Dinner - ENCOUNTER WITH PASTOR KIM

After dinner, a group of us sat down at the common sitting area outside the tuckshop. We were chatting away with light hearted sharing of our experiences (and laughing). That was when a smiley middle age gentleman walked by, stopped and talked to us.

He introduced himself as Pastor Kim. He said he noticed we were not local, and when he saw us he just felt his heart saying "I love you people!" inside him, he just had to stop and talk to us.

Pastor Kim was a really warm, friendly and simley person. He spoke perfect English with US accent. He asked where we were from. We shared with him about our church and our trips to the Prayer Mountain. He was really excited and told us that he was in Seoul as a speaker for a conference. He has some time on hand before his preaching engagement on the next day, so he thought he would come to Prayer Mountain to pray and spend the night praying at the main sanctuary.

Pastor Kim shared with us that he is a Presbytherian pastor currently living in the city of New Jersey in the USA. He started a church in a slump area to minister to the poor black people in the neighbourhood. These people were homeless people living in the streets. Most of them were also alcoholics because of their extreme poverty. He told us that they also despise themselves. They looked at themselves and their situations and asked, "oh why am I born this way, I don't like myself." They had very low self esteem and think they deserve and behave the way they do. They drank to drown their sorrows and forget their problems. They posed a problem to the neighbourhood and law enforcement officials.

Pastor Kim, the only Asian in their midst, would take them in, clean them and provide them with food and shelter. He worked single handedly and currently handled about 300 of them. He would answer their call whenever they were in trouble or when they got into a family quarrel. When he had the opprotunity, he shared the gospel with them. When these people accept the gospel and the gift of salvation, their response was usually dramatic. They would say to God, "I am so happy Lord. You love me so much!" They would sing and dance openly in the street with so much joy.

The Lord has given Pastor Kim favour with the local police force as well. When they dance and sing in the street, the police officers saw Pastor Kim there, and so only watch from afar. They know him and recognized his work and ministry among these people. When they have a gospel gathering, sometimes the police block off the street so that they could have their meeting and praising.

The governor also recognized his work. Pastor Kim was able to get the city council to construct homes modified from shipping containers so he could house these homeless people. Now they have a brand new compound and homes! He now administered the place to upkeep the maintenance and rules & regulations in the place. The Lord has indeed granted him much favour.


We were very touched by Pastor Kim's sharing and his life dedication. Some of us even felt we were too comfortable in Singapore, and cannot see the opportunities to do the work of God such as this. We asked for permission to pray for him. As we prayed in the Spirit and release prayers of anointing over Pastor Kim, he was tearing. We prayed for the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to do the great work he was doing over there. Angie sensed that the Lord wanted to release upon Pastor Kim His rest and peace, and release the prayer for him. Pastor Kim told us that he could feel our prayers were so powerful, even though he was a so called "non-charismatic". He also felt so refreshed and recharged, and the affirmation of the Lord.

We offered to let Pastor Kim stay in one of our rooms as there was one empty bed since one of the members had left for home early. But he told us that he wanted to pray in the main sanctuary that night. But he agreed to take our chartered bus back to Seoul together the next morning. We told him where were staying and asked him to wait at the House of Love lobby by 11am the next morning to catch the bus.

(We didn't see Pastor Kim the next morning. KS told us Pastor Kim came knocking on his room door at 5am in the morning to say goodbye as he was going to leave early. He also thanked us for praying for him and invited us to worship and sing in the choir at his church in New Jersey. Some of us wondered if Pastor Kim was an angel of the Lord?)