[2020 Spring Newsletter] Restore Ministry
2020/05/20 02:43 am
Escape and CoVID-19: The challenges and feelings of isolation for North Korean Refugee women during a pandemic. YoonHee, determined to come to South Korea after secretly living in China for some time as an unidentified person. She went through many difficulties and painful moments growing up in China without a legitimate identification. After her escape, arrival in South Korea, and trip to the west coast of the United States of America, YoonHee took a walk with us in the woods. While there she said that the smell of the pine needles reminded her of home, and seeing the ocean helped to clear up her thoughts and emotions.

 
Escape and CoVID-19: The challenges and feelings of isolation for North Korean Refugee women during a pandemic

YoonHee, determined to come to South Korea after secretly living in China for some time as an unidentified person. She went through many difficulties and painful moments growing up in China without a legitimate identification. After her escape, arrival in South Korea, and trip to the west coast of the United States of America, YoonHee took a walk with us in the woods. While there she said that the smell of the pine needles reminded her of home, and seeing the ocean helped to clear up her thoughts and emotions. 

For YoonHee it was incredibly difficult to open up and share her stories of pain and agony surrounding her past. Due to the accumulated stress and pain in her past, she started showing symptoms of sickness that had required regular medical treatment. However, she is in recovery and has found a desire to overcome the challenges the world throws at her. We deeply appreciate and respect the level of trust involved for her to share her life with us, and we are very much looking forward to having the next trip with her so that we can hear her stories of personal healing and new life in Christ Jesus.
 
Birth of a precious child
A sister who has been affiliated with our community became a mother to a baby in the midst of the pandemic. The staff members at NGI could not physically visit them due to the hospital’s CoVID-19 quarantine guidelines. However, we were able to meet and pray for the baby through a video call. How thankful we all are to God for building her family within this community at this time!
 
Though unable to physically visit everyone due to COVID-19, we are still able to reach out and stay in touch with one another via phone calls and occasional one-on-one meetings when deeper conversations are needed.

We believe that it was all you praying and supporting NGI’s ministries that made it possible for our North Korean refugee women and new mothers to stand up in this world. Please continue to pray and support them while they continue to recover from their many psychological traumas and create a new identity in God alone.
 
 
 

 
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