It's been two weeks

Hello All. It has been a busy two weeks since I last posted on here.Last week I work Monday and then we were supposed to have holidays. My company sent me to training Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday because I missed it when I first arrived in Korea. Tuesday was a waste of time as we went over the books that I had been teaching from for a month, but Wednesday was a good day because we talked about classroom management and different ways to teach phonics, which is really difficult by the way.Tuesday night I went with some of my co workers to watch a Korean movie with English subtitles in the theater. It was a really neat experience. It was cheaper than Canada and the seats were a lot nice. The think is that Koreans have a different idea of a good ending, and it did not end how I would have liked, but that was fine.Wednesday night I went to Dongdameun market with Jennell. Wow. It was amazing to look around and I was glad and sad that I did not have any money on me. It makes me feel so blessed to look at these markets and realize that I could buy so much of this stuff if I really wanted to. We forget how rich we are. I am trying to live more simply and live off of less than fifty pounds of clothing, and it is hard to do, especially in fashion centered Korea and because I just like to buy clothes!The rest of the days we went touring around. We went to Seoul tower (like the CN tower) but we got to take a gondula up there and it was so beautiful to look over the sky at night and see the lights from the city. That evening we also met up with a bunch of friends from Prov that are Korean and that was really neat. We also met up with two Korean friends that took us touring to a few markets.Sunday i went to a different church in the morning, and i had to wear a head set that translated the service. It was really neat and really huge. I cannot get over the size of most of these churches. They are humongous.This week teaching was busy. The church I am going to also had an English camp so I went and sang there with a group of people Monday, Tuesday and Thursday night. I have been gone everyday this week from 8am to 10pm, but it has been worth it to sing of God to these kids who don't know Him.
Wed. I worked until 730 then I went to find a vacuum cleaner. I can find one for $30 but there was not one at the store, so that was a waste of my time.
Friday night I went out with a really good friend from Prov and we had some good talks in English at a normal pace. It was beautiful and really good to have a deep discussion again.
Saturday I went on a tour with the English teachers from the camp. We went to a palace and a market. The palace was amazing. I love to hear the history and to imagine that I was walking where 300 years ago a King and Queen had walked and made decisions about Korea is an amazing experience. It makes me really want to go to Israel and walk where Jesus walked!
It has been a really growing two weeks for me. I have had a lot of discussions about church and the purpose of church and the fakeness or the corruption found with in and what to do about it. I have also had a lot of opportunities to witness at work. God is teaching me right now to again give my whole life to Him and to care only what He thinks and not what others think. this is especially hard to do in Korea where there is so much focus on the outward appearance and so this is why I feel so strongly about it.
God is my life here. There is often nobody else to talk to and God is the one consistency in my life that gets me through! The love that He has and that I can have for Him is amazing.
How amazing is it when God says, Child, you are mine, and I claim you. You will serve me. The joy that God picked unworthy little me is so amazing. He has really made that a strong feeling in me lately and walking down the street i will think of that and laugh or smile really big, and everybody will look at me and think I am crazy, well not crazy, because they don't use that word here, but definitely not right in the head!
Well, those are my late night ramblings and I hope they make sense. I am off to read Jane Austen, the Bible, and then to bed! Feel free to write me back!
God bless, and I hope you are encouraged as you go through your week to think of God often and take a stand and to be positive about the stands you take, and not negative about all the stands you miss! In God's grace, goodbye.