Day 3 – Enlarging Our Hearts

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God really enlarged our hearts for North and South Korea yesterday.  The church staff, on their day off, graciously hosted our visit to a prayer mountain and the Demilitarization Zone (DMZ).  

What exactly is a prayer mountain?  When Korea split after the Korean War, Korean families were also split; children from parents, brother from brother.  The prayer mountain is a serene worship destination where believers pray and cry out to God for unification so that they may be once again reunited with their long lost family members.  Services are held around the clock in a large chapel.  We sat in for worship during a service and felt Jesus’ presence there.  There were at least 400 people singing, dancing, and praising!

The DMZ is a 4 km stretch of land and sea that is neither owned by the North or South Korea.  At the observation center, we watched a movie about the state of North Korea, then viewed the country side for ourselves through telescopes on the observation deck.  As we peered across the Im Jin River, we could only spot a few dilapidated houses and acres of rice fields tended by bent-back farmers.  With our own eyes we saw the people of a nation starved physically and spiritually.  I turned my neck to look back at the skyline of Seoul in the distance filled with high rises and people.  Although only 4 km away from each other in distance, North and South Korea are light years apart in development, technology, and spirituality.  We prayed that God’s grace would fall upon this lost nation and for a unification within the near future.  Furthermore, we prayed that churches would be ready to infiltrate North Korea at the appointed time.

God Bless!

-Roxy

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