When I picked up the bass I fell in love with playing it. That’s the purpose for everyone-to worship Him.

Jihea: I think music and playing bass actually helps me focus on God and worship Him. How do you see playing music as fitting into God’s purpose for your life and the lives of the people you serve?

They are amazing bass players but at the same time they know how to play within the music too. As a bass player, there’s a guy called Pino Palladino and then Abraham Laboriel and Fred Hammond-legendary bass players. I’ve been playing classical piano since I was six and serving children in church at Sunday School so I think those things got me into music naturally. Jihea: My name is Jihea, I’m British-Korean and I’m part of Hillsong UNITED. Here’s how the legacy of sponsorship has impacted her family’s life.Ĭould you tell us a little about yourself? We recently had the chance to get to know Jihea. 'On that particular tour, every time I asked people to turn and watch the story of a Compassion child on the screen, I was mindful of Jihea standing quietly in the shadows of the stage, praying for the children about to be sponsored.” 'Knowing this was moving for all of us, because we suddenly realised this beautiful young woman would not be part of our lives had her father not been given a help out of poverty,' shared Bobbie. Part way through the tour someone told me that Jihea’s father was himself a sponsored child* many years ago in Korea.' 05 Jul, 2019īobbie Houston, Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, described the moment she learnt of Jihea’s background: “On a recent worship tour in the United States we were highlighting our partnership with Compassion and our collective ability to intervene in the lives of children and their families through sponsorship. But there is a unique twist to Jihea’s story: she says her life today would look very different if it weren’t for those who sponsored her father as a boy in Korea. She’s played with some of Europe’s biggest pop stars at some of the most famous venues in the world. As bass player for Hillsong UNITED, Jihea Oh spends her days on the road and her nights helping thousands to worship God.

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