Monsoon

SOTW

Something to listen to while you read.

"Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of courage. Insane, embarrassing courage."

It is almost June, and the monsoon season is starting. Just yesterday in the news, I saw that the streets in Seoul were under a couple feet of water. It's strange to see that on TV when I was just walking down those streets a few days ago. It's not flooding where I am yet, but we've gotten quite a bit of rain.

This week in humorous stories:
Occasionally in class, you will have a couple students who will feel it is their obligation to test your knowledge of Korean, just to see what they can get away with in class. One day in class, one of my students says,
"Teacher! You are very babo. That means very handsome."
Now, thankfully another teacher at the school here told me to watch out for this word, because students will try to call you this and tell you it means something different. The actual definition of babo is 'foolish or stupid'.
So, I look at him and say,
"Oh really?"
Then I walk over to the board and write babo in Hangul (the Korean written language). I look back at him and say,
"You mean this word?"
Now he looks very sheepish.
"I know what this word means, and it does not mean handsome."
Now all the students are laughing and so surprised that I know Korean. Success. Of course, they do not realize that this is one of the only words I can pick out from their conversations, but I will leave them in doubt on that point.


I took this picture looking out of the building where I work. The sun is setting on my world, ready to rise on yours.

First of...

Song of the Week (SOTW)

Something to listen to as you read.

"Every path you have trod through, wilderness, through war, has led to this road..."

I have done it. I made it to Korea. Looking back, I wonder how that happened. I have been here for a month now, and still at times my mind freezes and it hits me that I am living in a foreign country thousands of miles away from everything I grew up with. It blows me away every time. How did I end up here?
I already have so many stories starting from the moment my plane landed, and hopefully some of those will find their way to this page. For now, I only have time for a short introduction to this blog. As requested by my family, this is an update on my life in South Korea. As aforementioned, I will be posting stories, pictures, and maybe some other things as well.
This is a beautiful country with great people, and I am very thankful to the Lord for leading me here. However, I do miss everyone at home, so please comment and tell me what you are up to.

I will leave you with this flawless paragraph one of the students at my school has written:

Sadly, this is not the view of all my students.