A Whirlwind Week in Cheonan

OK, so lots of pictures, lots of stories, and way too much to tell to fit it in one post. So, instead of a book like a wrote last time, this is more of a pictorial presentation. I had many many meetings this past week getting ready to teach, but when we weren't busy with school stuff, we made ourselves busy with fun.




This past Sunday one of the professors here took us to her church (she is the Korean woman in the group pictures). To be honest, it was still a nice service, even though I couldn't understand a single thing, and they were so much more hospitable than they ever need to be (but I am coming to expect that from Koreans, everywhere I go, all the time).



Here is a video I took during their worship time. Like I said, although I couldn't understand them, I still enjoyed it. You can easily tell that this is a people who when they do something, they give their all, and that includes worship.





One of the mornings, myself and the two other women who had arrived at that time (Shannon and Karissa) decided to wander up to the roof. I think Karissa had found it the night before, but the door to the roof is never locked, and in fact only locks from the outside. It is really beautiful up there, and there is this cool ledge thing you can climb on to get a better view (don't freak out mom). I think I have found a spot to sit with the Lord. It is just as nice, if not better at night, I will try to take some pictures. So far I haven't missed a night up there yet.

I just had to put this in here. For all my friends who like sushi as much as I do, this a box of hand picked sushi that I bought at the grocery store near my house. They have a massive section in the meat area devoted to sushi, with many many different kinds, all of which rival the quality you would find at a restaurant in the states. You can't get rolls, just plain old sushi, but this box only cost me $3.50, and I'm lovin it.

For the more adventurous, these are pictures of a market place that some of the other English teachers took us to, located in a town a little ways east (I think) of Cheonan. At first you think you are just walking into a back alley, then all the sudden it becomes this awesome, smelly, bustling, bazaar. It is all completely covered, until you go a ways and it comes out to another larger street where the shopping spree continues. We were told that all this exists to accommodate the U.S. military base that was nearby (which is its own story for another time, for my IJM/worldvision/missions minded friends you will want to read, but I need to go collect more "evidence" before I make a statement on that fiasco).

Finally, here is a picture I took on the first day of school. This is my first hour class on Monday, one of the 18 that I have. It was a lot of fun introducing myself (and America) to all the kids, and I get to do it again and again for the next 4 days. I made a PowerPoint presentation which shows them pictures of KC, America, sports, BBQ, Missouri State, and The Potter's House.

That is all for now, I am pretty tired from the day, and there is laundry to be doing in the machine that only has Korean directions. I'm off to decipher my appliances.

Peace