An Unforgettable Dream

I was walking through the narrow alleys of Pyongyang in the middle of the day surrounded by buildings that for American counties or cities codes standards should be condemned and curious people looking at someone with Westerner factions but brown skin color. Some of them touched me as they look in amazement for having a foreigner from America among them. As I walked, I noticed in people faces their spiritual and physical hunger, desperation, anguish, and hopelessness. I got close to an structure made from leftovers of another construction and pieces from a discarded structure. There was a family sitting on the dirt floor, waiting for their dinner. What was for dinner? Well, it was some sort of rotten meat in a soup or at least that was how smell it. But that is the only thing they can afford. Meanwhile, I know I am followed. I cannot see their faces or who they are, but I felt their presence inspiring fear in me. Nonetheless, I continue my walk praying and doing spiritual warfare in my mind. I was claiming North Korea for Christ as I was walking. Suddenly, I heard a ring. I opened my eyes and I realized I was not in North Korea and rather I was at home in Titusville, Florida. It was a dream and not a real trip. However, the images of this strange dream were so vivid; I still remember the rotten smell of the food, the noisy children gathered around an old gentleman who I think was entertaining them, the terrifying presence following me, and the noticeable fear, hunger, and desperation on people's faces.

North Korea is the most repressive country in the world toward Christianity; and because the current nuclear crisis between them and the United States, the entering of American citizens into this country is more restricted than ever before. Although the focus of my prayers during the last ten years has been South America, especially Argentina; after my trip to China during the summer of 2007 I included in my daily prayers the 56 ethnias of the most populated country in the world. However, since I had this dream on November of last year, I have added to my list the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In my prayers, I ask God to send to this Asian nation Latino's missionaries willing to help the persecuted church and reach out others with the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Why Latino missionaries? What about the Chinese, Thai, or Pakistani missionaries? It is true that God can and will call workers from those countries to work in the North Korean harvest, but the fact of the matter is the Latino Church is a little bit ahead in their readiness to send workers around the world than our brethren from Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates. Just compare the advance and strength of the church in Latin America with Asia or the Middle East and that will give you an answer. It seems to me that in a time and age in which the United States has a damaged image around the world, the most logic replacement in the limited access countries like North Korea are the Latinos workers. Consequently, it might sounds crazy, but God is raising up messengers from Peru, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, or Mexico to go as Ambassadors of the Kingdom in North Korea. This dream reminded me about God's people in North Korea and how God is going to use the Hispanic church as part of His master plan of global evangelization. It is my prayer, that the Hispanic church in the United States and Latin America rise up to the occasion and respond to this Macedonian call in North Korea in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.