Asian styles

Elizabeth, Susanna, and I all decided to spend a day shopping at a Korean clothing market in downtown Seoul because we all wanted one contemporary "Asian" outift to bring back to the U.S. Here are some pictures we took the day before I left. Back in the U.S. now, I am really missing the friendship of both the Sumrall and Willing family. God was gracious to give us such a good team to work with over in Korea.

(Many thanks to Gabe for his patience in taking these pictures!)

Better late than never...

...well, sometimes, I'm not sure if that is really true. But, I did want to give some sense of completion to this blog. So first, pictures of my last co-op that I taught with the help of the younger kids since Dad and Mom were in the hospital.

Teaching character
This picture is classic...We were supposed to be having a race to see who could find a certain verse in the Bible first. The rule is that everyone has to hold up their CLOSED Bible while they repeat the reference. Here, Gabe caught a high school student redhanded with a finger already in the right place!
Learning about the beginning of Egypt
Project time
We used brown sugar cubes to construct pyramids

We even got the high school students to do make one!

Sharing during high school co-op

The day before I left, we went with several of our friends to see the movie Prince Caspian (with Korean subtitles). I don't think some of the humor translated because there would be times that Gabe, Susanna, and I would be the only people laughing. After the movie, we walked around for a little while (which is when I ended up with wooden shards in my foot which resulted in a trip to the ER to cut them out and sew my foot up).

Saying good-bye

Stitches, here I come!

Julie and I had fun playing in the suitcases before I packed

American BBQ in Korea

Life has been crazy the past two weeks with Dad having knee surgery, me running co-ops with the kids, and then me returning to the States. It's strange being back again, but I will be leaving again for D.C. in just a couple days so I'm not spending much time at home.

I had great plans to update the blog with all kinds of pictures the night before I left Korea. BUT, after running around outside barefoot, I ended up taking a late trip to the ER for stitches instead. I always said the last think I wanted to do in Korea was go to their emergency rooms, but God decided to surprise me the very last night! Korean emergency rooms are a lot more open, less private, less strict, less sanitary, etc. than their American counterparts so it was an interesting experience to say the least.

So anyway, I am now posting the pictures we have from the last two weeks I was in Korea. They were very full weeks especially because of Mom returning to the U.S. for a few days and then Dad having surgery. (Dad's knee is doing well - they were not able to reach the problem arthroscopically so they ended up having to do invasive surgery. We were disappointed and a little nervous about recovery, but God has taken care of his leg. Thank you for your prayers; God definitely answered them!)

The last Sunday I was there, all three American families decided to have a BBQ outside. We bought hot dogs and marshmallows at Costco, and Dad set up his little grill and built a fire in his garden area. We sat around the fire, made s'mores, and sang songs for a long time. Thankfully, Korea is still cold enough to be able to enjoy a fire at night. (Back here in Orlando is a totally different story!

Stephen attempts to roast a football

All the kids in the American families (plus a few Korean friends)

The chefs :)

My sisters have loved having Soyoung, who is a home schooler, living in the same apartment building together. They play with each other almost every day.

I will continue to post more pictures (in small increments) over the next several days. I will also try to have Gabe post some current pictures of the family as they wrap up co-ops.