Category archive: Oak Tree Project
The Danger of Sympathy
This past Saturday we had our second quarterly meeting of 2014 with all of our Oak Tree Project mentors and scholarship recipients. My wife Sky began the meeting by sharing her testimony with them. It was powerful! Sky was very vulnerable as she shared (you can listen to her testimony here) and they all paid…
The Most Important Thing in a Relationship
The amount you can trust someone’s love will always determine how open your heart is to them and how much love you will allow in. If you can’t trust their love for you, then your heart is mostly closed to them and you can only receive a little love. But if you can fully trust…
A Key For Being Blessed (and Oak Tree Project sharing)
On Sunday during a prayer meeting before service, one of my orphanage ministry staff Mijeong Song was leading and she asked if anyone in the room needed healing. She then asked if anyone needed wisdom or direction. And then she asked if anyone needed refreshment. Different people raised their hands each time, expecting that they…
Oak Tree Project – Difficult Decisions
After raising funds, petitioning different possible mentors, and accepting applications from children from different orphanages in Seoul, the staff of Oak Tree Project had to make the difficult decision today of who to accept and who to say no to. We received 12 applications but only have enough funds for 5 new students (along with…
Oak Tree Project Update
Oak Tree Project (www.oaktreeproject.com) was formed this year to support orphans trying to attend college. In February we accepted four students with our staff mentoring each of them (Jee mentoring one girl, Mijeong mentoring one boy, and Sky and me mentoring two boys). Since February we have met with them each month and called…
Pictures of October
What a month! Multiple sports tournaments for my kids, a benefit concert, and a huge bike festival all amidst settling into our new apartment and keeping up with our usual responsibilities. Enjoy the pictures! On Thursday, October 3rd (a holiday) my boys played in the annual Seoul Orphanage Soccer Tournament. It was the preliminary rounds…
Oak Tree Project Begins…
This past Saturday the leaders of Jerusalem Ministry held our second meeting with our Oak Tree Project scholarship recipients. Oak Tree Project is our scholarship/mentoring program for kids who grew up in the children homes in Seoul. We have three boys (all first years) and one girl (a second year): Young Suk (social welfare), Chul…