Friday's Mark with a LiNK Nomad

[image error]My guest today is Zane, one of the LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) nomads who will be at the screening of The People's Crisis with me this Sunday. I hope you take the time to check out his words of inspiration as he shares just what a Nomad is and why he does what he does. If you live within driving distance of O'Fallon, Missouri, please come out to the screening on Sunday at 6 pm. Information can be found here, along with a trailer for the screening. ~Heather

The Heart of a Nomad

We all dream of somehow impacting the world, whether we decide to live out this aspiration by helping the homeless, going to law school to fend for the civil liberties of our peers, or drop everything we are doing and join a Non-Profit. Our goal as humans is to see this world a better place. As one of 15 college aged kids who decided to live in a van to bring Liberty to the North Korean people, I had no idea what to expect.

We are called Nomads, and we work for the organization LiNK: Liberty in North Korea. We travel around the United States in groups of 3 living in a van, going to High School, Churches, College and anyone in between who will let us come through their doors and tell them about the real crisis in North Korea.  Far too often we see the news focus on the North Korean Nuclear Issues, or the security issues. We are here to refocus people eyes to the real crisis, the People Crisis.  Too many people's eyes and ears are unaware of the repression of the people, and we want to change that. We want to inspire our generation and the generations before us and after us to take a stance, to use our mouths and know that we can make change. We are the most connected generation, and we need to use this gift we have been given to make change. To take a stand.

Living on the road can teach you a lot. As I said before, there are three who live in the van together: Me (Zane), Abbey, and Kayla. Together we make up the Heartland Nomad Team. We travel through Texas, all the way up to Michigan and Wisconsin, and back down through Kansas and Colorado hitting every place in between. It's safe to say we do a lot of driving, and all of this is done in a short 10 weeks. We make over 80 stops and calk with thousands of people.  Our goal is simple: Awareness.

One thing I must mention is that we are volunteers. We do not get paid to go on the road trip, but our passion to see Liberty come to North Korea fires us to keep going. We sleep where we can find floor space (or van space), we eat when we can (or when someone is gracious enough to cook for us… and if you have cooked for us and are reading this, Thank You so much!) and we spend time trying to get to know every person we can. It's not often you get a chance to travel like this, and we try to take full advantage of the chance we have been given.

Passion can burn out though. We all must learn to find ways to fuel our passion and make it sustainable. We must give out passion a name.

And that is what I challenge you with. Find your passion and run with it. Whether your passion comes from anger, hurt, love, caring or a mixture of any emotion; find a way to make that passion last. Don't be afraid of perusing what you believe in and standing up for it.

I want to leave you with the knowledge that you may not tangibly see the work you are doing changing lives, but I can assure you that it will be. The work we do to make change will make change whether we see it or not, so do not be discouraged!

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