Just when you think you have nothing to blog about!

(This first pic is of the Hwaseong Palace in Suwon where we live. We took Chris' friend Brenden around to all the touristy places and he took a great picture of it from the top of the wall.)

Greetings from Korea, I seem to like to have big gaps between each entry. I think we have a few thoughts to share with you. Life has been quite busy these days. Mostly with just everyday life like, Bible study, dinner dates, work, and now 'working out.' But I think that can be interesting enough to blog about. ha ha We have been going to this church in the picture below a couple of times now. It is a large Korean Presbyterian church and the message is translated into English thru head phones. We enjoy the hymns and the message from the pastor. They have a large choir and orchestra with each service. Then we get to go down stairs for noodles and kimchi. We met a nice couple there (in the pic) and hope to attend here every second Sunday.
Chris and I had a date last Friday in Seoul. We went to the Cheonggyechong. (ha try saying that one) It is a large man made stream that goes through the middle of the city. At night it is all lit up and very 'romantic,' Korean couples everywhere. We couldn't get that many good photos with our camera thou. It was a really nice fall evening. The fall weather has been most pleasant we are really enjoying it.
Chris has been playing lots of basketball lately and really enjoying it. I haven't been able very much since being here because I don't want to play with the guys anymore. Chris is loving it and it is opening up lots of opportunities for him to share the Gospel with guys and make new friends. We finally got gym passes after months of talking about it.... We both noted that we once were in better shape. We miss having a reason to be in shape like college bball but I think being healthy might be a good reason after all.
Next weekend we have some time off because it is the Korean thanksgiving holiday. We are headed to Sokcho for adventuring and mountain climbing. Sokcho has one of the most famous mountains in Korea (Seoraksan) to climb especially in the fall with all the leaves changing colors. So hopefully we get to experience it all and more.
Teaching continues to have its' good and bad days. My kids are cute thou, these 3 in the pic below are wonderful in class. I really enjoy them.
I continue to be a bit homesick. For what exactly I am not sure... I guess it is a little trying here at times and you just want to escape. I just don't fit in with this culture and it can be exasperating to be surrounded by it 24-7. I need to pray and trust that God will give me the patience to get through this time and come out more positive and with a love for the Korean people no matter their idiosyncrasies. Ha wow check out that word I just used. Actually I want to blog about all the interesting things that happen in this culture that our western minds can hardly wrap our minds around. So Chris and I will start to write some things down and get back to you all on that one.
Well I guess this is it for today. thanks for reading~

September Already!

So we have been here 5 months already and really I can't believe it. I am sorry I never put any pics up from the last post. These are a few from our weekend in Daecheon. It was lovely and the swimming was even better! Had lots of fun chilling on the beach.
The last few weekends have been a busy at work and at play. Though I am having trouble remembering what we have actually done! The highlight of this past one was going to see a Korean all star bball team play a team made up of ex-NBA players and some NBDL players. Pretty much was a dream come true for Chris who loves NBA ball. There weren't very many fans which we were surprised by but that didn't matter because we got great seats. Definitely a memorable experience and loads of fun.
Over the past couple weeks we have been getting involved in finding out what is going on in N.Korea. On Friday night we went to a prayer vigil in Seoul for the liberation of the country. I am just going to give you a run down of what is going on there and what you can be praying for.
An estimated 7,000,000 people are starving to death right now in N.Korea. Also an unknown number are dying in political prison camps of the most horrifying brutality and torture for really having committed no crime. The North Korean human rights crisis and genocide there is one of the worst in the world today. Unfortunately the international community has been silent and not tried to intervene in any way. I think they are afraid of Kim Jung Il but politics is something I don't understand.
Anyways there are some human rights groups and churches in Seoul that are banning together to demonstrate and pray for the liberation of N.Korea every Friday until it happens, which could be years. I want to help raise awareness so that is why I am writing about it. If you are interested you can go to http://www.seoultrain.com/ . There is a video you can get and watch that talks about what is going on in the country and also about the refugees that flee to China. It is quite heart wrenching what can happen to these people. I know that a lot of terrible things are happening in this world and that people are starving every where and are persecuted. But this nations has absolutely no foreign aide and the people have no means of help.
I hope that was somewhat informative you can ask me questions if you would like to know more about it or check out the website.
~ school is going well I just started a new term and Chris is finishing up his. Teaching is going good not to much to report there. We are enjoying the change in weather as cooler temperatures are on their way. We definitely get 4 seasons here it is very nice.
Well that's about all the news from here.
until next time~ :)