Friday, December 29, 2017

Trip to Denver, CO (December 2017)


We traveled to Denver Colorado and stayed there for a week.

The metro Denver is a place where we lived more than 10 years before we relocated to Rwanda in 2009. During this period, I lived in New York for four and a half years, but our home was still in Colorado.

Logos Central Chapel
More importantly, Denver has Logos Central Chapel that has sent us to the ends of the earth. I named the church when it was first established and coached the initial leadership teams for the church governance and administration. The leadership is now in their 50's and the church membership has also changed considerably. Nonetheless, LCC is our home church.


LCC has invited a new pastor who is still in his late 20's and has not finished his seminary study and has not been ordained yet as a full fledged pastor. Nonetheless, he looked competent, confident and pleasant. I had a couple of opportunities to fellowship with him.

I gave a presentation about BAM and SfK Ministries to a group of people after the worship service on Sunday. Unlike the last time, several people asked a lot of questions and I was encouraged. I am curious to find out what the Lord has in mind.

Meeting People
Chuck and Eunice Lee have always been so hospitable to us. Usually we stayed at their home, but this time we stayed at a hotel because they had their daughter couple and the friends of their son-in-law staying at their house.

They took us out to dinner and hosted a dinner for several couples for fellowship. Chuck serves as a member of SfK Life board and actively participates in the discussion during the board meetings. I am truly grateful to God for them and their support, financially and prayerfully, for SfK Ministries.


Mike and Hyunjoo also took us out to dinner one night. Chuck and Eunice were also invited. Hyunjoo has gone through a few surgeries due to cancer and other related illness. But she maintained an upbeat attitude and we were encouraged. Mike is a godly man and has been strong supporter of his wife.



Pastor David Chong is the senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado. Pastor Kenny Hong is one of the associate pastors. We have known Pastor Kenny since the OMC time in Los Angeles and it is amazing to see him now in his 50's. We had lunch together and I had a separate meeting with Pastor David, sharing views and thoughts, iron sharpening iron. I enjoyed our conversation, as always.



Kelvin Huh is my former colleague. He worked for CIB Financial that was a subsidiary of Premier Holding Company. He is now SVP and a loan production office manager for a LA-based commercial bank. He shared the issues of life that he is facing and our discussion has led to a solution.


John J. Kim was a business entrepreneur and is a pastor who has just retired from shepherding a church this year. He now leads a Colorado chapter of New Life Mission, challenging and empowering young people to world missions. His son Joshua Kim got me introduced to him and we had an interesting discussion. When we first met, James and Hannah Suh also joined us and our dialogue was exciting. Later, I had one more chance of meeting up with John J. Kim. He promised to come to Chiang Mai to discuss more about how to engage young people in BAM and world missions. Also, he plans to attend the SfK MBA Chiang Mai 2018. I wonder what the Lord has in mind for our relationship.


While we were in Colorado, The Star Wars movie were introduced. On the third day, we watched it. Were were not as excited as a lot of young people. Instead, we found a lot of nonsense in the movie. I suppose we are getting old. But, at the movie theater, I found Sweet Amanda's candy corner.


For several reasons, I thanked God for all He has prepared for us to explore and connect. - Jeffrey

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