Obstacles to overseas education overcome

When I graduated from high school in South Korea, I was hoping to pursue a college education in the United States. But when I applied to several universities, my family’s financial situation was dire. My father had lost everything he had, including our house, because of the bankruptcy of a family business. Under these circumstances, my parents urged me to give up my plan.

I tried to find a job, but in vain. I had worked very hard at our local Christian Science Society over the previous five years, performing various church duties and even cleaning the building. I knew it was good work, but it was volunteer work and I didn’t feel it was helping meet my financial needs.

I wrote a lengthy letter to a Christian Science practitioner, explaining my problems. (There was no Christian Science practitioner in South Korea, and an international phone call at that time would have been very expensive.) About a month later, I received a reply. 

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