Another CTI Missionary!

     If you refer to a previous post from early February, a music missions team, CTI Team 14:22, came to my church to have a small concert where all who attend could come and praise God. I mentioned that on that team was a close brother of mine, Jon Lee, who had joined that team for one year where he would continue to practice, learn, and grow in his faith by doing what he loves; praising God and playing guitar. Today, I am proud to say that we, Harvest, is sending off another missionary.

     When the team came in late January, they had on site auditions where anybody could audition for a spot on the summer mission team. Josh "Tico" Kim had auditioned to become a member of CTI as a bassist. A couple weeks later, he was informed that he "made the cut."

      Josh is now a part of CTI Taiwan 2010, led by Lesley Denford (click here for her blog) and Matt Adams. Josh will be leaving tomorrow, June 8, 2010, for CTI's headquarters in Minnesota. From June 8 -21, he will be in training and plans to be in Taiwan from June 22 - July 15. Within Josh's team, there are 13 members, including him, all of which are talented in their own ways with instruments and other ways of serving.

     According to Josh "Tico,", his team will be....

"Reaching youth with the gospel can take many years in Taiwanese culture. YWAM builds long-term relationships with students here through a coffee shop ministry known as "The Rock." Our teams connect kids with YWAM through evening coffeehouse concerts and conversational evangelism with students who are eager to practice their English on Americans. During the days, teams minister in hospitals, schools, and through open-air concerts on the bustling streets and wharfs of Taipei"

While no specific prayer requests were mentioned, Tico asks that we pray for him and the team. He will be leaving tomorrow at 7:10 AM. Good Luck Tico!

     At Harvest, we really believe in preparing and raising up missionaries that can go forth and be the salt/light of the earth. If you remember from August of last year, we sent out a team, for the first time, to Ecuador. In Ecuador, they did a great number of things including construction projects, door-to-door evangelism, etc. This year, we're sending out another team and I'm on it!

     For me, this is huge. I had been on a fair number of mission trips, but never overseas; this will be my first overseas mission trip. Our team consists of about 10-11 members, all who can't wait to see God work through us.

Top Row (Left -> right): Pastor DL, Pastor Martin "Goose", Julee Chang*

Middle Row (left -> right): Mr. James Ye, Bill Lee*, Isaac "Jak" Lee* (me)

Bottom Row (left -> right): Joseph Kim, Andrew Im*, John Kim*

~~~ Team members with stars are first time missionaries to Ecuador~~~

Here is most of the team. A couple members are missing.

We will be having multiple fundraisers so if you would like to get involved and/or help out in anyway, feel free to email me. We leave on July 25 and return July 31. Please pray for us, the people of Ecuador, and for Christ to do His works through us.