Our latest activities!

Here is Shane preaching his first sermon here in Korea, with a translator.



Gracie fell asleep on the subway on the way home from the sauna. We were all ready for bed!





Peyton has made friends with most everyone and tries to take turns with everyone equally. Here he is walking with Will, one of the new teachers here.









A big spider in it's web on the hiking trail at Sahmyook University.











The pond was full of very large Koi. They came to where we were in the hopes of getting some food.

This is the main building of the Sahmyook Campus.






These are the mountains behind the University.






This is part of our group that went on the Sabbath tour of the University.











This is a little Prayer Garden on the University Campus.



Well, I am finally done putting the photos on here!!! I don't know what my problem is, but I really seem to have some issues with getting everything formatted correctly on here. Oh well...

So this weekend, Shane preached his first sermon in Korea. We worked together as a team. I did the Powerpoint and he did the sermon. It turned out very nice.

After church they took us to Sahmyook University for a tour. It was a half hour bus ride away, and well worth it. The campus is beautiful. There was a really nice hiking trail that goes up to a very large pond. There were turtles and ducks and Koi (and mosquitoes). But it was very pretty.

Then, after Sabbath, we went to a "Sauna". It was more like a very large Spa. There were hot sauna rooms, cold rooms, charcoal rooms, salt rooms and much, much more. You can spend the whole day there if you want to. We were in awe of the whole thing. It was very upscale and very, very clean! Cleaner than the hospital by far! :) When we were coming in, a very nice Korean lady was helping us get through the language barrier. She helped me get the process figured out of what we were supposed to do. Only later did she let on that she was the owner of the place. Then she wanted to talk some more and she asked me if I had time for private lessons for her children. I told her that we wouldn't be living here, but that I was honored that she would ask me. She gave me her phone number anyway, and wanted me to consider it. I wouldn't do it, but it would be nice to have a friend. :) She pointed out that the name of the Sauna was Silloam and asked me if I knew the connection. She is a Christian. I hope to keep in contact with her in some way.

We got home way too late lastnight and the kids were exhausted. They took a nap early this morning, but that is good because we have things going on this evening.

Well, it has been a busy weekend! We will know by Monday night where we are going to be assigned, and we hope to get settle quickly.

We miss all of you!

Here are some photos

Here are Peyton and Gracie on the plane. Oops, I got Peyton on sideways and can't figure out how to fix him now : )

I thought that I would post a few photos. I haven't taken many, but there are a few interesting ones. : )

Here I am on my first subway ride. Shane and the kids were tired that evening, so I went with a small group and we checked out the street market.
Here are a few of us. There are streets lined with booths behind us and in front of us, and there is even a whole shopping area under the ground that seems to go forever!
This is one of the 'snacks' that we saw being served on the street. I think they were were some kind of worm. They were steamed and served in an ice cream cone. Yummy!

I went out for a walk in our area. This is one of the intersections near where we are staying.

A group of us waiting for the subway to take us to the street market.

This is the room where we are staying. It's actually pretty nice considering we have our own bathroom in our room and we don't have to share with anyone.

We are still learning lots about our teaching responsibilities. I am really glad that I am already a teacher. If I was coming into this with no training and no previous experience, this would be a bit overwhelming. But once everyone gets into the classroom, it will all work itself out. It's a pretty cut and dried teaching method, but all the little details make it seem harder than it is.

Shane has been asked to preach a sermon this Sabbath. He is having a tough time finding enough time to get it done. He has to do a powerpoint presentation with it because that is what the people are used to, and it helps to have it for people who are not fluent in English. So I will be helping him get the Powerpoint prepared. We will get practice in teamwork. : ) Keepus both in your prayers as we work on this together and as Shane preaches this Sabbath.

We are in Korea!!!

Well, we have been in Korea for four days now. We are in Seoul for orientation and we are learning lots. We are spending most or our time in orientations, but have been able to get out a bit and see some of the sights. We are learning a little bit about shopping for food here, but it's really hard when you can't read the labels. Thankfully, there is tofu to be had, and once we begin cooking for ourselves, we will be eating lots.

They are feeding us three meals a day, and they are good meals! This will be a challenge when we are out on our own. But we will make it.

We won't know which school we will be assigned to until the last day of orientation. That will be September 1. Then we will go to our location on September 2, and begin teaching on September 3. Pretty crazy!

I am sure there is much more I could tell, but it is late at night and I need to get to bed. I will keep you all posted though! :)