Monthly Archives: January 2012

Crunch Time

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In the final days of leaving for Korea, still waiting to receive some papers. Hopefully it will come in on time. There’s so much that needs to be done before departure, but all in all, I am super excited to go through new challenges.

Looking forward to teaching English to my class(es)! Hopefully being part of the TaLK program will allow me with opportunities to evangelize and share the Gospel with others. One of my biggest goals in teaching is to become effective and encouraging.  Also, volunteering at an orphanage has been on my heart since freshmen year in college.

Logistical preparatory planning and orientation: Over the next month, I will go through rigorous training alongside 200+ TaLK scholars from all over the world. A typical day begins at 7am-6pm including language, cultural, and classroom management courses.

I’m definitely thrilled for God giving me this opportune time to serve Him overseas. But I do and will miss everyone from home, college and church. I feel extremely blessed for each and everyone of them. Also seeing their growth in the Word and relationship with the Lord has been encouraging to me. ❤

All for the Glory of God,

Tiffany Tam

 

Prayers for Korea

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Being informed on the current political situation between N and South has placed a heavy burden in my heart. If possible, please keep them in your prayers.

Click on the links below or scroll down to find out more on how you can pray.

Article: Korea Reunification Would Spell Trouble For Seoul- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/korea-reunification_n_1182669.html?ref=north-korea

Information on the countries- 

http://www.operationworld.org/kors

Answer to Prayer

Praise God for the unique Korean Church. It was founded on sound indigenous principles, blessed with a succession of revivals, refined by persecution and is now one of the foremost Churches in the world for missions vision. It has one of the highest proportions of evangelicals in Asia. Korea’s Church presence is highly visible; Korean society has been impacted on many levels by it, and a number of high-profile leaders of politics and industry are Christian. From the first Protestant church planted in 1884, South Korea now has possibly 50,000 Protestant congregations.

     For an additional 3 Answers to Prayer see Operation Worldbook, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Challenge for Prayer

Society and culture in Korea saw great change in the last generation. Pray for the following issues:

a) Economic growth has been remarkable in the last 50 years. But the global success of some Korean brands has exposed corruption in politics and industry. The economy is highly dependent on exports, and inequity between rich and poor is accelerating. Pray for wisdom for leaders and justice for those most vulnerable.

b) Moral foundations appear to be eroding. This traditionally conservative society must face increasing materialism, a growing generation gap, greatly increased suicide rates, Internet addiction and, as with most developed nations, a rapidly rising sex industry, a vanity-driven cosmetic surgery industry and decreased sensitivity to violence in the media.

c) Traditional religious faiths increasingly co-exist with Christianity and modern-day agnosticism. A spectrum of Buddhism, Confucianism, Korean shamanism and New Religions (usually a blend of Christianity, Buddhism and Eastern mysticism) accounts for most of the population, although the majority do not faithfully practice. In recent years, however, there has been an awakening of religious sentiment among non-Protestant faiths, which has happened to coincide with a relative decline in Protestant growth.

http://www.operationworld.org/korn

Challenges for Prayer

The “Hermit Kingdom” is a repressive nightmare,where the populace are kept ignorant of the outside world and forcibly indoctrinated into the bizarre doctrines and policies of the “Dear Leader”. He has made 70 bronze statues (total value over $1 billion) – and literally tens of thousands of other monuments, towers and figures – of his father Kim Il-Sung, the Father in the twisted Cheondogyo trinity of Father, Son and Juche spirit. The nuclear threat of this rogue nation is only surpassed by the nation’s great suffering and deprivation. Pray for the leader and his cadre, that the Holy Spirit might bring them to repentance and belief.

North Korea’s economy and environment are in states of disaster, the former propped up only by illicit money-spinner ventures outside the country and by Chinese and South Korean generosity, which ebbs and flows with ever-shifting North Korean politics. Yet the cost of continually propping up North Korea will eventually tally up to more than the cost of rebuilding a crumbling nation after a regime change. Pray for a watershed moment in God’s timing that will bring thorough change, freedom and complete transformation to this land.

Sources: Operation World.

Bucket List / Resolutions

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I decided it would be most appropriate to integrate two separate lists into one.

1. Survive Korea– Being Chinese American and immersing myself into Korean culture and teaching English in Korea will be a difficult task to take on.

2. Go to Graduate School-  Apply to Pepperdine University (University Intern Program: MA. Education/ Credential), UC Davis, The Master’s College (MA. Education/ Credential, MA. Arts Biblical Studies/ Biblical Counseling)

3. Develop Spiritual Discipline Habits– Read the Bible, understand it, take notes. Memorize scripture. Study Systematic Theology. Pray for others in need.

4. Sanctification Process-  Become more like Christ. Learn how to be more patient showing love and grace.

5. Short/Long Term Missionary- Work/Volunteer in an orphanage.

6. Become a teacher- Kindergarten-1st grade

7. Evangelize- Share the Gospel to non-believers

8. Gospel- Preach the Gospel to myself everyday. Isaiah 53

9. Travel- Around the world.