Now we return to our regular programming, with the following section known as the UPG of the Week. UPG stands for Unreached People Group, and we will be posting one every week, for your prayer.
This week we ask you to pray for the Sinicized Miaos.
According to Dictionary.com, Sinicized means to make Chinese in character, or to change and modify by Chinese influence. These Miaos have apparently been heavily affected by the Chinese, and in this way have adopted much of their practices and religion.
Of their population of 250 000, 0.10% of them are Christians. Compared to many of the other people groups in their area of China and Guizhou, this is quite high, though it is indeed a minimal amount. There are workers there right now.
Please pray that the Sinicized Miaos would be open to the gospel, and would leave off of their Chinese influences and embrace Jesus as their saviour.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Summer in B.C.
Hey, this is Evan, the eldest son of the Yeongs. I'm here to update you on our little 'vacation' that we so joyfully experienced these past two months.
Mainly, this post is about our time in B.C., in which we were able to spend time with our extended family, the Pulsifers, in the small town of Salmon Arm, a mere 9-hour drive from the Vancouver International Airport. We flew to Vancouver from Toronto, accompanied by our cousin, Jordan. He visited with us to get away from the busy city life, and to visit the Pulsifers, which consist of Tito (uncle) Craig, Tita (auntie) Lib, their eldest and only son Christopher, and their four daughters, Leslie, Lia (Murphy), Lindsay, and Leilani.
Shown below is a picture taken by my Tito Craig, a skilled photographer and journalist. It was
taken at one of the many beaches we visited. We remember this beach in particular for its seaweed covered bottom, and its frigid waters. Regardless of these aspects, we managed to have a pretty good time just getting to know our cousins again.
Much of our time was spent in the water, inner tubing, swimming, or just plain relaxing. Jordan and I were also able to meet a few of Chris' friends, and get to walk around Salmon Arm's 'down town', which was very interesting.
One of my most memorable moments about that time would probably have to be sitting by the street on a bench, with Jordan, Chris, and Chris (my cousin's friend). One thing that must be known about Salmon Arm is that it's not known for it's immense asian population. All jokes aside, we literally doubled the asian population while we were there. Carrying on, we were sitting there on the bench, and we were getting the weirdest looks from passing drivers. It's as if they had never seen two asian kids hanging out with two white kids before. Some of their looks were just so ridiculous that we had to laugh at them, it was hilarious.
All in all, we were really able to start anew with the Pulsifers, catch up where we left off, and really enjoy their company. One thing we enjoyed in particular was Tita Lib's cooking, and family games late at night. We all thank God that, since this detour was not scheduled originally, we were able to take a visit down to Salmon Arm. We also pray blessings over the Pulsifers, for letting us live in their house, eat their food, and play with their children.
Mainly, this post is about our time in B.C., in which we were able to spend time with our extended family, the Pulsifers, in the small town of Salmon Arm, a mere 9-hour drive from the Vancouver International Airport. We flew to Vancouver from Toronto, accompanied by our cousin, Jordan. He visited with us to get away from the busy city life, and to visit the Pulsifers, which consist of Tito (uncle) Craig, Tita (auntie) Lib, their eldest and only son Christopher, and their four daughters, Leslie, Lia (Murphy), Lindsay, and Leilani.
Shown below is a picture taken by my Tito Craig, a skilled photographer and journalist. It was
taken at one of the many beaches we visited. We remember this beach in particular for its seaweed covered bottom, and its frigid waters. Regardless of these aspects, we managed to have a pretty good time just getting to know our cousins again.Much of our time was spent in the water, inner tubing, swimming, or just plain relaxing. Jordan and I were also able to meet a few of Chris' friends, and get to walk around Salmon Arm's 'down town', which was very interesting.
One of my most memorable moments about that time would probably have to be sitting by the street on a bench, with Jordan, Chris, and Chris (my cousin's friend). One thing that must be known about Salmon Arm is that it's not known for it's immense asian population. All jokes aside, we literally doubled the asian population while we were there. Carrying on, we were sitting there on the bench, and we were getting the weirdest looks from passing drivers. It's as if they had never seen two asian kids hanging out with two white kids before. Some of their looks were just so ridiculous that we had to laugh at them, it was hilarious.
All in all, we were really able to start anew with the Pulsifers, catch up where we left off, and really enjoy their company. One thing we enjoyed in particular was Tita Lib's cooking, and family games late at night. We all thank God that, since this detour was not scheduled originally, we were able to take a visit down to Salmon Arm. We also pray blessings over the Pulsifers, for letting us live in their house, eat their food, and play with their children.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
TimeOut
As we're here in Canada visiting, eating, shopping, praying, sharing, etc., (not in order of priority or frequency!) it's been hectic and difficult to get in front of the computer to post entries. We're going to have to excuse ourselves from posting anymore entries until we get back to Chiang Mai. Please keep praying with us, in general, for more workers to join those already on the field. We'll be back with more unreached people groups and stories about us soon. Blessings!
By the way, 'A Night With the Kims' is a new posting - considered a May 31 posting although we just posted it. The date was May 31, 2006 when we wrote it. We thought we could write entries ahead and post it later but ... it's got a mind of its own. Oh well, please read on.
By the way, 'A Night With the Kims' is a new posting - considered a May 31 posting although we just posted it. The date was May 31, 2006 when we wrote it. We thought we could write entries ahead and post it later but ... it's got a mind of its own. Oh well, please read on.
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Horned Miaos
Try to avoid being put off by their name, the Horned Miaos are actually an Unreached People Group that are located in Guizhou, China. They number a very low 65,ooo in population, and are currently being worked with. A current 0.01% of them are Christian. Please pray that this minority will grow, and will spread out even into the rest of China.
Next Blues Brothers?
Evan and Eric, with Young Kim on guitar, are seen here belting out a worship song during the Mekong Reunion. They were warmly received and had lots of fun!Friday, June 2, 2006
Hmong Daos
The Hmong Daos are from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. There are 232,700 of them with 10% of them believers. Some workers are among them.
One Hmong man who heard Christian radio broadcasts became a Christian at the end of 2004. He started 22 groups of believers, each group having 7- 8 families. He says he likes Jesus and wants everyone else to know how great He is!
A Hmong Christian who was imprisoned for 3 years led another Hmong prisoner to Christ. When the new convert was released, he went home and led 200 families to Christ. 36 songs have been recorded in Hmong. Two Hmong couples living in Asia desire to move to a nearby country to share the gospel with other Hmong. A strong group of believers is needed to support them in this venture.
Let's pray for the thousands of Hmong whose only means of hearing the good news and of being discipled in the Word of God is through radio.
One Hmong man who heard Christian radio broadcasts became a Christian at the end of 2004. He started 22 groups of believers, each group having 7- 8 families. He says he likes Jesus and wants everyone else to know how great He is!
A Hmong Christian who was imprisoned for 3 years led another Hmong prisoner to Christ. When the new convert was released, he went home and led 200 families to Christ. 36 songs have been recorded in Hmong. Two Hmong couples living in Asia desire to move to a nearby country to share the gospel with other Hmong. A strong group of believers is needed to support them in this venture.
Let's pray for the thousands of Hmong whose only means of hearing the good news and of being discipled in the Word of God is through radio.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Our Night with the Kims
Opportunities like this do not often come along, but when they do, we try as hard as we can to grab onto them. One such chance came along when Evan, our eldest son, made a new friend at Reunion who just so happened to have a family very, very similar to ours. The boys swiftly befriended their Korean counterparts, and were soon begging to have the family over for dinner. The Kim family also has four boys, with the eldest three, Young, Jeremy and Samuel being of near or equal age to Evan, Eric and Eli, and their youngest, Daniel, being four years older than Ethan. Hyun Joo became a good friend to Linda while Eng got to know Kwang better too.
Clockwise from top left are Young, Evan, Jeremy, Eric, Samuel, Eli, Daniel, & Ethan
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