If there's any entry of mine that I want people to read, it'd probably be this one! Yes... it's a testimony about something that happened in India. I learned a new language - the language of love - God's Love.

We spent a lot of time at train stations and in trains.
I guess for me, it wasn't that hard, but what I did find hard was caring for the beggar children.
So many beggars everywhere! And then poor beggar children... sleeping on the ground of the train stations
Asking us for food, for money. But we aren't allowed to give it to them.

Often I thought, We are messed up. Why can't we help them?
If I could give them just one rupee - seriously, 40 rupees = $1
Why can't we give them food?

This kid above me - I remember being skeptical
Maybe this kid is trying to distract us while someone will come by and steal our stuff
Why won't he leave?
I told him to leave, but he stayed. I didn't want to talk to him, I didn't want anything to do with him.
I didn't want anything to do with any of the beggar children, because I felt that if I talked to them
I'd give them false hope - false hope of me giving them money or food - so I stayed my distance.

But I saw people breaking rules! Teammates slipping food to the beggar children.
Some of my teammates even gave their watches away to the kids.
Even the two team leaders broke the rule! BSong and Peter! (I saw you guys )
To the kid above - BSong actually gave him some gum (That's what he's chewing).

 
Meanwhile... during a trainride, I met a man named Samuel Thomas.
This was a long long ride, so I ended up talking to him a lot.
Somehow, he ended up teaching me some Hindi!

He wrote it on a piece of my 99 cent tissues, but I taped it into my journal.
Apparently, he thought my name was "Chock," but I didn't mind.
Thus I learned in Hindi
My name is Cho. What is your name? One, two, three, four, five.
Little did I know... this is all I needed for the ministry God was preparing me for...

Peter Kim with two beggar children

One thing I saw was that Brian Song and Peter Kim (leaders) always played with the children,
Gave them food (rule breakers!), and played guitar songs to them. Especially Brian Song.
I was pretty touched by his interaction with the children.
It broke my heart because I didn't know what I could do for them.
They don't know English! I can't communicate with them. And even so, if I do, they'll think I'll give food or money!

But one day, Brian Song said something along the lines of this to us:
"More than money or food, they just want to be loved. They are just like all the other children you know. They don't get to experience the love we got to."

That's when I realized, I didn't come here to pity the children. I came here to show love - God's love! These kids, if we give them food or money, they won't remember us - we're just another person they begged to and received from - but they do it 24/7 everyday, so to them it's nothing special. But if we show them love - we will give them something to remember - something they never really had.

After reflecting on that one day, I remembered one of the hotels we stayed in when Cadengo, Steven Kim, Tony Min, and I roomed together. We got the 1st floor... the power always went out... and we had trouble locking our own room. And we complained to the front desk person... and he said to Cadengo and me with a smirk, "Please sir, speak the language of love." He was totally just trying to play it cool so we wouldn't ask for a discount or something. But for some reason it shut me up, and I said to myself, That is what we're here to do.

And as I was realizing this, for some reason, God told me to make origami for the beggar children. What the heck right? Why origami?

Now... one of the things on the "To Bring" list was stationery... but I didn't really use it.

But, with origami... you need squares

So you get a square and a long rectangle

The weapon of choice God chose for me was the origami paper ball!

What's funny is one of my biggest supporters was my teacher at my home church in Vegas.
He gave me three pens that I took to India. And it's an AllState Pen!
After I made the balls, I had to find out how to show them this love is from Jesus!
But how? God said - Use this pen! It's a Life Insurance pen you see... and in a way...
This is life insurance for the children. Draw for them my story - show them my love.
Give them the Life Insurance of Jesus

So that's what I did. I drew Jesus' story on these balls.
Jesus died on the cross. And He rose again. And He loves you.

Remember I said I learned some Hindi? Well... I realized I could use it!
"Ready?!! Here we go! Ak! Dho! Thein! (1, 2, 3!)"
Blows up the origami ball

I used the long retangles to give to the kids too.
"What is your name? Hashee? My name is Cho. This person's name is Jesus."
Points at Jesus on the cross.
"Jesus is God! Points up to heaven
"He died for you and me" Acts out being crucified, trying to show it was me for me and the child
"He came back to life!" Acts out coming back to life.
"And he loves You!" Form a heart, hug, and points to child.
Points at child in picture that Jesus is giving a heart to and says, "Hashee!"

Now before I gave these kids the piece of paper, or the origami balls, I pointed at Jesus
And I said in Hindi - "This peron's name is Jesus!"
And I hammered it into their head. And made sure they knew a cross represented Jesus.
And I repeatingly asked them as we played to make sure they remembered, and they did.
It was so little... but my hope was that as they grew up, they would remember the picture story
Maybe see a cross in the streets and remember Jesus. And that they would walk into that building with a cross.
A Christian church. And they would finally realize, wow - the love we were shown. It was because of Christ!

These beggar children - they received their first origami balls, their first paper airplanes, and first cranes.
But I think to them, it was more special than it ever was for me when I got my first origami crafts.
These had Jesus' story on them. It had a cross on them. And it was made in God's love.
One of the kids even offered me some of his dendrite... a superglue drug the beggar children use make their stomachs feel full when it really isn't. It's not something to brag about, but it's shows that God's love was effective -
That he would offer something he treasures to the ones who bring this love he's never felt before.

I want you guys to take a good look at this beggar child.
This picture was taken with Brian Song's camera (We had two photographers).
The first time I saw this picture, I thought - Hey! I gave this girl some origami!
I gave her the long rectangle sheet and told her and acted out the gospel message!
And I thought to myself... I hope this was effective. I hope she keeps that piece of paper.
I hope she remembers the name of Jesus. And that she would remember our love.

Too bad this was the only picture of her...
But... a week later... May's camera was uploaded onto the KCM site...
And what I found blessed me tremendously

Hey! It's the girl! What's in her hand?

The rectangle picture Jesus story!
And as I saw it - it seems so small... just some simple pictures.
But I saw God working for some reason.
There's Brian Song playing them praise songs, which the children love.
Who are these people? Why are they so loving? Why do they sing these songs?
What is this drawing? What does it truly mean? Jesus? A cross? Death? Life?

And look at this! She's trying to eat it...
Why?! Cause ... She's Hungry for Jesus!
As you see, the two other beggars with her are probably her siblings.

And when I thought I was at peace with the origami ministry...
When I knew that she looked at the piece of paper with the story of Jesus on it and knew God was at work
I thought that was the best that could happen... but then... once again... a piece of the puzzle is shown again.

Do you see her in the back? The boy beggar is curious.
What does this picture story mean? What does it tell? Is this why they are playing with us?
Their songs have the name Jesus in it.
The girl remembers the name Jesus and remembers the cross - I hammered it into her head!
And I tested her many times afterwards and she remembered.
And she shared... with the other beggar children. Even though she doesn't understand fully.
This is God at work. This is how God worked.

This was so small, yet so big.
God will use the tiniest things to do the greatest things.
Every little thing connected to lead to this experience... my dad teaching me origami when I was a child, the unused stationery, Samuel Thomas teaching me the simple Hindi sentences on the train, the Hindi unlockable door hotel owner, and even the Life Insurance Pen that had so much symbolism in itself.

Little is much when God's in it.

Life Is Great! Trust Jesus!