Kenneth Bae’s 2009 sermon to a Korean American church in St. Louis shares in minute detail how Bae started working in China as a missionary and, eventually North Korea, according to the transcript of the video, translated by NK News.

In Bae’s own words, he also describes “Operation Jericho,” the plan referenced by a North Korean statement following his trial.

“We are going to send 300 people to pray in Rason. Just as God made people enter Jericho and cause it to collapse without force,” Bae said. “I hope the wall between us will collapse soon through our praying and