Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches
Pete and I woke up super early around 4:00AM to get some morning grub and head out to the early service of the largest church on the planet, Yoido Full Gospel Church.
We took a number of videos to capture the experience but nothing really does it justice. I really like the “tide of worshippers” that roll out of Yoido at the end and the staff’s effort to thank them for coming.
Videos after the jump.
Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches 1 from John on Vimeo.
Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches 2 from John on Vimeo.
After visiting Yoido, we grabbed some cheap lunch and then headed over to one of Onnuri Church’s campuses to visit an old dig that Pete attended regularly when he was living in Korea back in ‘03/’04. By this time it was snowing like crazy…! What a beautiful day to spend worshipping God and hanging out in beautiful Seoul.
Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches 3 from John on Vimeo.
Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches 4 from John on Vimeo.
The day came to a close when we visited some old friends, one of whom I had the pleasure of discipling earlier this year. It’s amazing how God uses all things for His Good and Perfect Will. Today, seeing him now engaged to a beautiful woman, is a testament to God’s power in his life, despite anything that I’ve done, said, counseled, and/or “suggested”.
Tomorrow begins the “programmatic” engagement with the rest of the adoptees and the schedule… I wonder how much more “free” time we’ll be given.
One final thought that I wanted to jot down was that the reality of what’s going to occur is getting more “real” every single day. Emotionally, I’m beginning to seriously wonder how this is all going to be played out. I’m anxious, but excited.
But that isn’t a new feeling… it’s all a part of the plan, the journey… right?
Nice. Love the militant wall o' thank you. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to send an email to the head of host team requesting that we do that for our parishioners.
I'd sign up.
peace|dewde
Man dude. I am so happy for you and your bro. I am so excited to see how everything turns out. Your a great friend and person and you deserve this. Have a blessed time and those videos were awesome. Especially the one where they greet everybody. I would have liked to see your brother try that out. lol
but… wouldn't it get annoying having to keep your hair out of your face every time you rock the "bow"…?
you'd probably have to cut your hair…
haha
haha. dewde above would sign up.
Just beautiful! So cool to see the snow and world's largest church. Looking forward to hearing about tomorrow and praying for you, Pete, and your birth mother.
this is so cool. glad you are getting to do this.
Congrats to you and your bro, bro!! Thanks for taking us along! I feel like I'm right there with ya! I now have a few more places to add to my "must see before I die" list.
Sweet! it was gorgeous today…
almost too much footage to put up on here…
hehe. you've gotta check these places out…!
omg if pete really bowed with them haha
That video titled, "Korea – Day 2 – Gospel Sized Churches 2" is definitely LOST IN TRANSLATION. In the states, we would not be chanting and bowing to say welcome or thank you for coming to church… do Koreans really appreciate that? does the next gen?
i asked him to… but he didn't. he was "too cool"…!
good points. we've got a number of vids/pics of "lost in translation" scenarios. too much to blog about individually perhaps…
good times good times…!
That is incredible. I especially love the matching blue parkas!
I would be interested to hear the response to this kind of behavior as well; especially seeing one woman almost run (away?) from them.
All this Lost In Translation talk has got me listening to Kevin Shields now.
yeah, definitely. love the shields reference……….. haha.
seriously….big
yup.
This is so interesting John! Thanks for bringing us along!!
SURE! thanks for hanging around!