Wednesday, February 27, 2013

100 Things I Love About Korea: #97 - The Year 2011

One benefit of living in Korea has been relatively easy access to other countries.  In February, our church took our second trip to Bangladesh, with Wooyoung, HaYoung, and Il-Ho (among others).

Thanks to my mom coming to visit, Sarah and I were also able to do up our 10th anniversary in style.  We took a hop, skip, and a jump down to the Philippines to a great little resort on a spectacular beach.

We had fun times at the local park with Bruce, Susan, and Gabriel Kim.  We've gotten a lot of use out of this little park.  Emma has done countless laps around the track on her bike or inline skates.

Hermann Gschwandtner and Nathan Biswas came to Korea to talk about our partnership with Bangladesh, and we were about to tag along on a KNU culture trip.  They loved making kimchi and bulgogi.


A few months later, we welcomed John David into the world, named after my father and uncle (who were named after their uncle, who was named after ...).  My mom came over early and was here when he was born.



The icing on the cake was that Sarah's sister Elizabeth gave birth to Ella in the same hospital just three days later.  They were literally across the hall from each other for a day or two.  I'll never forget the look of terror on Michael's face when we walked into the room (after hearing Ella cry from across the hall through two closed doors).  He said, "We've got a screamer!"  She's gorgeous, but she's a feisty one!

1 comment:

Alfred Morris said...

I understand and see the annoyance or dillema with this and than being asked or needed to believe solely in.... for solely this..... as in Jesus Christ and His Father and The Holy Spirit. There is so much spiritual context in the world though that fits and it is neither condemable or sacred towrds The Father nad his build, The Son and his sacrifice and Holy Spirit form fitted in miracularity that is unknown and loved beyond measure. Spirituality has the most responsibility imaginable and while that leaves them open to default and look bad, it is still their own spirituality as in different but similiar to your own love and belief and faith in your own christ mind and everything that encumbers is seen to be the better way.