Endless expectations and joyful restlessness! Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages were the source of greatest joy!
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January 20, 2008 |
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 ~ Deacon Hang-Yeol Kim
(Designer; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
My family immigrated to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on January 4, 2000. Unlike Korea, however, the spiritual environment in our new home city was terrible for my wife, our two sons, and me to live in Christ. I constantly felt empty in the heart and there was nothing with which to fill the void.
I listened to the messages of many pastors and served as a praise team leader, a member of the choir, and President of the Men's Mission but as my " inner being" remained unchanged, the emptiness lingered and my spiritual thirst only intensified. So I eagerly wanted to meet with God, a true shepherd.
Listening to about 1,000 messages in 9 months
In January 2007, I set aside 40 days to devote myself to prayer and remembered Dr. Jaerock Lee out of the blue. Having had prejudice against Manmin Central Church following a distorted and partial report aired by one of Korea's broadcasting companies in 1999, I immediately removed any thoughts related to Manmin. Yet, I kept thinking about Dr. Lee; my consciousness was telling me to stay away but the other side of my mind asked if I should at least check out for myself what was wrong with the ministry.
The first messages of Dr. Lee I heard after visiting the Manmin website for the first time was the series " Heaven" and it was a collection of messages I had never heard anywhere before. I could not adequately describe with words the joy and the gratitude I felt at having found the true shepherd at last.
The ensuing days were a continuation of endless expectations and joyful restlessness as I listened one by one to Dr. Lee's messages, my source of greatest joy. During the following 9 months, I listened to about 1,000 messages.
 
 Joining Manmin over the Internet; Experiencing God's power through handkerchief prayer
On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, I joined Manmin Central Church over the Internet and God was extremely delighted with this; the very next day, He showed us a straight rainbow in the sky. Seated in the middle of a vast desert, Las Vegas sees rain only 3-4 times a year. My family, therefore, had never seen a rainbow before and it was very unlikely that we would ever see one in Nevada. My family and I stared at the clear rainbow in the sky in awe and later learned that from time to time God shows a variety of extraordinary rainbows to Manmin members. As I had seen such remarkable rainbows, I could easily acknowledge and understand it.
In October 2007, I visited Manmin Central Church along with pastors and ministers from New York Manmin International Church. I had been praying for more than 2 decades for the salvation of my parents and, I asked Rev. Min-Hwan Joo, Pastor at Tongyeong Manmin Church to visit my parents at their home in Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do.
After sharing God's Word with them, Rev. Joo prayed for my parents with the handkerchief on which Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee had prayed (Acts 19:11-12). Immediately after receiving the prayer, my father threw away the cane he had used from the aftereffects of an operation and began walking on his own; my parents have been attending Tongyeong Manmin Church from the following Sunday. I am grateful and relieved as my parents are healthy and whole today.
After such a powerful experience of the handkerchief prayer, I returned to the States with the handkerchief on which the Senior Pastor had prayed.
Driving out demons and reviving the dead through handkerchief prayer
Following my return to Las Vegas, my family and I saw an enormous circular rainbow in the sky above our house in the morning of Sunday, November 4. While looking up at the rainbow, I gave thanks to God as I remembered His covenant and blessings.
Later in the day, I received a call from Kyung-Ho Min, whom I had known well. He told me his wife Brenda was demon-possessed, was in fear and torment, and asked me to come over and pray for her. When I arrived at their home, Brenda was completely suppressed by demons and avoided eye contact with me.
I placed the handkerchief on Brenda and began praying boldly for her. She soon said it was too " hot," drove away my hands, and refused prayer. I kept on praying for her by faith with the handkerchief placed on her, and she collapsed, lost consciousness for a few moments, and came to herself soon afterwards.
A little more than a week later, I received another urgent call from Kyung-Ho. Brenda had attempted suicide by overdosing on some medication. Having the firsthand experience of the power of the handkerchief prayer, I prayed earnestly to God, asking Him to manifest the power of the shepherd through the handkerchief once more. When I arrived at the hospital, Brenda was in a critical condition, having lost consciousness and with a tube connected into her mouth. The doctor in charge said her recovery was unlikely but I began praying wholeheartedly for Brenda with the handkerchief of God's power.
At that very moment, I saw Brenda's hand move and I left the hospital a little later, fully convinced that Brenda would be okay. A few hours later, I received a phone call and learned that Brenda had come to sense. Prior to receiving the handkerchief prayer, the poison level in her body stood at 470; after the prayer, it dropped to 12. Brenda also gave me a call, tearfully thanking me for praying for her.
I was so grateful to learn that the handkerchief of God's power was not merely something I just carry around but the power of the shepherd was truly embedded in it. I gave thanks to God again for keeping me within the realm of the shepherd as one of the Manmin flock.
I give all thanks and glory to God!
 ~ Brenda & Kyung-Ho Min
In the evening of November 13, 2007, my wife Brenda and I ended up sleeping in separate rooms after a serious argument. Even by the following morning, however, Brenda wouldn't get up from the bed. I tried shaking her but Brenda had already lost consciousness. I was so shocked and thought I was going to pass out. I brought her to a hospital and called Deacon Hang-Yeol Kim.
After the quarreling, Brenda consumed the entire bottle of anodyne to commit suicide. The doctor told me that consuming 40 tablets of anodyne was so fatal that they could literally melt away the liver and, as it was more dangerous than rat poison, Brenda had a very little chance of survival.
Upon arriving at the hospital after receiving my phone call, Deacon Kim prayed for Brenda with the handkerchief of God's power, and about 4-5 hours later, my wife became completely normal and whole again. She was discharged from the hospital and went back to work soon afterwards.
I thank God for saving my wife.
Kyung-Ho Min
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