Greetings from Korea. This year was the first time Chris and I had the chance to celebrate our birthdays together, and celebrate we did. It's been a fun past couple of weeks and I will do my best to fill you in on what has been happening. I usually don't care to much about birthdays because it just means I am getting older. Really though we are not that old but, I am finding that age is relative depending on who you with and what circumstance you are in.
So this past weekend we took a little adventure into Seoul. After playing a bit of screen golf on Friday night, we packed our backpacks and headed out praying for good weather. We hiked Namsan mountain which is where Seoul Tower is. The weather was really overcast so we decided to just look around and not go up. It is much more worth it when the skies are clear. The weather did hold out until we reached the bottom of the mountain. A rain shower ensued but we continued adventuring. Later we went to Jamsil Stadium to take in a baseball game. What a fun experience, I have never seen such devoted fans. Not matter what was happening in the game they were cheering. Every player seemed to have a different cheer, so each time a new batter came up a new cheer erupted. It was a lot of fun to be in the middle of something like that and we will be sure to go again. We decided to stay the night so we found a hotel called the Jelly Hotel. Interesting name but a really nice place, very clean and modern.
We've been learning a lot about what is going on in North Korea. Not just the fact they keep launching missiles but what is going on with it's people. How the general population of N.Korea is starving and suffering. Everyday people try to deflect to China, but the Chinese don't want N.Korean refugees and send them back. If you have a chance look up the DVD called Seoul Train. It is hard to watch but if you want to know and be aware of what goes on there please look into it. Also please pray for the situation here. Tensions continue to build and something is going to happen soon.
Teaching has been going well/ok. We have our ups and downs with the company we work for but overall we are content to be here. We describe our classes like this: There is about 15 kids per class, 5 know what's going on, 5 sorta know what's going and 5 don't have a clue. So who the heck do you teach.? Yeah, we are still wondering.
I am feeling better now so that's good. Now to survive the plus 30 temperatures and the humidity that would allow a fish to live out of water. (That's all Chris right there)
We hope to do some beach adventuring soon as summer vacation is coming and our teaching hours change only to the morning. Well I hope this was a good update for you all.
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Take care~ until next time.
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