Prayer group member Tiara shares her testimony of overcoming homelessness

Each Tuesday, Founder Sunny Chae holds a prayer group with members who pray in person in Los Angeles and also join us from across the country via Skype.  We have members in New York as well as Chicago and last night, NY prayer group member Tiara shared a memory and testimony with us:

As I was on the phone tonight it came to me why I have a heart for the homeless.

내가 오늘 밤 전화를 걸었을 때 나는 집없는 노숙자 사람들에게 왜 마음이 있는지를 알게 되었습니다. 

As a child I too was homeless and thing is I didn't remember this until the call tonight. At 4am in the morning we were kicked out of my grandmother's house and went to stay with my aunt. Her husband didn't want us to stay so he too put us out. The very next day my mother had to humble herself and go to social service and we were put into a shelter for about 2 years we shuffle back and forth from one shelter to another until God blessed us with an apartment. That wasn't the last time we were homeless and in a shelter, in fact this time it was 2 more kids in 1 room.

어렸을 때 나역시 집이 없었고 오늘 밤 전화가 올 때까지 이것을 기억하지 못했습니다. 새벽 4시에 우리는 할머니 집에서 쫓겨 났고 이모의 집에 머물러야 했습니다. 그녀 이모의 남편은 우리가 머물러 있기를 원하지 않았고 그래서 우리를 그 집에서 내 보냈습니다.바로 다음날부터  우리 어머니는 자존심을 모두 버리고 소시얼 서비스에 가야 했고 우리는 약 2 년 동안 노숙자들이 머무는 셀터에 들어가 살아야 했습니다. 하나님이 우리에게 아파트를 축복하실 때까지 한 쉘터에서 다른 쉘터로 이리저리 옮겨야 되었습니다. 이것은 우리가 노숙자이기 때문만은 아니고 또한 그 셀터에는 다른 어린아이 2명도 함께 있었어야 했습니다. 

I say this to say God revealed to me tonight why He gave me the gift of giving. He delivered us from 1 room to a 4 bedroom house we live in today. My family has hit rock bottom and we watched as He delivered us. I thank God for this connection with the prayer group because He is slowly revealing my purpose. Please let Juan and Sonia know that this is temporary. God had their life planned in their mother's womb. He knew every up down and bump and bruise they would have but He also knew the day and time He would deliver them. I thank you guys for helping me to see my purpose. May God continue to bless you.

​오늘 밤 왜 하나님 께서 나에게 구제하는 성령의 은사를 선물을 주셨는지 나에게 계시 해 주셨습니다. 하나님께서는 오늘 우리가 살고 있는 1 개의 방에서 4 개의 침실로 된 집으로우리를 인도했습니다. 우리 가족은 가장 밑바닦까지 내려갔으며 주님 께서 우리를 어떻게 구해 주신 것을 보았습니다. 하나님 께서 천천히 내 목적을 드러내시면서 지금의 기도그룹과의 연결에 대해 하나님께 감사 드립니다. Juan과 Sonia에게 지금은 일시적인 어려움임을 알려주시기 바랍니다. 하나님은 그들의 어머니의 자궁에서 그들의 삶을 계획하셨다는 사실을 말입니다. 하나님께서는 모든 일이 일어 났음을 알았고 평탄치 못한 삶을 보여 주셨으며  또한 그분이 환과 손자을 구해 줄 날과 시간과 목적을 알고 계심에 감사 드립니다 . 하나님께서 계속해서 당신을 축복 해 주시고, 그들의 눈이 글로벌 원을 위해 준비하고 있는 것을 아직은 보지 못하고 있음을 알게 하옵소서.