For our first official day in Korea, we traveled about an hour away from Suwon to teach in Gracie’s school. (Soong Duk All Girls School) With this being an all girls school, you can imagine how popular our boys were. I think the girls thought heaven came down. It was only a one day english camp and typically, the 1st day of teaching anywhere is a train wreck. If you can survive the 1st day, the rest is a piece of cake.

We actually had a pretty smooth day! There’s always the awkwardness of introducing yourself and waiting around to see if you will actually get a response or a blank stare. 9.8 out of 10 times, it’s a blank stare. Always fun for the new teacher. Luckily, we were paired up and had 2 teachers to a room of only about 10 girls. Deborah and I had so much fun with the 7th graders. Their english was really good and I’m not sure how much we taught them, but it was a great way to get the 1st day anxiousness out of the way.

Soong Duk 7th Grade Girls

At the end of the day, we did a giant ChaCha dance with the girls which was O-mazing.

After the teaching was over, we got such a special treat! Gracie’s mom and dad came and brought us KrispyKremes and some other treats. It was so awesome to get to meet them. Even though we don’t speak the same language, their preciousness shined through. I know now where Gracie gets it. Sylvia got a big hug from Mrs. Ha so she could bring it back to Gracie. Possibly the cutest thing ever.

Soooo cute!

We traveled back home and Ryan took us to a small korean restaurant for dinner and then we came back to the house to plan some dramas and chants for the VBS next week. Today we will travel to the retreat center where we will have the vbs. We hear it’s in the mountains and very beautiful. Can’t wait to see it!