Okay well they’ve arrived safe, and………sound?.No I’m just kidding, the group has arrived and looks great. I can really only speak for Dean since I haven’t seen Amanda yet, but for those of you out there wondering, they’ve both arrived with no noted problems. Praise the Lord! I’ll put up another post tomorrow when we can get a whole group photo=].
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon we get to help in some kids program’s with Pastor Mike’s wife’s family. For the past couple of weeks we’ve been able to work on a calendar project with the family. It was really cool seeing the kids use their skills in art and try to count from one to thirty calendar style…hee hee. The kids really seemed to enjoy it, and so did the whole family.
July 9th, 10th, and 11th we are hosting WELL FED!=] This summer we’re having a church retreat up in the Daejeon mountain area (usually where we place the Oki team in a hotel when they come) and are looking forward to the work God is going to do there. For three days we’re planning to be in His word, get filled, and learn more about how to live for His glory. Yesterday we went to find the a spot for the retreat center and God allowed for us to find the perfect place. We pretty much have the whole building and will be able to use for all the activities we have planned; the rooms are sweet, the back has a lot of room, and a big plus the sweet dining hall/as needed sanctuary comes with plastic tarps as walls that have zip up windows(might sound bad but it was really nice). We’re really excited, but are praying that God will allow everyone’s schedules to free up so that they can come, and not only hear the messages but spend the nights as well. Please pray because even though it will be during the summer school break, almost everyone still has studying to do at institutes and stuff. Lord not will you but your will be done-Amen.
Alright well I couldn’t resist, thought this was cool. Jeena got a dancing cow and was having fun with it and Daniel so here, enjoy the video!
It’s a official, the Lord has provided a new place! This summer we are now expecting to have 6 interns serving here at CC Daejeon. Two of them arrived tonight, and two more will arrive in July.With this new group, we needed a new place, so Monday we went house shopping. The Lord provided this sweet apartment; 2 rooms, living room, laundry room, kitchen, and a good price!As you can see there is stuff still lying around the apartment, no not because we made it messy already, but because here in Korea they do things differently. When somebody moves out they can leave whatever they want behind, and it becomes the responsibility of the next person to move and clean everything left behind. Praise God for caring previous owners, not leaving too much behind. The cool part about the new place is that all of our meals will now be cooked there, our office will now be in one room, and the girls in the other. Thank you Lord for providing.
Saturday, Pastor Mike and his family returned safely home. They were gone for about a week on trip to the United States They had a blessed time visiting family and friends, relaxing, and also staying busy. They said that they had a really good time, but it is nice to have them back. We celebrated their return with a Chinese lunch feast, and continued celebrated with leftovers at dinner…lol…mmmmmmm. Welcome back guys.
Pictures by Kalven Gim
So last Friday we were able to head out after the bible study, and of coarse after the Wii Fellowship, to Shikjang Mountain. It’s kind of like a Skyline(view spot on a mountain in Corona, CA) of Daejeon, South Korea. It was a lot fun being able to drive semi off-road up the mountain and then being able to see the closest things to stars here in the city. Usually because of the smog we can’t really see the stars but this made up for it…kind of=]. We had a blast taking pictures grubbing on some Korean Oden and then enjoying even more food at our house for a curry dinner. Thanks Hye-Young that was goood mmmmm, and thanks Kalven for the trip God bless you buddy.
Sunday morning was a special morning, we were able to attend our first Korean only church service. Peter,one of our brothers that we get to hang out with a lot, serves as a worship leader at his father’s church here in Daejeon. At last minute we ended up making plans to go and attend the service but also lead in two worship songs. It was a blessed time being with the body,seeing them dance to Every Move I make, enjoying food fellowship afterwards, and then playing games there with their youth. Definitely a fun time, thanks again Peter for the invite, God bless you bro.
While Mike has been gone, we’ve had to take care of the studies he usually teaches. Daniel has been rocking in them all week. He’s been able to encourage us: at the Jinsoo Institutes about truly worshiping Him knowing we can do in spirit and in truth wherever we go, at the Saturday Breakfast Bible Study showing us how much our God loves us and how we must can’t love Him and the world but one or the other, and also at the Sunday Evening Bible Study encouraging us through his testimony to make that choice and go all out for God letting nothing get in the way of His glory. Daniel has been on a rampage, keep up His good work brada.
Wendseday was the Festival at Tanguk University in Cheoneon. Finding out about it last week we were trying to put together an outreach to have during the festival, but the Lord closed the doors. The beautiful part was that through it, it stirred up vision in the pastor and now we are planning and setting up to have a concert outreach at the campus on June 10. We were really excited and are eager to see what else the Lord is going to do there next, please join us in lifting up the outreach and the lives He is going to draw near in prayer. Now even though the outreach didn’t work out this week we continued as normal, but instead of going out before the study and touring the city, we were able to walk around the festival with some of the students. Daniel got to play a booth game and almost actually won. He had to break 15 plastic plates in half with one shot, but came up a few short of winning.After the bible study we played UNO and had a blessed time in fellowship. The time there at the bible study continues to go great, and with the study coming up were excited to see His children continuing to grow and now take steps of faith in working for His glory. Praise Him.
So after the festival we ventured around the island trying to find somewhere to eat. We were looking around trying to find the right restaurant then bam at the end of some road we thought would just be a dead end there was a beachfront restaurant with a great view. Now the picture there of the beach isn’t at restaurant, but was at the Festival. Still it was a nice beach. We had fun being able to munch on a seafood and cook it ourselves. Well the Daniels cooked it, I just enjoyed the food, but after a couple of burns and close eye splatter encounters we all ate and were filled with good food and great fellowship.
Yesterday we went on a little road trip and headed North. We went on our first island trip here in South Korea, to Anmyan Do(Anmyan Island). They were there hosting a two month long Flower Festival to ring in the spring season. They had flowers all around, big exhibits talking about flowers, flower shops, flowers, flowers, and flowers. Still even, though it was only a three guy trip(Daniel Kim, Daniel Sedota, and me), we still had a lot of fun taking pictures and enjoying the scenery, and of coarse enjoying the coast.
Pastor Mike, his wife Hye-Young, and their daughter Jeena are leaving tomorrow, Monday the 17th. They’ll be gone for about 12 days visiting friends and family back in the states. Hopefully while there, they’ll get a lot of rest and fill up on Mexican food before they return. Please pray for them and for us, as it’s a step of faith for them leave and a step for us to make sure everything is taken care of while there gone, either way the Lord is in charge=]. Have fun guys, God bless you! Have fun at Living Water Wednesday night.”Jeena, what are you doing.”
Right next to the church, a new Japanese food restaurant just opened up. So we ended up having a boys grub night out. Actual Japanese food is almost as rare to find out here as Mexican food…okay maybe not that bad but pretty close. This restaurant was actually really good for it’s price, but the best part was just being able to get to know some of the guys better. One word of advice though, even if you really miss wasabi, soy sauce, and mizo…don’t mix a lot together and chub it down=/.
This weeks adventures with Pastor John, was cancelled. Well not quiet, we still got to go on an adventure but Pastor John stayed back this time. We ended up going to an art gallery exhibition. It ended up being Joseph, a brother whom we met earlier at one of the neighboring universities, there in Cheoneon. We had such a great time. It was sweet being able to tour the art show with the artist himself, seeing into what was molded for what reason. Every canoe you see is made of clay and represents Joseph’s life; circumstances, events, emotions, etc. Definitely a blessed time seeing the beautiful gift of art God has given him, and encouraging him to keep using it for God’s glory. God bless you Joseph keep rocking bro!
