Mrs. Kim Jong yeo (37), teacher
She is a junior high school teacher. She leads a very hectic life. She is very devoted to the church and has a happy marriage with her husband.
People around her all praised her and envied her.
She looked like she had it all. But she was very tired from the so-called perfect life.
She had all the things she wanted but there was still something missing in her heart.
She hated herself for always having to compete to keep the perfect life going.
Others didn’t know, but she suffered from insomnia and couldn’t fall asleep without the help of a sleeping pill.
By chance, she participated in a play at a church. It was none other than <Hantijae Haven>, the play performed this Easter.
With her aggressive personality, she didn’t like to fall behind others, and so she was the first to sign up for the play.
The practice sessions were very hard on her, as she was already tired from her hectic schedule.
She just wanted to give up, but for fear what others might think, she endured it for 2 months.
She played the role of the girl with leprosy. She decided to take the role because she seemed like the protagonist, with her many lines and all.
But as she practiced the role, she started to imagine that she herself really suffered from leprosy.
She looked back on her life and repented on many things she had done.
After the performance was over, she wrote a letter to the director Dr. Lee Ban.
In her letter, she said that she looked back on her life and repented many things.
She said she wanted to take down the façade of the perfect life and live the life that she really wanted.
She confessed that she realized that’s the life God intended only after having to be a leprosy patient.
She said after the change in her life values, she could smile at everything – family, school, church, and all people around her.
This is the gift of small happiness that <Hantijae Heaven> brought her.
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