Soee's Sunday School Class

One of my friends asked me to meet with her Sunday school class. The were very discouraged in learning English so she thought if they talked with a native speaker it would encourage them more. I had a very good time with them. Here is a picture of the group.

Friday Night at My House

I had a bunch of people from church come over to my house for a mac and cheese dinner. At first I wanted it to be only the singles from the church, but it ended up being a mixture of many different age groups. We had a blast though. I think there were 12 to 15 people in my tiny apartment. We got a little crazy playing UNO. if you won the round you got to make a up a new punishment for the next round. I am not a big UNO fan but I am really glad I didn't play with them too.

Clockwise around the circle starting with the white hat guy: Joshua, Aaron, Alan, Eric, Erin, Jessica, and Claudine

Alan performing his punishment.

Erin had to do sit-ups!

They thought they would make it a little tougher on the guys. Alan sat on the guys while they did their push-ups. Look at those muscles.

It was also my pastor and his wives anniversary. I was watching the kids for them so they brought back a cake and celebrated with us too!

This is very popular in Korea to show you love someone!

Aren't they so cute!

Potluck and Bowling Outing

I had planned this really cool church picnic. We were going to eat western and Korean foods and then play baseball. I searched all over for equipment and found a few gloves and even a bat. The morning of the big picnic it was pouring down rain. So we decided to have a picnic in the church cafeteria and then we went bowling.

This is one of the boys from church. I really want to learn Korean because him and his brother don't know English. They can say my name and a few other things. I love them to death. They are actually the same age as Levi and Uri, which is kind of cool.


Some of the people who came to the potluck.

Megan in her best bowling stance! I think she got a strike after that pose.

I have matching T-shirts with my pastor and his family. I forgot to take a picture of all of us together.

More bowling pictures.

When the kids got bored with bowling I played games with them. It was a little hard because half of them did not speak English. But we had fun anyway, everyone else int he bowling alley thought we were crazy though.

Crazy English T-shirt

I bought this t-shirt when I was in Busan. I just had to have it because of what it said!

I think it should say "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"

Strawberry Shortcake and Tradition Night

Every Tuesday since I came to Korea Kelly has been coming over for dinner. When Megan came she joined our tradition night. Kelly and Megan love strawberry shortcake. When I say they love strawberry shortcake I mean they really love it. Check out their bowls!

Kelly isn't here anymore but Megan and I still have tradition night. We have a great time every Tuesday! But we miss Kelly a lot. She is right now on her way to Cape Verde, Africa to live!

AICF Worship Team Outing

I went out with my worship team one day after church. Pastor Bill treated us all to a great dinner of BBQ and fried chicken. It was a great time of fun and fellowship.

Sung-ho, Alan, and Eiranne

Brian, Me, Chloe, and Claudine

Claire and Caleb

Caleb does not always look that strange. I caught him in the middle of making a funny face! He is our worship team leader and is an amazing guy. I really appreciate his ministry to us.

Namwon with Cloudy and Chloe

I went to a little town caleld Namwon. I went there to celebrate Chloe passing her GED exam. Little did I know there would be a very famous Korean festival happenign at the same time. This Korean legend is a lot like Romeo and Juliet. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Lunch with my Students

Some of the older ladies in my class wanted to go out to lunch with me. Their English level in class wasn't very high and I am still very shy so I invited another student with me. It turns out they were just shy in class. They talked up a storm! We had something called Samgepsa. It is pork that you grill to your liking right at the table! I love eating this meal. I actually at it for dinner tonight with some other friends.

There are always tons of side dishes to go along with every meal. There are no exceptions this rule. Even if you eat at a cheap restaurant where the entire meal costs $2.50 you still get a ton of side dishes. It is great!

We also had another dish called muel (water) nang muen (noodles). It is noodles in a cool water with crushed ice.

This was my first time to try this dish. I actually really like it on a hot day. I probably eat it once a week now!

i've got a blackbelt in CRAZY

I got this shirt from my sister awhile back. I thought I would take a few crazy pictures to show off my blackbelt!!

Vacation in Busan Back in April

I left the blogging world for a few months because I have been very busy. A few vacations ago I went to Busan with Kelly and Megan. I had an amazing time. The East Sea was beautiful. Here are a few highlights of the trip.


It started with Kelly playing tricks on me! She put a sausage that had been rolling around on the floor of the bus in my shoe.

This is a sign advertising plastic surgery. Very interesting don't you think?

Texas Street and Shopping! Texas Street was

suppose to be the place for foreigners according

to Lonely Planet, a semi-reliable guide book.

The only thing foreign about it was a closed down

restaurant named Texas Restaurant!

Megan, Meredith, and Kelly

Always the jokers!

We went to the sea shore as part of our wonderful tour of Busan. It was the best part of the tour. let me just take a moment to mention that the Busan tour is not worth paying $10 for. If you every come to South Korea and visit Busan do not go on the tour. Actually Busan is not much to visit so skip this city!!

I did a little rock climbing while I was at the sea. I was going to cross this but the ledge was a little small and I wasn't sure how sturdy the rocks were.

Craziness in the taxi ride. You can't see it in

picture but the taxi had neon blue lights.

It was great!

This is Hyundai Beach. This was the best part of the trip. I went there very early the morning we left. The entire beach was deserted and I just walked listening to the waves crash along the shore.

I had a great time in Busan with Kelly and Megan. I do want to go back there but only to swim at the beach. The water on the East Sea is beautiful. Everything on the west side of South Korea is all mud. The Koreans blame it on the Chinese but I am not so convinced!

Kayn tagged me and I am not too happy about it!

Rules"After posting these rules, each player then lists random facts/habits about herself/himself, then chooses several people to "tag". The player will then list the names of those he/she tags and leaves a comment on their blog.

I am currently living in South Kore and I will probably stay for two years!

My dad is an amazing chef.

My mom loves animals. She has had cats, dogs, "Red" the rooster, and now ducks from up the river!

I have my motorcycle licence. I also have a motorcycle here in South Korea and I haven't been hit or hit anyone yet! This is an accomplishment in this crazy country!

I don't have a boyfriend. In Korean that is 나는 남자 친구가 있지 않는다 (this is Babel fish's very formal translation) or pronounced "Namja Chingou Upsoyo"

I am tagging Lydia.

My New Do

When I was in Seoul I think saw my next hair style. It is very frustrating to get a hair cut here. I show them a picture everytime but it is always too short. I can't explain to the hairstylist to make my bangs longer and the sides a little longer than the picture. I have decided to grow my hair out a little. I saw this foreigner in the subway and I asked if I could take her picture for my future new style. What do you guys think? Should I try a little longer? Let me know what you think.

The Shopping Trip of the Century

I met Claudine and Erin at the bus terminal at 7:30 Saturday morning. We got on a bus and headed the three hours to Seoul to go shopping. Now I have been to Seoul before to go shopping so I thought I could handle this simple trip. Boy was I wrong. We started shopping at 10:30am and didn't finish until 15 minutes before we boarded the bus at 9:30pm. Erin and I were so tired but Claudine said she could have shopped for three more hours.

Out first stop was Namdamuen Market above. This is one of the largest outdoor markets in Seoul. There was even a street that was filled with pet stores. There is this idea in Korea that it is better for business to have all of the same stores on the same street. They say it is better for business. I am not sure of that but I did enjoy seeing all of the animals.

I almost took this little puppy home, but I am not really allowed to have pets that don't fit in cages!

While we were shopping I also say a monk on the street praying. This is the first time I have seen this. It is very common to see men or women with their heads shaved wearing grey outfits. I had never seen one on the street praying before.

I forgot to take a picture at the beginning of the day but this is what Erin and Claudine looked like on the subway back to the train station. It was a great trip and I will remember it forever.