Pastor Bae, Hyung-Kyu

Pastor Bae, Hyung-Kyu was recently martyred in Afghanistan.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19913035/

A colleage in MS has personally known the pastor as his dear friend and mentor. Chang Lee has been attending Bae's church before he left Korean. In his own emails to the Christian community inside MS, he has described his own encounter with the pastor. It is not right for me to repost his long email outside MS email DL. So I will just quote a little part here:
"Although I always attended church, through my teenage and college years, I grew up to be very cynical about church and faith. I became very critical and skeptical about the whole Christian beliefs. Christians appeared to be just a bunch of hypocrites. Hyung-Kyu ‘hyung’ (older brother in Korean) and other brothers in Christ completely changed my views through the very life that they live."
"Having met him, I saw the truths of the Bible. This might sound corny, but I saw a glimpse of Jesus in him. He was rather small in height, but a giant in faith and love."
Chang quoted Isiah 55 and ended his morning email with this "His blood is spilled and it will not return to the Father before giving life to other people."

My sorrows and prayers are with Pastor Bae's family.