Live kept in the roughness, the Special Vitamins.

This is a true story when 10,000 love-bags (Medicine and Medical equipments bag) were supplied to North Korea during December year 2004.

The worst circumstance of North Korea would be lack of food supply, however poor condition of medical equipments cannot be less considered. Over many years Cider bottle has replaced ringer and patients are open to infectious diseases and hepatitis by using same injection needle which has been grind on whetstone due to lack of disposable injection needle supply.

To support such inferior medical environment, SAM had brought 10,000 love-bags for them. However, due to insufficient size of place and numbers of people to pack up the medical equipments and SAM had to visited Shin-Eu state of North Korea to team up with North Korean Citizens.

3 days have past since the commencement of packing medical equipments. There was a theft entered into medicine storage warehouse by cutting through the roof and had the medicines stolen. The theft has soon found after enquiring investigation to public officials. Surprisingly theft was a ten years old little child. It has found to be the truth was, the child has surrendered himself. The poor child heard that precious medicine has came over from America, and risked himself to save his weak and ill mother who collapsed due to severe hunger. However, since the medicine was written over in English the poor child gave overdosed of antibiotics by misunderstanding it as vitamins.

His mother’s face became yellow and severe aftereffect came up after eating too many antibiotics. The child has got frightened and surrendered to ask help. SAM members dismissed the child who was bursting in tears and asking help to save his mum, back to home with vitamins and little bit of caution. Nonetheless, we couldn’t resist the complicated emotions and sadness. ‘ Vitamins are uncontrollable as they are over flooding in America……’ this memory has kept until now as God has send us a message.
- C Missionary, from Ap–Rok River

‘SAM loving Pyong-Yang medicine factory (completed construction during December year 2007)’ was a realization of efforts and prayers with inspiration hopes from previous sad memory of the poor child of North Korea.

This year May, when SAM team members has visited the factory, we could see the vitamins for children and pregnant mothers which has been produced with the technology, machines and resources that we have funded. There were many troubles till these final vitamins to came out in North Korea for the first time. However SAM logo was imbedded on the medicine (that might seems bit course and rough) to fulfill the supplying the every parts of North Korea.

Help the North Korea children who survived through eating ‘Nutrinut’ to continuously able to get ongoing vitamin support. Your small devotion can save one life.

"Crossing" - Movie review

MOVIE : " Crossing " - A True Story About North Korean Defector.

When one sits down to watch a movie like "Crossing" - the story of a man who leaves North Korea to help his wife but never makes it back, and of his young son's long journey to find him - despite all the suffering and horror, one naturally expects everything to work out. But in Crossing, almost nothing does.

Recently, our SAM short term mission trip members gathered together to watch the movie. " Crossing". It is highly dramatic yet based on true story of North Korean defectors. SAM would, therefore, like to share this movie review with everyone and I strongly encourage people to watch this movie for the purpose of SAM's mission.

Kim Yong-soo (Cha In-pyo) is a once-famous North Korean football player who now works in a coal mine in South Hamgyong Province. He lives in a small earthen house with his wife and son, Jun-i (Sin Myeong-cheol) : Left and underneath side picture.

*Movie picture: Father (Kim Yong-Soo) and son (Jun-i) before getting seperated to find medicine and food

Yong-soo and Jun-i lead difficult but happy lives, playing football together and marveling at the technological wonders (for example, Whisky and Bibles) their family friends have smuggled in from China. But Yong-soo's wife is stricken with tuberculosis due to malnutrition, and because she is also pregnant, she requires special medication that is unavailable in North Korea. With his smuggler friend sent to a labor camp, Yong-soo is forced to cross the Tumen River into China to find the pills his wife needs.

Eventually Yong-soo finds a job, but when Chinese security forces start clamping down on the border, his boss tricks him into fleeing for South Korea. There he is ostracized even among the refugees for "abandoning" his family.

*Movie picture: Father (Kim Yong-Soo) is running away from Chinese security after crossing border line of North Korea to China while working with other defectors.



*Movie picture: Kim Yong-Soo and other defectors are trying to enter into German Embassy of China. And Chinese security guards are blocking them from entering

Meanwhile, Jun-i sets off after his father on a long and painful journey.Crossing is full of the sort of terrible scenes that are literally unimaginable - they could only come from real life. Jun-i learns to sleep with his shoes on to keep them from being stolen. In a gulag he chases a mouse into a room full of rotting corpses.

*Movie picture: Jun-i (son) and his friend is getting caught by North Korean Guards. Then, sent to the hard labour re-education camp.

And Yong-soo, after reading the Bible, wonders aloud why "God only lives in South Korea". For Jun-i and Yong-soo, life is a series of painful separations they are helpless to stop.

And for Yong-soo as he could not save his wife and son, life in South Korea, far from being liberating, is a forced exile.

Crossing is indeed a universal lament for refugees. Perhaps this film will inspire us to take action to help the millions of displaced people around the globe who have been seperated from their homes, friends and families.

Now, please spread your word to your friend and family to watch this movie. This is a not just a sad story, but cryout from the God to us to become his hands and foot to save the lives of North Koreans. Obviously, for political reason, it is not possible to enter into the country and help the poor. However, if all of us pray out loud thoughout the all nations, I am sure God will act upon as soon as time comes. If you not do it, nobody else can.

I urge everyone to watch "Crossing" , Genre: Drama / Korean with English subtitles112 min.

4th Mission Trip

Hi~ Every members of SAM have came back from 4th Short term Mission trip~

Trip was successful and every team members have brought back happy memories back from JANG BAEK.

In fact, there are so many stories to tell you guys about the trip, however, due to high amount of I have decided to upload all the picture files at the FACEBOOK.
Please visit facebook with ID address: samoceania@hotmail.com or Soo Jeong Lee.

Please wait for the exciting stories to get updated!

SAM Gala Dinner 2009

SAM gala Dinner -

lOVE bag- MESK ( Medical equipment surgury kit ) dinner party was held successful at 31st of January 2009.

Sung Gyul Korean Church was very generous to share the hall and kitchen places for our gala dinner preparation. We firstly began the 'SAM love bag - Gala dinner' show with beautiful songs by Sydney Phil Master Choir and Pastor Ha's speech about 'World wide gospel.' Speech was followed by SAM Oceania director Jung's year 2008 SAM mission report and at the same we held blessing moment for OH JIN BAEK's long term mission trip to DANDONG - China.

As what Doctor Park. (Park Sai Rok) have mentioned in the 2009 new years greeting video message, God has once told us to share the goods all equally with every people who joined the war, who has not joined the war, or who lives in the west, or east, who appease me, who disagrees with me, regardless. Now what we must have to do is help and share love to the others who are in difficult situations. Especially for our friends over in Northkorea who lives in the modern times, saving their lives is the most asked by GOD. I strongly believe that this is the way how to be blessed by God and win. Love is not shared because of existence but, it's about sharing our heart by our own will. That is why love is such the most blessed by God.

For the second part of Gala dinner show, there were many volunteers who helped out making delicious foods for the dinner. During the meal, SAM organised a special time to sell the goods from DANDONG. There were book pager, scarf, pearl necklace and many others. Such variety has allowed for the buyers to be directly involved ( or indirectly) into supporitng the donation program as all the profits made from SAM Gala Dinner show will be passed on to the DANDONG hospital.

After dinner, there was piano trio with cello, violin. and song named 'Mission' sung by Sara Kim. Continously, there was a 'FM111' radio drama ' If you love, then act like them'. it was a story about the person who do not know much about North Korean mission gets to learn and know more about how to send the LOVE bag - MESK and how it can be successfully arrive the the DANDONG hospital. It was not just funny but very touching to deliver the meaning and idea of SAM mission. After the the drama, we watched the Movie about the NUTRINUT ( Jihea's miracle story) and share the plan how the nutrinut mission is going to be further spread with prayers. Lastly, we held whorship and prayers by Pastor Ha as we close the Gala dinner show for 2009.

There were many people who helped voluntary which was very blessing. Thank you ! for everyone.
Through the Gala dinner show, hope we can save more souls and lives of North korean people, and door of North Korea can be opened. Also missionaries at Ap Rock river can be always in health, and such world wide financial problem to not overwhelm the people who are in god's work. Lastly, but not least, we pray for SAM mission to raise up Glory of Jesus higher.