Dear Dr. David Yonggi Cho:
I well remember the first time I met you. You had just arrived
in Seoul to attend our Bible school. I was surprised how well you spoke
English when you handed me a letter from Brother Richards. You were an
excellent student and later on the students elected you as the president of
the student body. I have a photo of you preaching from a pavilion in a
nearby park while other students were passing out Christian tracts to the
people.
Since our house was close to the school, you visited us and
especially my little library. One of the books which impacted your life
was the one written by Oral Roberts. I sometimes relive the train trips we
made through Cholla Do. Remember the half drunken old man who told you
that he did not want to change his life for the better now because he
wanted to enjoy his wine for the present time.
It was
then that you prophesied. 'This man thinks that he has a long time to
enjoy his wine; but he doesn't realize that in just two hours his life
will be taken from him.'
About two hours later, he fell from the train when jumping from his coach
to the next.
I will never forget what you told me after I gave you your
diploma at graduation ceremonies. You said that you did not want to be
financially supported by the missionaries nor receive subsidy from the
Korean headquarters, but you wanted to trust God and live by faith. It was
very difficult for you to pioneer a church with no money and with only a
few children in attendance. But in about three years you filled a huge
evangelistic tent with people.
When the time was right, the missionaries chose you to be the
pastor of a brand new ministry in Seoul's West Gate. Here again, the work
progressed rapidly.
In time the new facility had to be remodeled to accompany the growing
congregation.
With the enlarged auditorium and a balcony and a five story front and with
multiple services, it became too small.
So the next step was to build a huge facility on an island within
Seoul.
In time, even that huge building had to be enlarged to look like a stadium.
Just think--- Our little two year school today is a huge
university with 4,000 students; and that small two-year school produced
the pastor of the largest church in the world!!!
Dr. John Stetz
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