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기묘해보이는 분위기의 까페

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I believe the COVID crisis was God’s drastic intervention to prevent Samil Church from becoming an re-idolization.
Because there had been a major scandal involving the idolization of the former pastor and his sexual misconduct, for which the current pastor later bowed his head and apologized on his behalf.

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things like Sam Leader’s classics-reading movement,
things like Samil Weekly.

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ZERO or ONE

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“That’s why, in Korea, it’s often all or nothing.”

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<I Want to Remain a Dreaming Young Man Forever>
by Dr. Ryu Tae-young, former Vice President of Konkuk University. Published in 2000.

1. It began with the thought, “I will find the answer for Korea’s rural communities in Denmark.”

After graduating from the evening program at Konkuk University, Dr. Ryu Tae-young became interested in how Korea’s poor rural communities at the time could be transformed.

Then, after reading a book titled For a New History (《새역사를 위하여》), he became strongly drawn to Denmark. Seeing that Denmark had become an agriculturally advanced country despite its unfavorable climatic conditions, he set a goal:

“I want to go to Denmark, learn there, and help Korea’s rural communities prosper.”

The problem was how to do it.

In 1968, there was no way in Korea, as there is today, to use the Internet to search for foreign universities and scholarship programs, and there was not even a Danish embassy in Korea. He also did not know anyone in Denmark.

2. So he searched through an encyclopedia.

Dr. Ryu looked through an encyclopedia at the library.

He searched to find out who the highest-ranking person in Denmark was and discovered that the king at the time was Frederik IX.

His thinking was very simple:

I don’t know anyone in Denmark → Then I will ask the highest-ranking person in Denmark directly.

But then another problem arose.

He did not know the address of the royal palace.

The address was not in the encyclopedia either. So he later recalled that, in the end, he essentially wrote only this on the envelope:

His Majesty King Frederik IX
Copenhagen, Denmark
In other words, it was basically just:

“His Majesty King Frederik IX, Copenhagen, Denmark.”

Dr. Ryu’s reasoning was interesting:

“Surely a Danish mail carrier would know where the king of his own country lives.”

So he simply sent it.

This is how Dr. Ryu himself later explained it in an interview.

3. But there is an important fact—he did not send just a letter.

This part is often left out when the story is told.

Dr. Ryu later explained in an interview that people think “he just sent one letter and went abroad to study,” but that was not actually the case.

Along with the letter explaining his intentions, he wrote a substantial paper or essay about Korea’s rural communities and sent it in English.

One source says it was about 30 pages long, while another source citing an interview with Dr. Ryu describes it as being around 40 to 50 pages. Since the exact number of pages differs depending on the source, it is difficult to state the exact number with certainty. However, the sources agree that it was not simply a letter asking for help.

The main points were roughly as follows:

I grew up in a poor rural community in Korea.
The reality of Korea’s rural communities is extremely difficult.
I want to learn how Denmark developed its rural communities.
After learning, I want to return to Korea and devote my life to helping Korea’s rural communities prosper.
Therefore, please support my tuition and living expenses so that I can study in Denmark.

What is particularly interesting is that it was not simply structured as:
“I am poor, so please help me.”
It is said that he presented his purpose and his value in such a way that giving him an opportunity would benefit Korea and would also be meaningful for Denmark.
4. And about 40 days later, a reply really arrived.
This is the dramatic part of the story.

The letter, even though it had been sent without a proper address, actually reached the royal court.

And about 40 days later, Ryu Tae-young received a reply.

Rather than saying that it was a personal letter from the king himself, it is more accurate, according to the available sources, to describe it as a response that came through one of the king’s aides.

The message said that the king had been deeply impressed by the letter sent by the young Korean man and had forwarded his request to the appropriate government authorities.

Then the Danish government contacted him again.

The astonishing essence of the message was:

The Danish government would support him so that he could study the field he wanted, at the place he wanted, for as long as necessary.

According to Dr. Ryu’s recollection reported by Kukmin Ilbo, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs later even sent him a round-trip airline ticket.

Eventually, in 1968, he left for Denmark.

5. Ryu Tae-young himself did not interpret this event simply as “being lucky.”

If his Christian faith is left out, it becomes quite different from the way Ryu Tae-young himself interpreted his life.

From childhood, he had prayed early in the morning for many years, and he repeatedly said that studying in Denmark was also a dream he had cherished in prayer.

Therefore, he interpreted the event of sending the letter to the king not merely as the result of his own boldness, but from the perspective of God’s guidance and grace.

One Bible verse that repeatedly appears throughout his life is Philippians 4:13:

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

In fact, “Philippians 4:13” became one of the representative expressions used to describe Dr. Ryu Tae-young’s life.

He recalled that this verse had been at the foundation of many events throughout his life.

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I Love you.

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“In the end, life isn’t about doing what you want to do; it’s about living by doing what you can do.”

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What do I really want?

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Yangjae citizen's forest with Hyundai.🚘

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Seoul forest around)

like this was what Seoul
like as a whole
as if this was all there was.

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그러니까 진짜가 오면.. 가짜는 사라지게 됩니다. 빛이오면 어둠이 사라지듯. 어둠이 빛을 향해 억지로 싸울 필요가 없어여 그��� 빛을 받아들이기만 하면 되는거에여. .

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그냥 평범하게 주말 저녁에 온전하게 조용히 지냈다면 이렇지 않았을 것 같아. 그런데 충격적인 건 여기 삼일교회에 매주 저녁예배에 이 큰 예배당에 그것도 이 본당뿐만아니라 5층체육관, 7층강당까지 자리가 다 찼었단 말이지, 코로나 이슈 이후로는 조금 빈자리들이 늘었을 지 모르겠지만.

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If you're going to live that way, don't regret it. If you're going to regret it, don't live that way.

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Just one of the so many physical therapy clinics you commonly see in the U.S.
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