Essay 4 by Lianne

  My name is Kim Choon Seung (김중성) , 36 years old. I'm a North Korean missionary. Well, some of you may say that there are no christians in North Korea. However as you see, I'm the evidence. Also, there are more Christians including me and most of the Christians in North Korea are usually called the underground Christians. The reason is because they usually have church underground.
 
  To introduce shotly about me, I am a radio DJ in the program "This is Seoul, South Korea"(여기는 대한민국 서울입니다.) at the Far East Broadcasting Company (극동방송). My program is on air at 1am in FM 106.9 MHz. Also, there's an easy way to check out the smart phone application. So, some of you who are interested in my program please don't hesitate. These days I am also working as a actor in a small musical too. From the experience of the singer in North Korea, I'm trying to use my talent in many ways.
 
  My radio program is a program which  tells about the gospel to North Korea. I have a faith that God will let christians in my country listens to this and know more about God. As a North Korean escaper, leading this program means very dangerous to me. Through this program I get to show where I am to the people in my country. Also the program shows me that I escaped from North Korea and that I don't even devote to Kim Jung Eun. So usually I get a call that is threatening me about my family in North Korea and wants me to come back. However, I'm not afraid. Not at all. I trust my God.
 
  North Korea is a scary country. It  ruled by only one person. The country is seriously the worst country I can say. It has a huge difference between people who work for the country and who don't. When poor people are barely surviving starvation, the rich people are having nice dinner in the restautant eating steak and playing with iphone.

  I hated this. I hated that this was happening in the same land. I escaped from North Korea. I  I ran away through China alone having my family behind in North Korea. I was afraid that I could get caught and have to go back to Nort Korea again. The most thing that I was scared was the torture that I had to get if I get caught.


Camp 12



Camp 22





Camp 14

These are the camps in North Korea. It is aimed about five camps are here. These are made to torture the people who escaped or who did something wrong.  The camp itself looks terrible. However, the torture hanged in the camp is much more horrible.





  These are the only part of the tortures people get. They make threaten people to step on the pregnant woman's stomach and make the baby die. You can see the person crying because he doesn't want to. However it is no choice because when he refuse the soldier's order he will die even his family will die too.

  The second picture shows that a soldier ties a pregnant woman on a tree. That tree is a place where many people got killed. You can see the skulls on the ground. I can't believe that this kind of thing is still happening in this world. Killing people isn't a problem or hard thing for the torturing soldiers. It's a routine. Probably some North Korean is getting killed by the soldier right now too.

  In the last picture a man is tied to a tree and got nail on his feet. Also he is threaded steel on his nose just like a cow. The politicians are throwing rocks to him. The man who works for the country doesn't even care. He is just laughing at him. He is the same person in the second picture who killed the pregnant woman.

 In a torturing camp like this, so many tortures are going around and this isn't a place where one human can live. North Korea must be destroyed. The only way is to pray for the North Korea. Since Satan is having a charge in this country, the only way is the growing of the church in South Korea. We should think about their humanity. These people have right to live happy.

 I have a plan to tell more about gospel to the people in my country. I will let them know how great God is.  I will let them know the people who they are beliving is not right. I feel sorrow when I think about my family and friends in North Korea. It is totally true that the only way is praying. Please pray for the North Koreans. 

Essay 4 by Lizzie

Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Sarah
6:00 AM
  The alarm woke me up from my nightmare. I didn't remember anything, but it wasn't pleasant. I found myself sweating. I took a shower and got dressed. It was another day of endless work. At least the weather was nice.
8:30 AM
  I sat on the bench inside Central Station. The subway had arrived, but for some reason I didn't want to get on it. I watched hundreds of people breezing in and out.
8:40 AM
  I was at my desk in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. I opened my laptop and checked for e-mails. I made a few replies, and just as I was debating on whether I should get some coffee or not, my phone beeped in my jacket. It was my boss. I was heading out of my office when I heard a tremendous explosion. I covered my ears and got down on the floor.
  'What just happened?' Almost everyone was down on the floor. Some of the windows were broken. I looked around, dazed, and saw someone pointing towards the window. I couldn't believe this. Thick, black smoke and a huge cloud of fire was coming out from the upper side of the North Tower, and it looked like something had crashed into it. I saw a wing sticking out... an airplane?
  It took a while for me to take this in. Shattered glass and heavy metal pieces were falling down, hitting the sidewalk I had been on less than twenty minutes ago. A lot of the employees on my floor were heading outside quickly. I was on the 72nd floor of the South Tower, and waiting for the elevator seemed too risky. I headed down the stairway with hundreds of other people, running for their lives.
9:03 AM
  What everyone had quietly feared just became reality. A second plane hit the South Tower. What had been the largest and most complicated incident in city history instantly doubled in magnitude. The whole building shook violently, throwing me off my feet. The floor crumbled as I struggled to stand without success. I was dizzy and disoriented. The explosion made my ears ring. Luckily, the crash was above me.  I scrambled down the rest of the stairs, and all I could think was that I needed to get out of this building, now.
  9:15 AM
  Black smoke clouded my vision. I took off my jacket and covered them over my nose and mouth. It was almost impossible to see now, and I had no idea where I was.  Fire fighters and rescue teams were here now, helping old people and the wounded. After what seemed like forever, I finally reached the lobby of the World Trade Center. I staggered outside with all my remaining strength. With my first breath of fresh air, I looked up at the sky and lost consciousness.

Peter
8:45 AM
  I am a journalist; I am always on the lookout for exclusive news. Today, it wasn't far. As soon I heard the distant explosion, I knew something was up. I took off instinctively, camera in hand. I didn't know what I was looking for, until I saw the Twin Towers. Black smoke and flames were coming out of one of the towers; I could easily see that a plane had crashed into it.
  My mind instantly traveled back to February, 1993. There had been a massive bomb terror in the same building, killing six and injuring more than a thousand people. However, this was different. This was terrorism aimed straight at America. Just twenty minutes ago I was at my office, drinking Starbucks and surfing the Internet. Probably a lot of people at the WTC were too. At the same time, terrorists were making their kamikaze flight towards the Twin Towers.
9:00 AM
  As I got towards the scene of the catastrophe, the place was in total chaos. People were running in every direction.  Even the cops were panicking. Someone shouted something unintelligible, pointing up. Just then, another plane crashed into the other tower.
  My ears thudded, and I was thrown several feet off the ground. Peopled yelled to get away. I managed to stumble into a small shop. All the windows were broken. Glass and pieces of metal started to fall down. They made a thunderous sound as the hit the pavement. After a few minutes when they settled down, people started to emerge from the doors of the Twin Towers. Police and rescue teams rushed to help them evacuate.  A woman fell unconscious, exhausted. I ran out, slung my arm over her shoulders and helped her to a safe place. She mumbled a short prayer of thanks and fainted.

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

  Yesterday was probably one of the most tragic events in U.S. history. Four planes had been hijacked that morning; two crashed into the North/South Towers of the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon, and the last one was headed towards White House or Camp David, but crashed into a field because of a passenger revolt. Altogether, the four planes carried 266 people, including the terrorists. There is no word on any survivors. The terror took the lives of 2,800~3,000 people from 90 different countries.

Sources - <The 9/11 Commision Report >

Linda Kim: Essay 4

Research paper- The Rwanda genocide 

     Hello, I am a reporter Ree. Today, we are going to deal with the sad history of Rwanda, "the Rwanda genocide". I just came to Rwanda to know more about this pandemonium. Here, I am in a school that was just kept without any handling after the genocide. Here's about at least 50 corpse and it just look like a picture. So why did this happen? Why did the people must have died? I met one woman Amanda and she helped me by joining interview.

 

     She said that the story begins from a long ago. There was the Hutu and the Tutsi. They interacted each other by marriage. The thing that one is Hutu or Tutsi just mattered in showing the relationships between two of the government power. As time goes by, this classification actually made self identity and sights looking at the others. Finally, the thing that should never happen happened. The Hutu and the Tutsi became wholly different society.

 

     At this time, Rwanda became a colony of Germany with Brundi. As Germany was defeated at the World War I, the colony Rwanda-Brundi became a colony of Belgium. And here, Belgium introduced a caste system. Belgium seperarted Hutu and Tutsi completely. They just treated the Tutsi who were the minority well, and bullied the Hutu. So the Tutsi became the upper class and the Hutu started to think that Tutsi is one of the invaders like Europeans.

 

     Amanda told me that she was even kicked by the school. Even more, when she went back to home, her sister's husband told her that he can not let her in since she is a cockroach. Tutsi treated Hutu as the way just like how they treated coakroach.

 

     Habiarimana, who dictated twenty one years, said that the Hutu is superior of Tutsi to make them to be one. Amanda reenacted Habiarimana's word. "Since Hthe Hutu is much more superior than Tutsi, all of the ruling class must be full of the Hutu. The Hutu should not marry the Tutsi or employ Tutsi or even have sympathetic feeling.

 

     She told me that Habiarimana finally died. And this one death made a lot of death of people. People started to kill the Tutsi whenever they face them. She describes that the society was really gross. People just killed each other.

 

     Today, this big genocide has caught a breath. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has been made, and about 90,000 people were arrested. But still, the people who leaded this genocide are not admitting their fault. The Hutu who went to Tanzania, Burundi, or Uganda to be safe were afraid of the Tutsi. With helps of UN, the Hutu and the Tutsi now live together in a town.

 

     The country where the injurer and the victim co-exists is this place, Rwanda! People in Rwanda is trying to overcome sad history by remembering this incident. They still have lots of works to solve, but since there are many people who are trying to cut off the resentment of the cruel history, Amanda believed that one day she and her country would overcome the hurt.

 

     It might be hard, but me, reporter Ree will also keep praying for the country Rwanda. I hope we can smile a big smile all together when I come back to Rwanda again later.

james essay 4

james essay4

 

I am adam. I live in the garden of eden. I have good friends. lion, turtle, mosquito, sheep is all my friends. I named them all. Also God is my friend, too. I was alone human in this village since God gave me sara last month. God is close with me. I talk with him every day. I'm living so happily.

 

I can eat every thing in this village But just not only one fruit in the middle of village. I don't know why but God told me to not eat that one. He said that I will die if I eat that one. that is very scary so I don't give an eye on that fruit.

 

3 days later...

 

A snake was talking with sara, but I didn't mind because snake was not bad. Sara is coming to me with snake. sara seems to be little exciting. sara took me to the middle of the village where the fruit was.

 

she said to me "adam! lets eat this friut! snake told me the secret of this fruit! it makes our eyes open and know what is right and wrong! snake said that we can be like God!" when she finished her talk she grabed the fruit and ate it. And she gave the fruit to me. I was frustrating but ate it because sara ate that.

 

after we ate the fruit. we saw that we were naked all the time!! It was very embarrassing. So we covered our body with some plants and hide in to some cave. I am very scary because of what God have said.

 

As I thought, God was finding me out of the cave. I could't go out.. he founded me in a minute. he roared to me "why are you hiding from me!!". and he said "i know that you have eaten the fruit. i'm very disappointed to you. get out of here." he threw me out of the garden of eden.

 

source from bible.

Ben's 4th Essay : Last survival in the Japan's big earthquake and tsunami

2011.03.11. Fri

My name is Kori Tsuyu (코오리 츠유) . I am 25 years old man who lives in Fukushima.

My hand is shaking... I am in fair now. I am starting to write this in English for everybody in the world. So please understand some mistakes in grammar and vocabulary. Today, There was big earthquake here.. I was hiking MT.Fukushima. so I could avoid tsunami.

But my familiy and friends were not... I can't find them now. I can't live with out them..

Have earthquake and tsunami accured only here..? or all in Japan? Now I don't know it.

I have not experienced any big earthquakes like this one.

I am very tired now .. I am going to sleep now. Let's find any survival tomorrow.

2011.03.12. Sat

Today, I was trying to find any survivals. um...The result was pessimistic. I went inside at destroyed building to find people and then the building was totally destroyed so I am confined at this XXXX building I regret bitterly. Also there is very little foods and water. I am very afraid now, If i die at here , Can anybody find me?

I have to think positively. I am sure that people are trying to find me. so i will be rescued as soon as possible. I have to live until that time. I am hungry now..but I think i have to save this foods. There are only foods for 2days......but I have to held out at least 6 or 7 days... Wow I am going to diet now.. Hahaha ... I want to see my family. I really miss them

I am going to sleep now I don't know what time it is .. My brain is so messy. I want to get out of here


2011.03.13.Sun

I can find the radio signal in my phone. I think situation is really bad in outside.  A nuclear power plant in Fukushima. So Police are evacuating people. There is radioactive matter in this city. wow.. Percentage of surviving has downed . If i survive from here it is a miracle from God. Now, I have only choice to pray to God. Bur I feel better to hear news. Rescue workers are trying to find me. I have hope. I won't give up my life.

2011.03.14 Mon

 

Now I am very tired to write this one.. because I am so hungry.. I have no power. Today, there were small earthquakes. I think this building is not sturdy. It has shaken a lot. I think this building will be destroy if there are earthquake one more time. Am i going to die at here..? `I want to get answer from God...

Is there are any rescue workers? I haven't heard any sound from them.

Now., I have very small food.. I am not sure that I can survive..

2011.03.15. Wed

 

opps... There is no more water anymore.... I can't find water at this building.

I tried to find exit.. I couldn't find any exit. Minor shock of earthquake has stopped. Maybe rescue workers are trying to find me.. oh that's my last hope.

I don't have any power to move around. If I die, please burn my body, and give it to my family if they are live. I want to sleep forever.... I really miss my family. I am so sorry mother that I said mean to you. I really love you guys. I miss that I have played with you. If I survive let's go to eat sushi.

2011.03.16 Thu

Food has been ran out.. How long can I endure from here. Situation is very bad.. I think i am contaminated by radioactivity. Now.. I reach at my limit. I can't see well... I am very dizzy. I want to live and see my family again. I really love you , mom and dad

 

2011.03.18. Sat

 

I am in Tokyo National Hospital. I have survived yesterday and I have slept until now. I was blacked out after writing last diary. I was almost die. I really thank to God for save me. It was very worth experience. I have almost given up my life. I feel like I am living the second life. I will publish a book. Many news paper company asked my story. They want to tell my stories to people. I will be kind to everyone. I want to do missionary work for all over the world. I will live my second life for God.  I get a big problem. It caused by radioactivity
It doesn't come out to surface. But it is killing me little by little. I will work for God until I die

 

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