No matter what challenges a person faces, the love of God makes it easier to bear the cross and follow Christ, Elder Han In Sang of the Seventy said Sunday afternoon.

"To me the love of God means going out to the people and doing something good for them and helping them until they change their old ways of living and come to Heavenly Father, happily," he remarked."Only the love of God will cure many diseases and problems of the world, including the disease of inactivity in the Church."

Elder Han, a native of Korea who was called as a General Authority in June 1991, said: "I came from Korea traveling half way around the world to bear my testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Korea has experienced many wars. During my lifetime I have seen many tragic things; sadness and changes. Yet, I have also witnessed many miracles."

In expressing his thankfulness, he shared with members a Korean expression of gratitude, Kam Sa Ham Ni Ta.

"I am grateful to Heavenly Father for His love and special blessings in my life. During the desperate times of difficulties and throughout the war, I wandered to the very edge of my life and felt most helpless. There was no hope and no future for me. I thought I had been completely thrown out and left out by everything.

"Heavenly Father, through my loving parents, worked out miracles for me," Elder Han continued. "I was able to stand up and move forward. . . . Thus, I say, Kam Sa Ham Ni Ta to my Heavenly Father."

Elder Han gave thanks for his parents and for Kim Ho Jik, the first Korean member of the Church who led the handful of poverty-stricken young Korean saints during the time of tribulation.

His work helped "lay the foundation of the work of the Lord in the land of morning calm, Korea, by preparing those seemingly helpless invididuals to learn the gospel of Jesus Christ and to stand firm for the cause of the Lord," Elder Han remarked.

Elder Han said he was grateful to the members of the Church. "One of you taught me the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, and baptized me into the Kingdom. The love you had moved me to accept the gospel to begin with. Then many great leaders of the Church came over to teach and train us all these years."

Elder Han said he had been to the KimPo Airport in Korea many times to bring visitors in or to accompany them out. Each time he visited the airport, he would say to himself or to his wife, "Not me! Never! I will do their errands for them. I will drive for them and translate for them and all the rest. But no sir! I'll stay home and be a good Gospel Doctrine class teacher in Sunday School!"

But he learned quickly the costs of discipleship and came to understand that he could carry the cross with the help and love of the Lord.

"May the love of God bring peace in your homes," Elder Han concluded. "I love you and Kam Sa Ham Ni Ta!"