Daegu

Hello again :) I thought I'd get on here, give an update, post a few pictures, etc. We have here a picture of one of a kid wearing my funny glasses, and also a picture of the city where I live. The city looks terribly busy in that picture, and sometimes it is fairly busy, but you have to remember that we are in downtown, and that Yeong-Ju really isn't that enormous. Finally, there's a picture of me. I think I look kindof not so awesome in this particular picture, but really...does a person have to look awesome all the time? I think not...I probably wouldn't accomplish that goal even with the actual effort it would take to try to do that. And besides, it's my blog :)

Josh took me to church in Daegu today. It was fun being able to compare it to my now hometown, eat a good meal, and hear a good message. Josh and I agree that the pastor kindof reminds a person of Don Jameson. Anyway, we decided to go to a park after the service, and this guy saw us and started talking to us since we're Americans and he'd lived in America for a while. Apparently this happened the last time Josh went to this park, so it is my assumption that we will never actually get to see the rest of the park ;) Someone will always come up and strike up a conversation. That happens fairly frequently on at least some level. People are always shouting "hello!" to us and that sort of thing.

Anyhoo, it's late, and I have school in the morning, but, as always, I'll post more later. Ta ta!

First days in Yeong-Ju

This picture with the food is what we ate for dinner the other day. The pile of stuff at the bottom is kimchi. That's pickeled spicy cabbage. I can't say that I'm a fan yet, but I've heard from most people that it grows on you, so we'll see. The stuff on skewers is meat and something else. Maybe something made from rice? The red sauce is spicy and sweet, and very delicious :) Yum.

Hello :) I arrived safely in Korea, hurrah! I was nervous about feeling isolated and lonely here since I don't know the language, but so far I absolutely love it! Everyone is very kind and welcoming and friendly here, the food is delicious (if somewhat spicy), and my apartment would be perfect were it not for the shoddy flooring job. But that's ok :) Here are a few pictures from my stay here so far. The one with the bed is of my bedroom. I have a TV and DVD player. The bed is a little hard, but comfy enough. The picture after that is of my kitchen. On the left you also see my washing machine, which has a hose that isn't long enough to reach the water supply in the bathroom. I'll fix it fairly soon, probably. :)

Anyhoo, I need to go to the bank before I head off to the school, but I hope everyone back at home is doing well. I'll post again soon, hopefully. My internet is supposed to be connected sometime this week, so that'll make this whole long distance communication thing a little bit easier. :)

Traveling to Korea fairly soon

So I'm going to Korea for a year, and I decided that Margaret was pretty smart to revive the blog that she had...only I didn't want to use that one, so I created a new one :) I'll try to post pictures on here, let people know what I'm up to on a fairly regular basis, and who knows what else. My address abroad will be as follows:

Yeong-Ju 1 Dong 531-3

Yeong-Ju City, Kyung-Buk

750-010 , South Korea

I don't know my phone number yet, but I'm sure everyone will be hearing from me when I know it. I'll be keeping up on Facebook, of course, so it'll practically be like I'm in Yakima anyway :)