto your back and it leaving that huge red dot helps with aches and pains, but when I saw PJae’s body with those marks when I went to Australia last year, it really hurt me. It represented the battle scars hidden underneath. The burdens and pains of the congregation that he has taken upon himself to carry. It was a physical metaphor that he is fading quickly, that he couldn’t take much more of it. The lengths he had to go through just to be able to go about through a normal day would be daunting for most.

I am so happy that he will have to time to heal these wounds, to completely recharge and have a chance to rebuild his body, to have the chance now to perhaps ask someone else to help carry his burdens.

And I must be honest, I am scared. I came to this church a Christian, having grown up in church my whole life and declared Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. But I was (still am) a spiritual baby, having rebelled during college and skipped church for almost 2 years after graduating, with a whole bunch of heartaches and horrible addictions. As a matter of fact, I could honestly say that I have never given undivided attention or listened through an entire sermon until I listened to PJae. I started building my relationship with him through discipleship last year, then went to Australia/NZ as well as Korea. Returning from Korea I joined his cell group. His character and charisma is awe-inspiring. I admire this man, I respect this man, I look up to this man, I love this man.

But, he is just a man! He is not God! He is not the ultimate Savior that came down from heaven to die for my sins. He is just a humble, loving servant, through whom the Holy Spirit by grace continues to use. A servant of the one and only true God. My respect for PJae could in fact have surpassed my overall respect for God Himself, as evidenced by some of my actions. I turned to PJae more often than God.

GCC is home to the greatest people I have ever met. But I’ve come to rely so much on others for my weaknesses instead of clinging desperately to the only One who truly knows and loves me. It’s going to take a couple of months to adjust, but this is needed for everyone involved, especially myself. A huge wakeup call. As Pastor Paul said, I am scared, but more excited, to see the end result. Some people may leave. We may fight, we will bicker and complain. But God will use this to His advantage. Through all of this God is going to be glorified, and ultimately lifted high.

8/4 Thoughts

Hello everyone! I apologize for the lack of updates, but wow, what a packed couple of days this past weekend was. A lot to meditate and reflect over.

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to help out the Cross Country team all day in NYC, helping to drive around the guest pastors. I literally learned and viewed more of New York City in one day than in the 20+ years of living right next to this city. We started at Columbia university, taking pictures at the library, then went down to the Freedom Tower, came back up to around 80th street and ate Shake Shack in Central Park, then went back down to view the United Nations building, dropped them off at Times Square and picked them back up in Bryant Park, and then finally drove to Bayside to eat dinner and came back to Pal Park to wrap up the night with the Cross Country senders. DAYUM.

It was so good to see the children and Jundo’s I met and developed relationships with when I went to Korea this past December. A little awkward at first (if I don’t speak Korean for a while it takes a day or two to get acclimated again, hahaha) but by the time they left on Monday morning I was sad to see them go.

I remember when Reverend Chun first came to GCC to preach, right around the same time last year. It was then when I felt that God put a strong conviction in my heart to get involved with this ministry. It was moving and powerful, hearing for the first time a personal on hand account of the perils and struggles these people go through. I signed up for the Korea trip shortly after.

This past Sunday was just another reminder of really how lucky I am to be in the position that I am. No struggle that I have ever gone through could ever compare to what these individuals have had to endure. Hearing the testimony of Da Bin and his mother (whom we did not meet when we went to Korea) was gut wrenching and left me with no words. These past couple of months have been so easy that I haven’t had to cling onto anything (with God on the backburner) with any ounce of desperation. Reverend Chun’s plea to be refreshing to others resonated deeply, as I can really take full advantage of the position I am currently in to do everything I can to serve and be a blessing to others. Reverend Chun shared just how much of an impact GCC has had on the children that went on the Cross Country trip last year, and I am really hoping and praying that our team can do just as much, if not more for the children of Mango House.

We are literally 18 days away from our departure, and now things are getting real (and a bit scary). All of the groundwork for VBS/presentations and what not are set, and during our meetings spend a little time now just to quickly review. I will be bringing my Muay Thai equipment with me as I was given the OK by Missionary Danny, but I will only use them with the children during real down time when we have the freedom to simply relax and hang out. As the day comes closer I am feeling less prepared, as I shared with my previous blog post.

My sender has reached out to me, someone with whom I have an awesome and close relationship with, and am very thankful that I will have such a powerful presence to pray for me and share any advice and thoughts he might have. I’m going to need it. Desperation is lacking, it’s been tough to bridge that relationship gap with Jesus as my prayer life has been tough to deal with, and my fundraising is nowhere near where it should be (have only raised $360 so far). I humbly share this with you all to ask for prayer, help and guidance with these aspects. I’ve done a decent job of getting a grip with my habitual sins, but that is a ticking time bomb that I must constantly be cutting the green wires off of.

If you would like to support me for this trip, you may do so by clicking the following link. I still have to raise $2000, and really, I thank you all for considering to support me and those who have already done so.

https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2015-thailand-financial-partnership/

I will do better in updating more frequently, as well as updating with pictures that I have not yet gone through. Thank you all again.

7/25 Team Hiking Outing

Today was our official fellowship outing as a team, and although we were missing a couple of people (and cut the actual hiking down by 2 hours) it was still a great time for us as a team to be very uncomfortable physically but do our best to help and encourage one another to keep moving on. After the hike we had a good old fashioned 3GS BBQ, then cooled down with Rita’s afterwards. Below are pictures of the outing. We leave in a little over 3 weeks! Please continue to pray for us!!

*More photos to come as I get to them, just a group photo for now haha

Midway Update

Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve updated all of you guys with how we’ve been doing. Yesterday was our first official team meeting in over a month, due to scheduling to get everyone on one day. It was so encouraging to see our team just pick everything up right where we left off, to have chemistry continue to grow and develop great momentum. This will be a longer post as it is a recap of a lot of things from the past month.

This past weekend we had our final team fundraiser at the flag football tournament, and since I was playing on the Bergen team I didn’t really have much opportunity to help or see how we did. But from an outsider’s point of view it felt like we really did well, as I saw all participating teams go over for food and donations. I didn’t have the time to take any pictures unfortunately. Speaking of pictures I just upgraded to a better camera so I really hope it will help me give all of you a better insight and visual of everything relating to this trip.

We are only 5 weeks away from our departure, and last night we went right into the meat of our VBS preparations rather than spending some time sharing and going over our homework assignments (i.e. listening to a particular sermon and coming prepared with questions). We have a big team of 16, so we have split into 3 different groups for VBS that will have differing themes. My team’s theme is based on the story of the bleeding woman.

To be completely honest I really haven’t had much input into the VBS portion of this trip, when it comes to giving suggestions on to what we can try and do to teach them or what not. I am trying to be as flexible as I can to be able to serve in whatever manner I can. This is definitely going to be a minor struggle but I hope and pray that as we go along that I’ll be able to pick it up quick.

I love old school YG praise songs, and it was really fun to practice them together as a team. Making melodies will always bring about huge laughs and gel any team together hahaha

As I mentioned before, I was very happy to see our team be able to talk effortlessly and have fun as soon as we all got together again. To further develop team chemistry (and at the suggestion of one of the team members) I sent an email out to our team to organize a team hangout, which is scheduled for next Saturday 7/25. Most likely it will be some combination of hiking + BBQ, and I will do my best to capture every moment and show it to you guys.

How have I been doing lately? To be honest, I have been doing pretty damn well. Work is easy. I have summer Fridays, so I get out at 12 PM. The rest of the week goes by pretty quick, and I have ample time to go and do Muay Thai almost 3-4 times a week and relax at home. Weekends have been filled with hanging out with friends/flag football practices (now to become softball)/church meetings. I can’t complain. But I’ve realized that my sense of desperation is definitely low. I am back to being complacent, with not a lot of sense of urgency. It’s been tough in that regard. Not talking to God on a daily basis, not furthering my relationship with Christ, definitely setting myself up to fall back to square one when things eventually start not going my way again.

I guess that would be one prayer request, that I feel that sense of desperation again. That same desperation when I clinged and yelled at God daily during my time of depression, that same desperation and ferocity with which I prayed to God for forgiveness of my sins, that same desperation to simply yearn for God’s presence in my life on a daily basis. Also if I could ask for continued prayer for Missionary Danny and the Mango House, as well as Deacon Diana as she has a couple of weeks left in serving in China.

And lastly, to update you guys on my financial status, I have raised around $210 so far of the $2325 that I need in total for the trip. I really want to thank you guys for the support, and it really humbles me every time I receive a check or see a WuFoo update. If you would like to support me you may give me a check/cash in person (checks written out to GCC with Kevin Lee Thailand in the memo) or by clicking this link to do it online

https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2015-thailand-financial-partnership/

Thank you all once again for coming here to read what I have to say. We are going into the stretch run of preparations. Please pray for us! Thank you!!

#missions #update #gccthailand

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Whenever I think in a sermon, “I wish my friend would get this” – I have to remember it’s for me first. I have to look at the giant, glaring, unwieldy plank in my own eye.

GCC Thailand First Fundraiser

Praise the Lord and thank you all GCC for supporting our team with our first big fundraiser! We did our best to serve you guys Thai iced tea and delicious pork buns (OK we cheated and got the buns from Chinatown). I would say it was a big success and definitely helped team chemistry. Please support us at the flag football tournament by buying food and drinks!

As far as personal fundraising goes, I still have to raise $2358.50. If you would like to support me you may please do so by following the link

https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2015-thailand-financial-partnership/

CODE: TH2015-12

Thank you all for being so awesome

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Giving it back to the Lord

I was unemployed from September 2013 to March 2014, and from then till February 2015 I was working two jobs with very little pay in continuation of my career aspirations to break into the fashion industry. Two weeks after coming back from the Korea trip God blessed me with the job I currently work at, that came with so many other benefits that I didn’t even ask for.

I knew this was all God. I prayed and prayed, and God answered. I told my Korea trip team members, cell group members and other friends how this was all from God, and with the convictions I received from the Korea trip, how I would go about in two very specific ways to give it back to the Lord. I had promised to give back to the Korea site as a testimony of how God was in control of everything. I had promised to give back to God every week what was rightfully his.

Fast forward only four months and I have already forgotten those struggles and humble beginnings. So easily I’ve lost sight of those convictions and turned everything towards myself. These past couple of months have been the most revealing of how deep my sinful nature really is, and I know I’m only at the tipping point.

Jesus help me to remember. Help me to remember my humble beginnings. Help me to remember how you saved me. Help me to remember the cross.

#sermon reflection

We Need to Fear the Lord

I’ve really just been playing with fire in regards to my habitual sins. I’m f’ing around. I’ve got to stop. Who am I to think that I can command myself?

I need to pray

#thoughts #reflection

Picture from our past trip to Korea

We were only able to spend two and a half days with these children but in that short amount of time I was so blessed to have gotten to meet all of them and miss them so much. I still keep in touch with a lot of them and its so encouraging to know that they do their best to attend church every Sunday.

I hope and pray that we can grow an even stronger bond with the children of Mango House.

Greetings + First Support Post

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my first support letter/update. This will be the first full mission trip that I will be serving on since my way back in 2006, when I went to New Orleans with my old church to help clean homes after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. There is a ton of stuff that I would love to share with you all, and I think doing it via this blog will help me articulate better spread out rather than cramming everything into one huge email.

So I’ll just get right into it. This summer, from August 24th to September 4, I will be departing for Thailand along with 16 (!!!) other lovely members of GCC. Our leader(s) for this team will be Pastor Matt Trengrove and his wife Sarah, whom I first got to know on my past trip to Korea and have further continued to grow in our relationships through their cell group.

We will be serving at an orphanage named the Mango House in Chiang Mai, which is overseen by Missionary Danny (I will refer to as MD for short), whom has a strong relationship with Pastor Matt. MD lives and serves with his wife Sue, along with their two boys Kido and Kiwon. MD was born and raised in Chicago and has been serving in Chiang Mai for the past 10 years.

The ages of the children of the orphanage range from elementary to high school, along with a couple of college kids who help serve MD. What we will be doing there is pretty straightforward. The children will be at school during the day, so our biggest focus is running an after school program for the children as they come back home from school. We will be running VBS studies on the weekends, and in between we are preparing to do crafts, sports, cooking, and music (we have some excellent singers and half of the praise team :D).

I was so lucky and blessed to have been able to ask all of you to partner with me for my past trip, and I humbly ask again that you please partner with me as I prepare for this trip to Thailand.

Obviously, the biggest need right now is prayer. We have a HUGE team, and I’m really understanding the difficulties and prayer needs the past China team had (I was a sender) this past May as they went with a group of 13. I sincerely ask for prayer over our team, that we may be unified as one and be able to fight as a single, impenetrable unit (red mango for the first one to get the reference haha). I ask for prayer for MD and his family, for continued protection and service unto God wholeheartedly. Lastly, I ask that you pray for Mango House’s building situation, as they are undergoing construction on a new home and should be completed by the time we arrive.

And finally, I once again ask for financial support. I will have to raise a total of $2358.50. You may support me by either donating through this link,

https://gracecommunitychapel.wufoo.com/forms/2015-thailand-financial-partnership/

CODE: TH2015-12

or by giving me a check in person/mail. If you will be writing a check, please PLEASE make it out to Grace Community Chapel with Kevin Lee Thailand Missions in the memo. Also PLEASE do NOT give it via the regular offering baskets during Sunday service. If you need my address please message me.

Thank you to all you wonderful people for taking the time to read my first support letter. If you have a Tumblr, please follow me! This won’t simply be a place where I ask for prayer and financial support, I will share with you all how I am doing in general, updates on our team as a whole, and even random thoughts and reflections on things like regular Sunday sermons and what not.

If you have any questions, or have prayer requests that you would like to share, please PLEASE feel free to ask! Tumblr has the great feature of asking anonymously so anything you guys would like to share please go ahead and do so. I really want to make this a two-way communication, not just something where I simply ask for help all for myself.

Thank you all so much, really. Thank you God.

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