The Been Briefing

COMING HOME....

vacation time: 24.august - 9.september. 17 days total, travel time included.

will confirm with more detail once the tickets are bought and things are more established. if you want to see me while in the good ol' us of a, let me know. will be setting plans so i can make the most of this short block of time.



whose little feet filled these shoes?

a few nights ago i was walking in suji and i saw these near a trash pickup. (there's a lot of trash here, btw) i was struck with an oddly bittersweet feeling, seeing these precious little shoes. maybe the little feet grew so quickly they couldn't wear them anymore. i don't know. i like them, though.

emily and i have established our very favorite korean meal. it is called budda-jjigae (pronounced buddha- jee-gay).

Korean: Do you like Korean food?
me: Oh, yes. I eat it every day. My favorite is budda-jjigae. And tuen-jang-jjigae.
Korean: (gasp, shocked face) You like budda-jjigae?! Oh, you must like hot food. Very spicy. You are true Korean.

CHURCH
sunday night a small group of us went to my favorite restaurant - nolbu - where we had budda-jjigae. i am pleased to finally have a picture of my pastor and his family to show you all. here is Pastor Bob, his wife Anna, and his daughters who are absolutely hilarious. it has been a pleasure to be part of GEM and under his loving shepherding. he and his family came to korea from canada only a few months (??) before i did, so their english is all enough for solid communication. i am truly thankful for them and i pray God's blessing an anointing not only rests upon his ministry and teaching, but on his leadership in his family, as well.

yesterday: stressful. got home from work around midnight. new class of little ones. 6 children. good grasp on phonics. now to get them talking, reading and writing well.

TEACHING
4 new faces in my upper-level classes. starting the bald bandit (A-Z mysteries) in my prep class, and the three musketeers in my step 3 class. been busy writing study questions, vocabulary lists, and grading tests, quizzes, and papers. exhausted. 

caleb slammed peter's head against the door?? wall?? yesterday. sophia's first day teaching them without my supervision. his head still hurts today/ dizzy. worried about caleb's bad behavior. mrs. kim is moving him to gina's class starting next week. pray that sophia can control them. pray the fear of God will rest upon them. i fear their excitement/confidence/ happiness in being able to speak english is out-of-control in the way they treat one another... it's hard for me to pass the baton... i still see them as my children. when they leave the classroom to go get water or go potty, they come and talk to me. encouraging them to be loving and kind to miss sophia and each other.

reading in James today. what a SWORD the Word of God is.