Hello!
These last 2 weeks I have been going to the early morning prayer service with Sul, my host person. Even though it was really early in the morning, it was good to worship and pray. Each day the pastor preached through the books of Thessalonians. He emphasized the truth that Christians have hope and joy because of the coming of the Lord and that we need to encourage others. What has been really faith-stretching though, is the prayer time. I experienced someone speaking in tongues for the first time and it was really powerful. It seems like they have such a genuine relationship with God. Even though they don't know what they are saying all of the time, they experience God closer when they are speaking in tongues than they would praying normally. After the prayer services, we eat breakfast at the church. The breakfasts range from eating cereal to eating seaweed to eating squid!
Earlier this week we were invited to the US military base. We had lunch there and then they gave us a tour of the war museum. It was cool to see the section on the Korean war because my Grandpa is a Korean war veteran. Koreans keep telling me how grateful they are for that.
When we aren't teaching or preparing our classes, we are spending a lot of time hanging out with our Korean friends. This weekend the girls in the group went to an underground mall to go shopping. It was mad chaos because everything is so cheap! It is normal for people to push and shove their way around. Then we watched a movie at the theatre.
As our 3rd week of teaching rolls around, please pray that the kids we are teaching would remember the Christian teachings we have for them, and not only the English material. Also pray for strength of the team. Sometimes we feel discouraged when we feel like we aren't teaching effectively. Also, some in the group have started to feel homesick.
This week will be another busy week!