Deacon Junok Kim, age 39, Parish 12 With his wife Deaconess Raeeun Lee and son Brother Minsung Kim

In 2006, my loving son Minsung was born. He seemed to grow slowly in language acquisition and behavior. But we did not take it seriously. When he turned three years old, we sent him to the day care center. One day, a teacher suggested us to go see a pediatric psychiatrist with him, saying that he was not acting normally.

My wife and I were perplexed at the unexpected situation. We were worried and we took him to the hospital. He underwent many tests and many specialists concluded that he had delayed speech development, separation anxiety, difficulty of recognizing parents, lack of affection, hyperactivity disorder, and a problem of interaction. We fell into shock without knowing what to do.

We had him take treatment classes for two years but there was no improvement. In 2010, at the age of 5, Minsung was diagnosed with mental retardation level 1 as an autistic child.

After being discharged from the army, I had atopic dermatitis. Then, I was healed of it by dipping myself in Muan Sweet Water Pool. Through this experience, I was living the Spirit-filled Christian life with assurance in the living God and salvation. However, after I started up my business, I often joined social gatherings with the worldly people. I played golf and kendo with them and even drank alcohol and smoked. Worse, I often skipped Sunday Service and went on business trips frequently. My wife was having a hard time because of me. We always argued.

When I learned about our loving son having autism, I was really distressed. And, I was reminded of the message: autism comes from parents' sin. I knew that only when we cast away sins and become sanctified could he be healed. It cleared my mind.

I began repenting that I had forsaken God's love and grace and had not lived in the Word. I closed my business and moved to the house near Dr. Jaerock Lee's residence so that I could see him more often. I also got a job in Lime Finance Service which is a company of faith. I started to attend all kinds of services and prayed in Daniel Prayer Meeting. My wife gave thanks offerings to God. When she did, she wrote a letter to God on the envelop, professing her faith in our son's healing and our renewal.

As we recovered our faith, our family became peaceful and my child appeared to get better gradually. In particular, he came to interact with others very well. We could interact with our son. I also longed for God-given duty to repay the grace of God, the Lord, and Senior Pastor. In the meantime, my family met Rev. Heesun Lee, Manmin World Guidance Pastor and I was given a chance to join Power Chorus of Performing Arts Committee.

My child showed continuous improvement. He attended Manmin Kindergarten and entered a common public elementary school. After going to school, we had him have a check-up on autism. The test result revealed that he was normal in all parts except for language manifestation. He now belongs to Praise Team of Children's Sunday School. He is growing well praising the Lord. Hallelujah!

I was so thankful to God, and God gave another blessing to me. He blessed me to teach students in the Energy Information Communication Department in Sudo Electric Technical High School as an industry-educational adjunct teacher. Moreover, some partner companies which I had worked with suggested that I work with them and I was blessed to work with them as a freelancer.

In fact, my wife and I still lack many things, but God gave us this great grace because my Senior Pastor the shepherd of life always prays for his loving flock and leads us to the ways of blessings and answers. I give all thanks and glory to God who is always working for me.