SOLOMON KIM

I decided to go on this mission trip at first because I wanted to make myself available to God. And in my heart I felt like God wanted me to go on missions especially because of how he touched my heart during MRN. 

During this South India trip God did a lot of different things before and coming back.

Before the trip even started during intensive God was doing a lot of different things in my heart and I think through this trip God made me actually look at my true self: the real brokenness inside. And throughout the trip that was something God was highlighting to me daily. 

I was really encouraged by the missionary throughout my time at the school. Every single time he got on the bus he would pray a thanksgiving prayer; and although sometimes it was awkward I can tell that he was a man who lived on prayer and he knew the key to success, which is thankfulness. And that’s something that God was teaching me and I think that’s something that God started to really break through during this trip.

The hardest part of the trip was definitely Varanasi. There was a deep dark spiritual cloud that was casted around in that area and I felt it my whole time there. And for the first time I never saw a city that looked that broken. It felt and almost was modern day Nineveh; seeing people on the streets without limbs and eyes begging for money, young kids trying to stamp my forehead with a shady mark, and kids coming up to our team begging for money. 

With my team, one of the things that I had to learn was how to become soft; and just talk less in general. Even though God has made a lot of people at my home church a little bit on the soft side, I think my personality never really toned down too much. But through this trip God taught me how to be careful with my tongue and to understand the personalities of others.

Throughout this trip the Lord not only revealed the many flaws in my own character and hidden rocks in my heart; but he revealed to me the reality of this world and the desperate need for the gospel.