North Korea is the land of the unexpected, for sure. Who would ever expect that the Gospel would be preached in this land from the sky? It went on for many years. Bright orange balloons bearing Scriptures in the Korean language floated over the northern border of South Korea into the southern section of North Korea. No DMZ mine field could stop them. Kim Jong Il's 1 million man army never shot them down. Angry-faced soldiers couldn't stare them away. They glided for miles at a time filled with helium and punctured by an ever-so-small opening that guided them almost scientifically to designated portions of the Hermit Kingdom.
Delighted children found them in a field and ran them home to aging grandmas and grandpas who wept over them, if they were of the remnant church still surviving in this scary land. Or they puzzled over them if they were of the great majority who have been brainwashed and totally uninformed about the outside world and its religious side.
Hundreds of thousands of these plastic missionaries were sent out by dedicated South Koreans and their missionary cohorts . No one knows the full effect of their flights, but reports confirm that many of the missiles found their mark. Lives have been touched forever! Mr. Kim simply cannot keep the Word of God out. It is not bound. A little comes in on airwaves. A little on tapes. A few Bibles get where they were intended to go. Oh the precious life-giving Word of God!
2007 saw the end of the great balloon ministry. At least that form of it. There's been a transformation of sorts. Balloons are still going in. Heavier. Sealed. And inside, entire packages of Gospel messages for distribution. Christians just must tell the story of Jesus one way or t'other. Let us pray for the success of this "foolish" balloon ministry which is confounding the "wise" regime of old Chosun.
http://chosunhouse.com is a website I put together a few months back to get the word out to believers that they need to pray for North Korea. Just about every day I'm writing a blog featuring some news, a book, or a story of North Korea. There's a live news feed on the site, lists of resources, picture essays, and ways to respond to the overwhelming need in North Korea. Let's love Chosun together!
And who am I? A man found of God over 50 years ago, called to the ministry, serving the Lord as needed in my world. Married, member of a local church in the Chicago area, with full time work in public education. Who are you? Would love to fellowship with believers who respond on my site.
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