Volunteer Service Review
Love and happiness increase as much as we share. Shall we listen to vivid stories about volunteer services?
The Last Opportunity
Gurye, located between Mount Jirisan and the Seomjingang River, is famous for persimmons. However, an embankment along the Seomjingang River collapsed due to torrential rain, and the persimmon farms were severely affected. Restoration efforts had to be made quickly to…
Kim Shin-hyeong from Gwangju, South Korea
No Graffiti! Yes Clean and Safe Town! 1
Graffiti is a headache in Australia because it does not look good aesthetically and gives a negative impression that the “area is not safe” to local residents. On a mild sunny Sunday morning, from the early hours on, about eighty…
Ju Su-jin from Sydney, Australia
How to Double Happiness
After entering college, I participated for the first time in a street cleanup held by the club. I picked up garbage, and by the time I got to a smoking area, I was surprised to find hundreds of cigarette butts…
Jeon Beom-jun from Jeonju, South Korea
Monitoring Safety
I joined a volunteer service club to complete a course in community service. I had much experience in doing volunteer services, but it wasn’t diverse. Then, a volunteer group called Safety Monitor caught my eyes. Safety Monitor helped the safety…
Yun Gwan-jong from Gongju, South Korea
Love that Gives Strength
Last summer, an unprecedented rain spell caused severe flood damages. I volunteered for the flood recovery efforts with the Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group [ASEZ WAO]. As we arrived at the village, the residents were already cleaning…
Mun Su-jeong from Gwangju, South Korea
Work Together with Love
A lot of changes were made in my daily life due to COVID-19. Semester opening date was delayed and I had to begin the first day of the semester on-line. While I was practicing social distancing and following government guidelines,…
Song Yeon-ju from Yangsan, South Korea
Habit of Speaking Beautiful Language
I heard the news that the students of ASEZ, the World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, would carry out the “No More Verbal Abuse” campaign. I never expected that such a topic would be used for…
Son Chae-eun from Daegu, South Korea
With the Spirit of Ownership
“Things have changed, but I’m fine because Father and Mother are always with me!” This is what I repeatedly say to myself these days to let go of negative emotions that pop up in my mind, spending much more time…
Sidney Rogers from Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Though Invisible
On the day of the cleanup, the sky was covered with clouds, contrary to the weather forecast that it would rain. I was worried that the cleanup might be interrupted by rain, but the clouds shaded off the burning sunlight…
Im Mi-ran from Incheon, South Korea
We Give Happiness
During the school holidays in 2019, our church student group members, along with our teacher who was in charge, planned to perform a volunteer service and visited a senior citizen center with a hope to create good memories and spend…
Park Chae-wun from Incheon, South Korea
On Earth Day
On April 22, 2018, since it was Earth Day, the ASEZ Church of God University Student Volunteer Group carried out a street cleanup in our efforts for a cleaner community. Early in the morning, about eighty volunteers gathered at Suitland…
Florencia Riquelme from Washington D.C., U.S.
Warm Wintering
When I heard that my Zion members would repair the roof and the wall of an old house of an elderly couple, I decided to participate in the demolition work for one day. On the morning of the volunteer, I…
On Nam-yeol from Wonju, South Korea
Loving and Learning
‘How can I spend my summer vacation meaningfully?’ Although each of us belonged to a different Zion, we’d been participating in the IWBA education together. In 2017, we all hoped to have a special experience during our summer vacation which…
Noh Min-a from Anyang, South Korea
A Fun Day like a Picnic
We went to a vineyard in Daebudo Island to help a farmer. It takes over an hour to Daebudo Island from Bucheon, so we left early in the morning to give the farmer as much help as possible. Very early…
Yun Mi-hyang from Bucheon, South Korea
The Fruit of Unity
Our Torrance Zion has been doing various kinds of voluntary works, keeping a good relationship with the City Hall of Torrance, since we held the global environmental cleanup movement for the first time in October, 2015. Recently, the City Hall…
Kotaro Uechi from Torrance, CA, U.S.
Having the Same Care for One Another
I’ve never been part of a dance group in my life. When I was asked if I wanted to partake in the dance for the elderly, I took this blessing with great gratitude. I was not good at it but…
Byron Reveles from Sunland, CA, U.S.
If We Work with One Mind
In the morning after a heavy snow warning was issued, I received a message that we were going to volunteer to remove the snow. When I got ready and arrived at Zion, it was already crowded with brothers and sisters,…
Im Mi-ran from Seoul, South Korea
The Church That Is Good at Volunteer Activities
On an autumn day, we had a cleanup at Yeongrang Beach in Sokcho. Our voluntary service was postponed a couple of times because of the typhoon and tidal waves, but that day, the weather was fresh with a cool breeze.…
Tak Jeong-sun from Sokcho, South Korea
Filling Emptiness Caused by the Absence of Mother with Care and Love
On a hot summer day, around fifty brothers and sisters from the Gangneung Zion volunteered to clean the place of a young man who has an intellectual disability. He was living alone since his mother had died. His home was…
Hong Sun-tae from Gangneung, South Korea
Like Planting a Tree
There is a tree-planting day in Australia. Australia puts a lot of efforts into planting and taking care of trees because its land is wide and has lots of plants and parks. Our Sydney Zion members decided to support the…
Ryu Mun-suk from Sydney, Australia