Settling in

We're getting settled into life here... slowly, but surely. Tomorrow Nate starts teaching, so today is his last day of prep before another school year. In our past couple of weeks being here, we have managed to figure out how to use the subway and bus systems fairly well, how to shop for groceries and whatever else we've needed for our home, and we've explored a few different stores and market areas. We're figuring out the garbage recycling here and I've figured out a system for getting laundry, dishes and floors done.

We were blessed to have some of our past students from India meet up with us and show us a bit of our new city that we hadn't seen yet and take us out to eat. Another student took me shopping and taught me how to cook a couple of Korean dishes for a meal... that was a HUGE gift! We've bought a Korean silverware set (which only contains long-handled big spoons and chopsticks), and Will is eager to eat his food with chopsticks like everyone does around here. Annie will stick with her small spoon for the moment, but she's soaking up the culture too, little by little. The other night she was praying and her prayer went something like this:

"Jesus, sank you I say 'Anyanghaseo' and bow my head and Anyanghaseo means 'hi' in Korean. Amen." So overall, we feel like we're getting settled into life here and are enjoying learning as we go.