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Korea UBF
August 18, 2014

Dream and Vision in JESUS

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi Eloi, lama sabachthani?" (Which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

Hallelujah! We render all glory, praise and thanks to God who richly blessed the JBF national conference in Korea. On Aug 3-8, Korea JBF held its conference with the theme, “Dream and Vision" at the Youth Training Center at Kimpo in Korea. Altogether 323 people attended: Yonhee (63), Jongno (55), Kyoungsung (32), Gwanak (20), Anam (20), Baebong (8), Sungdong (7), Kyounheemoon (2) Hansung (3), Dongkuyo (4), Inchun (10), Wonchun (6), Songdo (2), Suwon(2), Chunan(6) Anyang(3), Ansung(1), Choonchun(9), Daehoen(10), PusanKuyodae(3), Gwangjoo (58), USA (4), Moscow (3), Misis (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kirgizstan (1), Israel (1), Nigeria (3) and 13 high school seniors who are going to have their college entrance exam soon.

The main lecture 1, "Rule over the Earth and Subdue It," based on Gen1:26-31 was given by Sh. Hongmin Lee (Kyounsung). He testified well about God's dream and vision by video presentation from the perspective of a medical doctor, which was revealed in the providence of God's creation.

The main lecture 2, "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" from Mt 27:27-54 was given by Donghoon Yang (Yonhee). Through the lecture he gracefully revealed about Jesus who was abandoned by God and bore all our sins on the cross, and about the dream and vision of Christ.

Main lecture 3, "Look Forward to Jesus who Rewards," based on Heb. 11:23-29 was given by Sh. Junsim Cho (Jongno). He boldly spoke on how Moses could experience the great victory of faith when he was in great distress. Through his lecture everyone could learn about the faith of Moses and have a great vision to be used by God like Moses.

As for life testimony speakers, 14 JBF members shared their wonderful life story looking back on their former life of sin, repenting and making decisions of faith for the future in the great dream and vision of Christ. They are Eunjin Kim (Yonhee), Sehan Kim (Gwangjoo), Yerang Kim (Wonchun), Semin Yang (Gwangjoo), Dahae Kim (Jongno), Yeeun Kang (Kyoungsung), Junghyun Hong (Kyoungsung), Yesle Lee (Gwangjoo), Andrew Choi (Jongno), Kyoungjoo Ahn (Kyoungheemoon), Yeeun Choi ( Jongno), John Nam (Gwangjoo), Moses Lee (Jongno) and Grace Nam (Gwangjoo).

Three honorary JBF members presented their victorious life of faith in Christ by testifying about Jesus who rewards their testimonies at the meetings of main lectures.

There are Yechan Kim (KAIST, Sophamore), Hannah Cho (Univ of Education of Pusan, Freshman) and Sarang Joo (Designor, Yonhee).

The representative testimonies of each GBS team also shared their beautiful testimonies at the meeting. Their names are Joseph Kim (Jongno, Middle School 1), Hannah Park (Baebong, High 1), Yeeun Suh (Choonchun, high 2), Kihun Choi (Gwanak, Mid 1),1 Basuk Kim (Jongno, High 2), Samuel Whang (Anam, Mid 2), Jaewhang-Ryou (Daejeon, High 2), Petra-Choi (Jongno, High 3), Noah Lee (Jongno, Mid 3) ,Zion-You (Gwangjoo, Mid 2), Yoneun –Chung (Yonhee,Mid 2), Jooeun Moon (Yonhee, Mid 2), Jinjoo Lee (Yonhee, Mid 2), Chanmee Park (Gwangjo, High 1) and Abraham Suh (High 2).

We had a new style of group Bible study based on Q&A format, which was suggested by Sh. Mija Lee. It was an active and advanced Bible study style for Bible students so that they may actively meditate on the word of God, making questionnaires by themselves and having discussions during the Bible study.

There were team by team activities. The first activity was a team by team strength-competition. There were 24 GBS teams that participated. They were divided into four groups for the competition. Each group was unified as one in spirit to win the victory while going through the six hurdle courses. This made good fellowship with one another in the competition.
The second activity was a symposium about the future direction for JBF students presented by mentors including their experience and testimonies. The fourteen mentors helped them to make progress with question and answer sessions. It was a great and practical help for JBF students because most of the mentors were UBF shepherds with a lot of field experience in Christ.
Lastly, we had a praise and prayer night led by Sh. Banseuk Na along with singers from JBF. It opened all attendees’ hearts to the Lord in praise and prayer.

The final message, "Your Young Men Will See Visions,” based on Acts 2:17 was given by Sh. Moses Kim. Through the message we all repented and were forgiven and could have vision through the Holy Spirit.

We praise and thank God for the abundant blessing upon this conference which was full of dreams and visions in Christ, and with the great number of attendees beyond our expectation.

We also thank Sh. David Kim and all the Korean staff and all the servants of the Lord throughout the world who have been earnestly praying and lavishly supported this conference.

We pray that our great dream and vision may be fulfilled by sending out 10,000 missionaries by 2040 using UBF second generations for his name’s sake.

Moses Kim (Gwangjoo)