Do you remember Yang Young-ja?

Yang Young-ja, who won the gold medal in table tennis as a fantastic doubles team with Hyun Jung-hwa at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, suddenly left the public eye, but she was doing amazing things on one side of the globe.
Yang Young-ja, who donated all her possessions and everything she had to the needy, lived the life of an evangelist with her husband in Mongolia for 15 years.
She's back again.
Still holding a ping pong racket in one hand and the gospel in the other.
To walk the path of becoming a leader for young table tennis players, a long-held dream, and to testify to the love of God who, despite trials and suffering, ultimately met me and healed me...
She took a new step on this land again.
What kind of drama will unfold in the third act of her life, where she lives a life of generously sharing the grace and love she has received?

The passion that made me not want to lose to others since I was young has turned into a love that I cannot stand not spreading the gospel, and the determination that did not spare my body to become the best is burning each day with the zeal to serve and love my neighbors.
Especially for young players, he serves at the Dream Tree Table Tennis Class with the hope of teaching character before table tennis skills, interacting with underprivileged neighbors through table tennis, and is invited to meetings to witness the gospel wherever he goes.
Missionary Yang Young-ja is living a precious life, giving back through table tennis the love she received, and testifying to the grace of the gospel she received freely.
This book contains her 30-year journey filled with table tennis and the gospel.

The God discovered in the middle of the desolate Gobi Desert was ultimately the ‘God of the Mongolian people.’
That was precisely why I loved the Mongolian people and why I had to spread the gospel.
The God who loves me is also the God who loves the Mongolian people.

-From the prologue

(Right after the explosion)... In the meantime, I instinctively walked around the house with the thought that I had to find my table tennis racket.
Even in that horribly broken and dangerous situation, all I could think about was my racket.
Finally, I found a table tennis racket on a shelf in a corner, covered in dust. I quickly picked it up, hugged it to my chest, and ran out of the house.
Was this how a widow felt when she found her lost coin? Even in the midst of that catastrophic accident, I was simply filled with childish joy, relieved to have found my racket.
Because the racket was ‘another me’ and a precious alter ego.
The next day, I went to school early in the morning, clutching my table tennis racket tightly in my hand.
Even though it was such a big accident, I naively planned to continue training.
However, the classroom and even the gymnasium were devastated by the explosion, with all the windows broken and not even a shadow of my friends visible.
It was only later that I learned that the school had been closed.
That's right.
Table tennis was like that to me.
Self-Portrait of a Girl Who Hated Losing 21

But then something really strange happened.
Words I had previously heard without much thought entered my heart vividly and were engraved in my heart.
Every word, every single word, was vivid and clear, as if it were alive and moving, and was transmitted to my heart.
Now the meaning of those words is clearly understood and they resonate deeply in my heart.
This spread.
Then, I felt Jesus' suffering in my heart, and my heart was overwhelmed with an unbearable emotion at His love.
How on earth could that be possible?
What am I to say that He endured such terrible suffering for someone as insignificant as me?
I am a sinner and no matter how much I think about it, I am not worthy of such a thing. How could you choose death for me?
-The Path of Faith Led by Wrist Pain 40

After meeting Jesus personally, I realized that the center of my life had completely changed.
If my goal in life up until then had been for myself, now I wanted my life to be for the Lord, not for myself.
If your childhood dream was to become a great table tennis player, a respected table tennis player, now your dream has changed to a life that pleases God and brings glory to Him.
I wanted to give my life completely to God if I could.
- From self-centered to God-centered43

All that was left was the doubles match between Hyun Jung-hwa and me.
Hyun Jung-hwa and I had a sleepless night after losing our singles match on September 29th, and the next night, September 30th, we had our final showdown with China's Zhao Zhimin and Chen Jing at the Seoul National University Gymnasium to win our first Olympic gold medal in table tennis.

At 8 PM on September 30th, the final match that the entire nation had been waiting for finally began.
Zhao Zhimin's sky-high sky serve, Chen Jing's dazzling backhand smash, my powerful drive, and Hyun Jeong-hwa's sharp, forward-attacking smash clashed with sparks flying.
The situation was completely different from the first or second set, which was a close match, and there were many twists and turns, and in the end, the Zhao Zhimin and Chen Jing pair collapsed helplessly, and contrary to expectations, it was a complete victory for us with a large score of 21 to 10.
-Becoming the Olympic gold medalist of your dreams 62-65

Before leaving for Mongolia, while receiving missionary training, I wanted to experience firsthand the blessings that God fills.
So first I took a good look at what I had.
As I thought about what I should let go of, I realized that letting go wasn't as easy as I thought.
Having decided to live a missionary life with my husband, I was thrilled to give up everything I had and live solely on what the Lord provided. However, when it came to actually putting it into action, I hesitated.
For several days, I prayed to God and meditated on the graces I had received.
All things come from the Lord and were given by the Lord.
First of all, I decided to give my entire pension (a pension paid by the state after winning a gold medal at the Olympics, which was a significant amount at the time) to God.
And during that time, I transferred the pension I had been receiving to a retired pastor who was living in the countryside and struggling financially so that he could receive the pension.
I gave all the wealth I had and relied on to God without any regrets.
Since I no longer had any possessions or reliance on them, I became a missionary who could only live by relying on the Lord, whether I liked it or not, and only by what God provided.
-Give and it will be filled.

The reason I came to the small village of Sangshand was to preach the gospel to those living in this harsh environment, to serve them, and to love them. But one day, as I looked back on myself, I realized that I had been living like a blind person who could not see anything, blaming only the environment, people, and my health, immersed in the pain of my body and my own pity.
I wasn't a tourist in Mongolia.
Nor were there any immigrants who came here just to live.
The purpose of my coming here was to be a missionary and spread the gospel of the Lord's bloody cross to those who do not know the gospel.
As I realized that again, I suddenly came to my senses.
-Facial Paralysis and Homesickness 157

There are many important and valuable things in the world, but what could be more precious than helping a people read the Bible in their own language? Therefore, I considered my husband's work of translating the Mongolian Bible to be both precious and urgent, and I wanted to contribute even my small, feeble strength to such an important task.
I felt a great sense of pride and accomplishment in being able to contribute.
By the grace of the Lord, I was able to fully translate the Mongolian Bible, a calling that God had entrusted to my husband and me, and finally return to my beautiful homeland, Korea, in the spring of 2012, when the yellow forsythia flowers were in full bloom.
-Finally returning to Korean soil 206-208

I currently consider the position of director of the "Dream Tree Youth" organization, the future of my country, entrusted to me by God, to be my most precious responsibility, and I am determined to fulfill it with joy and happiness.
I am convinced that when I value the work entrusted to me and am faithful and happy in it, rather than when there is something more important and precious, that is the most noble and precious thing in this world.
-Job prepared for me 214

Among the many gatherings, the ones I prioritize and try to attend are gatherings for the socially vulnerable and marginalized, such as people with disabilities and multicultural families.
Not long ago, the National Open Table Tennis Tournament, one of the multicultural family events, was held at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium.
This multicultural family table tennis tournament is an event where people with good intentions gather from all over the country to compete, and the entire participation fee is donated to the surgery costs of children from multicultural families suffering from congenital deformities.
It was a meaningful place that gave me more meaning.
Table Tennis 232 with Underprivileged Neighbors

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