This week, the founder of YWAM Norway, Ivan, came and talked to us about the two kingdoms: the kingdom of light vs. darkness. Ivan travels Asia with his new ministry (not with YWAM) but predominately works in China. He has lots of awesome stories of revival happening in China, Nigeria and North Korea. He is besties with “the Heavenly Man”, Brother Yun, in China. Yeah, this guy’s the real deal and he stated that “it is important to hear the rains of revival in parts of the world to refresh those who are in a desert place to get through the dry seasons. There are more people being saved today than ever before. We are a part of the greatest revival on the earth.”

North Korea used to be the “Jerusalem of the east” and all you have to do is to tune into the latest CNN report to see that they are from it. Kim Jong Il has taken worship songs from all the hymns and replaced God’s name with his, Jesus with his son, and the Holy Spirit with the spirit of Korea. If you are caught with a Bible it will cost you your life. People are sent to concentration camps to die if caught associating with Christian paraphernalia or speaking out against the great leader of communism. Ivan has been there and confirms the darkness over Korea makes China seem like a vacation. People were afraid of making eye contact with him because they didn’t want to be accused of adopting “western ideas”. Even amidst all the horror there, he said that the Chinese are sending out “M’s” where Westerners can’t go: north Korea and the Middle East. The Bibles are still being sent and people are getting discipled and saved everyday in ways that You can’t imagine. There is no darkness too dark where the light can’t penetrate it.