My time in Korea

Why South Korea As my boyfriend SeongEun is from South Korea, we felt it would be a good time to go and explore his nation as a couple and to be able to visit his friends and family in person.

On the other hand we also felt the importance to meet his supporters in person and to give them a report back of what he and we were able to experience so far during our time with YWAM Lausanne and to share of what God is doing all over the world in all the different nations. So we had the privilege to stay for around 30 days in South Korea where we traveled to 8 different places and met over 70 people.

We stayed in Seoul, Cheonan, Chuncheon, Gangneung, Pohang, Ulsan, Busan, and Jeju. All of this places have a lot to offer and so we explored many different locations while we met friends and family from SeongEun! Good food and fellowship was included. It was a good mix of city-and country life, walking alongside the beach, going for hikes and just enjoyed the beautiful landscapes while meeting friends and family and having some time for us for recharging and resting.

SeongEun's Family

One very special moment was when I was able to meet SeongEun’s family and to have the opportunity to spend some time with them. We got along very well and enjoyed every minute of the time we had together. From the first moment on, I felt super welcomed and it felt like we knew each other since ever what made it even more special.

YWAM Base Jeju Island

Another highlight was to visit the YWAM base in Jeju Island. Even though we only knew a few people who are living on the campus, it felt like coming home. During the 3 days we were able to stay in Jeju, I felt so honored and full of joy that I am able to be involved in a community who lives all over the world and who has the same purpose of going to all the nations for making God known and sharing his love to the different people groups.

We had an amazing fellowship time with the leader and the people on the base including good food and wonderful landscapes. The base was running a New Korea Servant Seminar at the same time we were visiting and so we were able to join for a session. This was truly a highlight to stand together in prayer in trusting that a reunion between North and South Korea will take place and we will be able to see one Korea!

Personal journey

During the time in South Korea I was able to look back my last year being in YWAM Lausanne and I just received a heart full of thankfulness and gratitude. I learnt and experienced so many new things and I would never have dreamt of experience so many things in just one year.

I was able to testify God's goodness and faithfulness in so many areas of my life.

Sometimes it is still unbelievable for me of seeing my life being crazily changed for the good :-).

When I saw the different missionaries all over the world and people around me who were able to live a lifestyle where they can live and work together as a community for knowing God more and to make him known, then I always had deep inside of me the desire of being part of a movement like this.

But to be honest, I did not know of how that should look like and if I would be called for something like this. As years went by and I was working in different spheres. During this time I always was longing for something more but I did not know what this more should be.

But then I felt led to do a discipleship training school with YWAM and of how I ended up in YWAM Lausanne, as I was planning to go to Hawaii, I only can say that must have been God's guidance in my life.

So now seeing of how God was opening the door for me and allowed me to step into YWAM Lausanne how I am still here one year later, I truly can say, God was and is leading my life and I am very happy where I am at at the moment.

If someone would have told me a year ago that I would be in a relationship, working as a missionary with YWAM Lausanne and traveling to so many different places, I would never have believed that this even would be possible.

During this whole journey I am learning more and more to practice dependency towards God in all the areas of my life. Honestly sometimes my life seems so insecure and shaken as so many things are still not clear and not always make sense. But I am learning to trust God that he knows the best and that he will and is my provider in every area of my life. As I am giving my full yes to him, I know that he will keep carrying me through every circumstances as he did so many times before. And I am learning to enjoy every moment of my journey and to embrace what God has and what I am able to learn on this journey. So I am super excited to see where this journey will lead to :-)!