Category archive: The Kids

2nd Annual Jerusalem Ministry Basketball Camp

This past January we held our 2nd annual basketball camp for boys from two different children’s homes. We held it at Seoul National University’s basketball gym. The boys and volunteers were each given two of our ministry’s t-shirts (one black, one white). We held drills each morning and then played 3 on 3 and then…

Arts and Crafts Camp 2016 (Jerusalem Ministry)

Last week we held our 8th annual Arts and Crafts Camp for 3rd to 6th grade girls from orphanages around the city. This year we had 43 girls participate from 8 different homes along with 52 volunteers/staff. The following picture is of all us together on the last day after ice skating… As with every…

Seoul Children’s Home Basketball Tournament

  This past Saturday was the annual Seoul children’s home basketball tournament. It was played at a large Catholic home (800+ kids having their own soccer field, basketball court, and swimming pool).   My best player, Il Ho, tore his ACL a few weeks ago playing soccer and finally had surgery last week. He was still able…

Stories of Korea’s Orphans

The following are a few of the stories that inspired Oak Tree Project (there are many more)… 1. One boy who grew up in the home managed to get into college and majored in social welfare. His desire was to become a social worker at an orphanage. His studies required that he do field work as an internship,…

Soccer Camp 2015 – Creating a Kingdom Culture

  On August 10-12, 2015, Jerusalem Ministry had our 8th annual soccer camp for 3rd – 6th grade boys from different children’s homes in Seoul. We had a total of 58 boys participate (one arriving a day late) from eight different orphanages. They were divided into four teams: Argentina, Spain, Brazil, and Germany. Each team had…

2015 Arts and Crafts Camp Video

Special thanks to Jisu Choi for filming and putting this video together for us. She even made a slightly extended version for us to be able to show to the girls at the children’s homes. We will begin visiting the homes tomorrow to show them the video and give them the pictures. For pictures and…

Arts and Crafts Camp 2015

Last week Jerusalem Ministry held our 7th annual Arts and Crafts Camp for girls from different children’s homes in Seoul. We had 38 girls attend from 7 different children’s homes. The girls opened up quickly and we had a sweet three days together with them. Here are pictures and some stories from the camp… Each…

The Power of Family

I’ve been serving the orphans here in Korea for almost nine years now. What stood out to me right away for the kids was that their greatest need was committed relationships. I’ve traveled to orphanages in Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines and other places and have seen the same. So often we feel our greatest needs are the things we…

Jerusalem Ministry Soccer Camp 2014

Another powerful camp! We had 54 boys from 9 different children homes across Seoul attend along with 48 committed volunteers. For three days we met on the nice fields of Yongsan Army Base. The boys were split into four teams and went through practice/teamwork drills in the morning and then had scrimmages in the afternoon. More…

Arts and Craft Camp 2014 – Pictures and Reflection

This past week Jerusalem Ministry held our 6th annual Arts and Crafts Camp for elementary school girls from children homes around Seoul. This year we had 34 girls attend from six different homes. Girls and volunteers who have attended multiple camps and the staff all agreed that this was our best camp yet. One volunteer…

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