Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Church of God Members Supported The 16th Asian Athletics Championships All the glory to Christ Ahnsahnghong

To help people understand what difference Church of God World Mission Society has as only based on the Bible Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother, I want to introduce here an article .

The Church of God Members Supported The 16th Asian Athletics Championships
The volunteer supporters from the Church of God attracted people's attention at 2002 Busan Asian Games, 2002 FESPIC Games and 2003 Daegu Summer Universiade. Their support reemerged in Incheon city. Under the slogan, 'World to Asia, Asia to Incheon,' the Church members in Incheon city volunteered to support The 16th Asian Athletics Championships, which was held at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, from the 1st to the 4th of September. The supporters introduced Korea and Incheon to Asia and spread God's glory to the nations. The Asian Athletics Championships, which was first held in 1973 in Marikana, Philippines, has been held every 2 years. This year, it was the 16th Championships, being held a second time in Korea: first in Seoul and second in Incheon. With the hope of all Asians who want to become one, the title for this championships was 'The One.' The opening ceremony was held in August 31 with 1,000 athletes and officials from 45 Asian countries. They had a good competition in 43 events.
About 500 supporters from the Church of God were in the limelight of the citizens and medias. The citizens felt proud because the volunteers cheered very energetically at every competition and refreshed the mood of the Championships which might have become very boring because of the citizens' indifference. They didn't mind the hot weather but cheered fervently the athletes with each country's flags in red, blue, yellow, green and white T-shirts from the first day until the last day. They cheering continued even during the break time.All the audience were very surprised by the fever of the volunteers who never stopped cheering. When it suddenly rained, people quickly left the stadium but the supporters from the Church of God remained there supporting the athletes, which was very touching. A citizen who was recording their supporting activities in his camera said, "It is really good to see that the church members volunteer to support the athletes at an international event. I hope that this kind of orderly support will expand." Many Koreans and foreign journalists surrounded the supporters to record their support. A university student said, "Their support was good, but what I was really impressed was their bright smile. I am very proud of the supporters as a Korean because they are spreading a good image of Korea to the world."
The supporters gave great emotions to the athletes as well, who attended the petitions as the representatives of their own countries. HE Dan and TANG Yinghua from China who obtained a gold medal and a silver medal each in the 20 km race walking, and Wangping who obtained a gold medal in the 100m race gave thanks to the supporters, saying, "They are very good and kind people." Bondarenk a Qatari coach said, "I never expected it. They supported us very eagerly, waving our flags. It was very touching." Pazal a Pakistani athlete praised the supporters, "They are very kind. If possible, I want to live in Korea."Saudi Arabian athletes were also very impressed by their support and asked them to cheer them once more after winning in the 200m race. Then the supporters cheered them up, shouting, "We Love You!" At each stadium, the athletes, who were encouraged by the supporters' cheering and got good results, thanked them and greeted each other.
A journalist, who had watched the supporters during the whole Championships, valued highly their activities, saying, "Some poor athletes from African countries run with bare feet to spare money. I think they've been greatly comforted by the supporters. They poured energy into the athletes and citizens, being united with them."Hwang Seong-jin the Head of Public Relations said, "The title of this Championship is 'The One.' The volunteer supporters from the Church of God have done a wonderful job to make the citizens one. At this championships they let the whole world know Korea. They've shown what voluntary work really is, through their untiring cheer. I thank them very much. I hope they will keep showing their good deeds."
Pastor Kim Yeoung-do, managing the support in this games, said, "We volunteered to support the athletes from 45 Asian countries, hoping that the whole world will recognize Korea as a warm country like Mother's embrace. We expect this Championships to be a good chance for God's love to be spread to the world. As a Korean, I also hope that our voluntary work can be a help to our country Korea." The volunteers said, "We supported with all our heart, hoping that Mother's love will be spread to the nations which visited Korea. We could feel that the world was becoming one through our supporting activities. There were no barriers of human races, cultures and languages." They dn't conceal their delight by the fact that they showed a good image of Korea to the nations.We are waiting for the day when God's love will be spread to all peoples and nations, not only 45 Asian countries. On that day, the whole world will be one in the name of God just as all the barriers collapsed and peoples became one through the supporters' effort at this Championships.

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