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Rain puddles and a power cord....

2009-06-19T19:18:00.000-07:00

Annyeonghaseyo.....

Wow!! Its been a long time. Have not been on here in a while. So Sorry.

Well, it is raining outside. So fun. It is supposed to rain all day I believe. But that is OK. I am in much need of rest. It has been go go go here in Korea. I am at the school for about 10 hours a day. I teach preschool in the morning and ESL classes in the afternoon. Very busy!!!! The kids are awesome and beautiful. I would not trade them for anything. It is a little tough though with not knowing the language and such. But I am trying. God is stretching and growing me during this time. He is teaching me total dependence on him and total abandonment of myself. Yay for awesome lessons from up above.....

But back to the rain. Last week, I got my driver's license. I passed my test with an 80%. I winged it because I had no book to study. So I can now drive in Korea. I have driven for shorts amount of times so far; little errands during my break at school. But today, I drove from the apartment to the school because I forgot my power cord last night. DOH!!!! Afterwards I went in to Yangpyeong to Mega Mart to pick up a few things. All the while driving through rain puddles. My first time driving in the rain. It was joyous and awesome. I celebrate these little bits of independence.....

....So I have my power cord now.....

....And I rest....

Round Duece

2009-04-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

I bought new video editing software today and was just tinkering around with it, so why not post something, eh?

New Camera

2009-04-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

I just bought a new camera to record my expeditions through time....here is a taster of what is to come.

(Not so fantastic)

...It's the final countdown....

2009-04-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

da, da, da...dadada....its the final countdown and so the song goes...

Wow. One week to go, then its Korea time. My time in Ohio has been time very well spent. I have had a great time reconnecting with my family and friends. It has been very refreshing; I have not had to work. Although I have not worked, I did want to. I think God has wanted me to use this as a time of rest and relaxation. On a side note, I had a chance to make balloons at a restaurant, but I said HECK NO!!! So, its been a great time of furlough before "go-time."

Last week I went to Chicago to have my visa interview. I left a little before 7 on Friday morning to have my interview at 10:30am only to return to Ohio by 5:00pm. I was scheduled to return around 10 or so because I was unsure of the time it would take for the interview, but I was lucky enough to get a standby ticket on a much earlier flight.

The interview went pretty good I guess. I went in with another guy for the interview. We went in 2x2. The interviewer went back and forth between the two of us for his question asking. I think the interview is there to give them a reason not to give you the visa. Here's to my answers being good enough....

I was amongst crazy awesome scenery; one of the coolest downtowns I have seen. I took my camera with me to take crazy awesome pictures. I took one picture. Maybe I forgot or maybe I did not want to look the tourist, I don't know? But here is the picture.

Joy and Sadness

2009-03-24T17:14:00.000-07:00

I have a range of emotions right now. I am all too eager to get this new life started, but I am realizing all the more the life I am living now is not too bad and there is a lot of unfinished business. I am so excited to begin teaching, learning, growing, encouraging, inspiring, dreaming in South Korea; I so am. It is going to be great.

But as my departure from Florida closes in, I feel there is much left to do. I have a community here that is so awesome and I believe we are on the cusp of some great things. I believe my church to be in a growing season, and not just the adults; amazing things are happening in the youth and children's ministries. I have loved every second of subbing at McKeel. I hope I have had some effect on the students there; hopefully I have challenged them in some way. (I hope they soon realize their full potential and come to understand that they should never accept low expectations.)

But, I digress. A range of emotions flooding to the forefront. But God is so good. I know he has set forth this new direction and for that I give my all.