In May this year, I was diagnosed with diabetes when my hemoglobin A1c level reached 7. Hemoglobin A1c refers to hemoglobin combined with sugar in red blood cells, and when blood sugar remains high, this level also rises. It is widely used to diagnose diabetes, and the normal range is 4.0?6.0. A level of 6.5 or higher indicates diabetes, but mine had gone up to 7. ...
"It seemed impossible for me to change but I was renewed!"
Brother Jaekwang Lee, age 18, 12th grader, Manmin Central Church
I was born into a Christian family but after I entered middle school, I began to skip worship services and instead went to Internet café or karaoke. I became aggressive as I joined the school wrestling team. When I was a 9th grader, I injured my arm and had to stop wrestling. I failed in entering the high school that I had wanted to go to. I felt so empty.
In the meantime I voluntarily attended Special Daniel Prayer Meeting for the first time in October 2015. I could not pray well at first, but as I attended every night, I began to taste the power of prayer through experience of God's answers. I was once puzzled because tears and runny nose did not stop while I was praising. Moreover, in the award ceremony, my prayer card was chosen in the drawing of lots and I was given the award. This made me more earnest for spiritual things.
In May 2016, Students Sunday School visited Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer house at his invitation. I was excited and happy to see Senior Pastor at a close distance whom I had seen only on screen during worship services. I received his prayer for my atopic dermatitis there. He laid his hand on the affected part very gently not to cause pain. I felt his consideration for me and shed tears.
I also felt his earnest heart for my renewal and shed many tears. Afterwards, I was given strength to stop pursuing worldly pleasure such as movies, TV, online games, and interest in friends of the opposite gender.
Since then, I have felt God's love in every moment of my life, and my hope for New Jerusalem has increased. I have studied hard to become the source of joy to the shepherd although I had given it up before. I was given a precious duty as a mission president of 2018. I give all thanks to God, the Lord and the shepherd who changed me.
Manmin News 
11918
