Posts by Steve S

Brianna’s Wings of Passion Foundation was birthed out of tragedy. Brianna was a mission pilot preparing for mission service, a scuba diver, a violinist, and photographer all at 19 years old, our only child. Her life and life plans all abruptly ended December 19, 2014, when she was hit head-on by a drowsy driver who fell asleep at the wheel.

“Just give me five more minutes, Lord – only five!” I whispered frantically to the Lord in the semi-dark kitchen as I struggled to complete two large pots of food. If you know what school kitchens look like, then you know these mini pools, called school pots, are not easy to handle. Yet my Heavenly Father inspired me to cook and fill as many as I could beforehand.

From May 19 to 27, three Japanese volunteers living in the US visited Tsushima for eight days. Each of them took time off from their job and came at their own expense. One of them, Noboru, is a 72 year old gospel musician. He first came to Tsushima five years ago.

It’s no secret that the world is facing an unprecedented crisis. Most people would say that crises (plural) are too numerous to list, but everything goes back to one singular crisis – a profound lack of faith and love.

We as God’s people are called to live by “faith which works by love” (Galatians 5:6), yet too often we see unbelief and unkindness even in the church.

HOPE Ec Foundation is a missionary project that was born in February 2021, in the midst of a pandemic when everything was closed: Churches, schools, colleges, public entities, etc.

Our foundation is legally constituted in Ecuador . . .

In January of this year, our landlord suddenly asked us to move out of the house we had lived in for over 11 years, and where we held church each Sabbath. We were given three months to move out. The reasons he gave was that he is getting old, it is difficult for him to manage the house, and he needs to sell the house quickly to pay for his retirement. So while we were back home with my wife’s family in Korea for New Year’s, the house was being sold to someone else.

In the remote native communities of Mazamari-Satipo, in Peru, we carry out a work of faith and unwavering commitment to carry out the mission that the Lord has entrusted to us according to Mark 16:15 “And he said to them: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved