Brother Deokhee Yeon, age 50, Parish 14, Manmin Central Church

In 1996, I was guided to Manmin Central Church by my wife, but I told her I was busy and did not go to church. My wife Deaconess Sunyoung Lee began attending the church because of my son Kyujin's serious asthma. We were just told that it would not heal completely even with medical treatment. He usually breathed hard as if he had run for a long time. But when he was a fourth grader, he was completely healed of it by the grace of God after he received Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer. Now he is a healthy man whose major is Taekwondo in college.

My workplace was far from my house, so I went home only on weekends. When I got home, I just wanted to take a rest doing nothing. I wanted my wife to understand this heart of mine and serve me. This expectation caused us to have frequent arguing just for nothing. Meantime, one day my wife began to serve me the way I wanted to be served. Honestly, I had felt a little bad about her being eager for the church's work and not caring me before. But she changed and served me very well. As I saw her change, I felt sorry because of her.

In August 2016, my second son was healed of congenital paralytic strabismus during Manmin Summer Retreat. It was so amazing! He had focused on things only by glancing sideways from his early childhood. His doctor told us that surgery would be very risky and it would not even guarantee healing. But he was healed of it by Dr. Lee's prayer.
My two sons experienced such healing works through Senior Pastor and have grown up well. My wife served me well. In this blessed family, I did not take so much grace and love that was given to me seriously. I just gave thanks for a while and forgot about it.

In 2017, I was faced with an unexpected difficulty while I was helping someone out. My wife prayed for me. By the time I handled some part of the problems, she suggested offering up visitation service in my business. I could not but rely on God in the face of the problems that I myself could not deal with.

On February 24, 2018, while we were offering up the visitation service, it felt like God knew my heart and comforted me. On March 4, I went to the church to attend Sunday Service. I shed a lot of tears throughout the service without knowing why. I felt that the Lord had never forgotten me and knew every situation of mine although I was absent for 23 years.

Afterwards, the messages of Senior Pastor started to renew my heart. I was amazed by the in-depth explanation in Dr. Lee's sermons "The Message of the Cross," "The Measure of Faith," and "Heaven." In church, I felt burdens in my heart taken away one by one. I was touched by Senior Pastor who embraces the members and leads them.

I stopped drinking alcohol and began to attend Sunday Service and even Friday All-night Service and then Wednesday Services when I had time. I also began to pray. I give thanks to God and the Lord for patiently waiting for me who had lived in pursuit of worldly pleasure.

I also extend my heartfelt thanks to my loving Senior Pastor who showed his love in his power and who has held me through his heart.