Three years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Turkey and serve as a missionary there for a year.

Many of you were part of my journey at that time and all your prayers and support led to many breakthroughs to occur in the Kurdish region I was in. We (myself and a team of seven other student missionaries) saw a couple of our friends receive Christ and others who experienced God in supernatural ways. Many of these friends, we consider like brothers and sisters and they themselves call us kan-ka, which means blood brother.

Its now been more than two years since Ive come back and my heart has been aching to return to the mission field.

I, and former teammate/friend Allen, will be taking a two-week trip to Eastern Turkey to revisit and reconnect with our Kurdish friends whom weve ministered to for a year. These are the friends we repeatedly met with and poured our lives into during the duration of our year-long stint. Let me introduce them to you quickly.

Miraz

Mesut

Ergun

Metin

Ilham

I called my friend Metin recently (when he was asleep, unfortunately) and after he finally realized who was calling, his voice came back and we excitedly yelled each others names. Youjin! he exclaimed (they prefer to call me by my Korean name, not American). We talked for a bit, but because my Turkish had become so broken, it was hard to communicate our deeper emotions. Metin shared how since I had left, his life had become very difficult. He shared, Right when you arrive at the airport, make sure to call me. We will hang out together every day once you get here.

My hope is to continue to share about Jesus with these friends and nurture the seed we planted a few years back. They are all such kind souls, but they have yet to receive the love of God. Please partner in praying for Allen and me as we meet these friends again and for supernatural workings of the Holy Spirit.

We will also be visiting brother Ilham, our first friend who accepted Christ. He has been faithfully following Jesus since then, although the roads been lonely for him as hes the only Christian in his area. Pray for encouragement over this brother and for blessings over our reunion.

Isnt he so adorable??

Turkey is an unreached nation with believers that account for a mere 0.13% of the overall 74 million people population. Perhaps 20% of that population make up for the Kurds, who have long been one of the most oppressed people groups today. It is a place that desperately needs Jesus. Please pray for more workers into this nation.

Thanks for reading! Contact me if you want to know more about my trip!