A New Chapter

I think I can look at this purple page for awhile, and I'm hoping that the change of look will be inspiration for me to add to this blog more often than I have in awhile.

It's 1:00 pm here in Seoul and I am watching some men collect the garbage below our window. Looks like we missed the trash pick-up yet again. Sigh. We have yet to figure out how to do the intense recyling that they do in this city. There must be about 15 different things we have to separate out! Not only that, but the separating bins are very often packed away, so the times we've tried to go and separate our trash, there's nowhere to put it. Thankfully our American neighbors have just arrived and I think they'll be able to explain what we're supposed to do!

This is a new season for us, and we are enjoying getting acquainted with life in South Korea. The city is big, traffic is busy, the weather is hot, humid and gray, everything is very expensive (!) and the people we've met are kind and friendly. We've unpacked, grocery-shopped, used public transportation and eaten a variety of non-Korean foods (Thai, Middle Eastern, Japanese, American)... but of course even non-Korean foods taste somewhat Korean when served in Seoul. I think I have enough ingredients in my cupboards to bake banana bread... except I still haven't found cloves - hmmm.

Nate is busy with getting ready for school to start - it promises to be a very busy year for him with a very full load of classes. The school is amazing - as are the people working there. We are so thankful to be in this place at this time and we are eager to see how God uses us and works within us during this new chapter of our lives.

A Southern Greeting

Hello from Southern US! We've spent the past couple of weeks at an orientation program for our upcoming work in Korea. Now we're nearly done with it and tomorrow we get to head up to be with Nate's family for a week. We've enjoyed great southern cooking, although I shied away from trying grits this morning... maybe tomorrow.

I don't have pictures to post or much time to write, but I thought I'd put a quick note on here that we are well and have soaked up quite a bit of info on cross-cultural adjustments and the TCK experience. It's been tiring and we're looking forward to the next couple of weeks with family and just resting. Sorry I'm so quiet on here... we're just soaking up our short time in America!