Adam on a Light

The past twenty days have been quite eventful. We are only eleven days from the musical, I am also the same number of days away from the end of my term with Sogang and the Light Fellowship.

Perhaps the most decisive event in the past twenty days has been my knee injury. Yes, knee injury. I hyper-extended my MCL, a ligament in my knee. It has hindered my ability to walk properly, and it goes without saying that it has indeed hindered my ability to dance. However, I remain faithful; I know I will be up on that stage come May 17th.

I have been in the hospital a lot for the last couple weeks, for phsyical therapy, cortizone shots, and all those sorts of things to help my knee recover. As may be guessed, given this mot recent development, this final term at Sogang is potentially becoming an absolute train wreck, and that is Ok. I have missed a lot of school, particulary due to my injury. I will have my finals next week, but it really is one of the last things on my mind. I am more than satisfied with my Korean ability, and I know the teachers are equally impressed, regardless of any printed numbers. If anything, it will be quite nice to take a break from formal language study this summer, especially before I begin to tackle Chinese in September.

Regarding my injury, I appreciate all and any prayers. Not only for that but for the rest of my summer. As I mentioned in my previous post, I will not be returning home this summer. I probably will not be leaving Asia until perhaps December or January, if that.

This summer will revolve around missions work both in Korea and abroad. I am hoping to move in next door to the church I have been attending and get involved in ministries this summer, orphanage ministry, North Korea ministry, college ministry, etc. There is also a trip to Harbin, China this July that I am set on going on to help out at a private Christian school in China. All of this I will be doing to bring aid and relief to many who are in suffering and with that, and most importantly, bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This summer has made me reconsider a lot of my goals and aims in life. Books that could help shed light on what I am talking about are Blue Like Jazz, and of course, the Bible itself. None of this means that I am not going to finish college; I am going to finish college indeed. This is what I will be doing in Beijing next year, learning Chinese and returning to Yale there after.

I thought it was clever to call my blog, at least in the URL, "adam on a light". At that time I was of course referring to the Light Fellowship. Well, I will keep this blog, and continue to post about the amazing things that I am sure I will witness this summer. However, it is funny to think that I named the blog before I even realized what it really was going to mean. I am indeed Adam, on a light, if not the light itself, of the world along with others. Putting service above self, as I was taught by Rotary all these years ago, and coupling it with the only place from where that sort of truly selfless service can come, the inspired word of God, and his son Jesus Christ.

I have been transformed this year; I will have to write a testimony at some point. I don't feel like I am chasing a pipe dream anymore. For those of you who have read this far, I come with a humble request.

There is no way for me to work in Korea, particulary because of visa issues. Moreover, I am engulfed with volunteer activities, and school for now. But once school ends, I will be dedicating all of my time in effort to service and the exapansion of God's kingdom. (If any of this sounds ridiculous, trite, or humdrum, I challenge anyone to pick up the Bible). I will be doing this here in Korea and in China over the summer. I honestly have no real idea about how I am going to completely subsist, but I am faithful. Therefore, I come to any of you who read this blog humbly, asking humbly, that if any of you feel you have a heart to help support me in the aiding of North Korea, North Korean refugess, orphans, the opressed of China, and the spreading of the message of Jesus Christ to all the corners of the world, asking humbly first and foremost for prayer, and secondly, and obviously I would assume, with monetary contributions. Anything at all, to help me accomplish His will.

If you have a heart to aid me with anything at all, please contact me at:

adam.young-valdovinos@yale.edu

Also contact me, if you have any questions, or comments.

I am not the kind of person to to this, however, my spirit has been humbled in a massive way this year. I have realized that no matter where I go to school, what skills I may have, what I may look like, I am as broken as the next guy. We all feel this and the emptiness the accompanies it. I do not want to sit back and fool myself anymore. I don't want to tell myself I will do things for others and for Him later, because that later may never come. I pray many of you are moved to help support me, and moved to share in me in the activities I will be undertaking this summer and beyond, not for myself, but for others, and for the edification of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth as it is in Heaven.

Grace to all,
Adam