Call me Min-Jin

Danielle and I are eating noodles- Korean style. It is common to eat out of the same bowl or share a plate with the whole table. At first it was hard to do, but now we are used to eating out of the same plates and bowls.




Here we are hanging out and eating Korean style hotdogs!

Here we are eating raw squid!

I’ve been learning Korean phrases and words since I’ve been here. People are surprised when I randomly pull out a word that I know in Korean. My middle school class has also tried to teach me Korean. The other day they taught me a word ‘that you say when you’re mad’. It wasn’t until after I had practiced saying it a couple of times that they told me it was a cuss word! I was mortified!

Another thing I thought was really cool was that some Korean friends gave me a Korean name! They gave me the name Min-Jin which means smart/intelligent jewel.

We only have a couple of days left to work with the disabled students. I will really miss working with them. They are so precious. Even though they have mental problems they can still pray to God and worship Him. Their prayers aren't elaborate and don't make sense all of the time but they still pray from the heart. Last night the staff held a dinner for the volunteers who helped with the disabled students. It was really nice of them.

The picture on the left is my 3-4 grade class after we learned about counting and saying animal names and Noah's ark. The boy in the back with the glasses used to cry everyday because he is shy and scared of everybody. Now he actually answers questions in class and hasn't cried in over a week!

My middle school class is sharing more and talking more. They even joke around with me now. They are still memorizing the fruits of the spirit. It is sad, but a lot of my students tell me that they have a lot of fighting in their house. They tell me to pray for their family, that there wouldn't be bitterness and fighting.

One of our group members is leaving early to go to the States because he is in charge of international orientation at Taylor. He is the only guy in the group, so we call him Opa (older brother). We are having a good-bye party for him. Koreans are teaching how to make Korean food for the party. I'm excited!

Early tomorrow morning the group is traveling a long ways to a coastal city. We will be gone until Tuesday and won't have internet access during that time. We are teaching English Sunday school at a sister church there. During our free time, we will go sightseeing and go to the beach! Pray for safe travels and health. We have been a little tired this week and getting small colds. Have a good week!