Senior Deaconess Bokrye Kim, Guidance Pastor of 5th Canaan Mission, Manmin Central Church


My family worshipped idols and we had unceasing troubles. We were in financial difficulties so I gave up going to high school and started working to make money. In my early twenties, I even had surgery to remove cancer cells around my neck.

I was so weak and took so many strong medicines that I suffered from many kinds of diseases. My parents tried many things to heal me like asking for the shaman dance. It was of no use. My mother even told me to just die if I couldn't live like a human.

I was considering suicide but I couldn't do so thinking about my family. I spent my life suffering. Meantime, in December 1986, my mother was guided to Manmin Prayer Center's meeting by Senior Deaconess Jeongnim Lee who was living in neighborhood. She called me and told me with an excited voice that I would be surprised to see Mrs. Boknim Lee.

When I went there, she was not a woman who made a living on behalf of her sick husband anymore. She was leading the meeting as the president of Manmin Prayer Center. She had met God and was living a new life.

Many people were there in attendance. Mrs. Lee prayed for me and I felt something like fragrant mint surrounding my whole body. My body came to feel light. All at once I was healed of heart disease, stomach disorder, headache, and ringing in ears that had followed the cancer surgery. Hallelujah!

After I registered in the church, through Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages, I tasted true peace and happiness that I had never felt before. If I had committed suicide I would have gone to Hell, but I was healed of all diseases and received salvation! I was so grateful for the grace of giving me the joy of eternal life. Meantime, God opened the way for me to repay His grace.

There was a community library in the building where I worked. I donated Senior Pastor's testimonial memoirs Tasting Eternal Life before Death. Since this opportunity, I organized Book Ministry Team with the members of the Mary Mission that I belonged to. We donated Senior Pastor's books to the central office of community libraries, army bases, prisons, and overseas countries such as Japan, Africa, and Argentina. We felt excited and grateful thinking that the book could give true life to dying souls. The members who joined it were blessed to gain recognition in workplace and received spiritual blessings.



In 2010 however, I looked back upon myself watching the shepherd who sacrificed himself for the members' renewal. I had thought I was leading a proper Christian life in my own way but I realized that I had strong self-righteousness and self-framework that had been formed when I had overcome difficulties on my own. My ego was so stubborn. I started to destroy such things. In those days, my late mother had been sick for several years. Although I was having troubles, I tried to find reasons to give thanks. As I did this I felt more thankful to the Lord for saving me through His crucifixion and to God for letting me meet the precious shepherd.

I had not shared love with anybody else as I grew up. I had a tendency to feel more of a sense of responsibility in leading my Christian life. But as God's love came to fill my heart, I felt sinful nature slip away from my heart. I tried to fill my heart with trust in the shepherd who manifests countless signs, wonders and powerful works, and prayed earnestly. Eventually, God blessed me to achieve the heart of spirit.

In addition, he opened the way of blessing that I had never imagined. In October 2016, I was called by God as a layman Guidance Teacher of 5th Canaan Mission although I am 63 years old. I was not prepared at all but I am trying to take care of the souls entrusted to me with the shepherd's heart and deliver the love given to me. I give all thanks and glory to God who wipes my tears, comforts me, and blesses me to deliver the love of the Lord.