One Month

I arrived in Korea one month ago today. Wow. Has it really been a month? I feel like I should write some profound, or witty blog to mark the one month point, but I really don’t have anything that interesting to say. I do want to thank all of you who have been praying for me. I have been so blessed at every turn and I know I would not be having this wonderful experience without your support and prayers. Our God is so good and I experience His love and grace new every day.

This is week 10 at my school in a 13 week term. We’re doing testing this week, which you know the students just love. The tests they take this week will determine whether or not they “level up” for next term. So there is lots of pressure and they do a practice test their first class of the week and then the real test the second class of the week. I hope they all do well and make me look good... er, make their parents proud…

So Sunday I went to Deoksugung Palace with Muang. More pictures on flickr, but some highlights include…

This guy's teeth! Twins?

Contrast between old and new Korea...

SO THIRSTY!!!

Oops....

I also bought some notebooks at the craft/office supply store downstairs and then took pictures of them for you. What’s so interesting about notebooks? Well they each say funny things in English. Now, I know that we in America have clothes or other items with foreign languages on them that often make little or no sense. Unfortunately, I don’t speak those other languages and cannot appreciate the humor. I do, however, have a pretty good grasp of the English language and found the following things pretty funny. I hope you do too.

So the English on this one isn't that strange, but still funny since almost all the coffee I've seen here is instant. And do you think that's a coffee farmer? Hm.

Personally, I like the milk pan (what?) and yes. I do English today. Do you?

Sometimes, I anxious too, but then I remember that fruit...

Ok, first of all, "indefatigably" is a real word (I looked it up) but, honestly? It probably has not been used by a native English speaker in over 100 years and just sounds ridiculous. And then, "STUDT"? Obviously, someone needs to take their own advice...

I’ll watch for more creative usage of the English language, but that’s all for now.

There are many other thoughts rolling around in my head right now (I guess I had more to say than I thought) but I will save them for another day. I hope you are all well.

God bless!