Ki Hyun

Intelligent, witty, good-looking, studious, and diligent - what's not to love? Especially for a teacher.

Yesterday Ki Hyun had been in the room while Erika and I were talking. Towards the end of class today, I had them doing some reading comprehension practice, which is usually on the more difficult side for my students. Ki Hyun stayed after I let everyone leave because he was asking vocabulary questions - he didn't know that "introduce" could be used in a context other than new people and he didn't know that "lean" could mean "with little fat" only that it meant to put your weight up against the wall. Beginning to pack up his things, he asked me, "What creed are you?" Eventually I said, "You mean religion?" "Yes," he said. I told him that when people usually ask me that question I say that I believe in the one true God and in His Son Jesus Christ. He didn't quite understand that so I did eventually say that I was a Christian. He said, "Oh, you are Catholic?" So then I was trying to explain that, no, I am not a Catholic Christian rather a Protestant Christian. So then I asked him what his creed was. Ki Hyun said, "Me. I believe in myself. I work hard, I do the things I want, I live life my way by what I see." "So you don't believe in God?" You could tell it was hard for him to say absolutely that he didn't believe in God or a god. I had found out the other day that one of his other Korean friends in a different class went to a Korean church in Mira Mesa so I said (praying that this was a good church, although I do know that it is baptist), "You should go with your friend sometime." He said that he didn't like church because it is just better to give to the poor and do social services outside of the church. I said, "Sometimes I agree with you." We were about to part ways and as he said good bye I simply said, "Think about God the rest of your day." He smiled politely. I said, "Remember, I don't say that I am this religion or that religion, but that I talk to the one true God and He talks to me through Jesus Christ." Again, Ki Hyun smiled and almost shaking his head he said, "Ok." You could tell he thought I was a little strange.

Please, pray for God to do His work in Ki Hyun.