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Psalm 57:9-11Archive for October, 2008
Church: Exactly how many services can be crammed into one day?
I know it’s supposed to be a day of rest and all, but Sunday is one of my busiest days of the week. Let me lay out a typical day for you.
I leave my house at about 8am and start walking to the bus stop. Luckily, I found a bus that stops closer to my apt than the one I’d been taking before. So I march down to my lil bus stop and wait anywhere from 0-20 mins for my 2-1 bus. It only takes about 15-20 mins to get to church so it’s not too bad. Sunday school starts at 8:45 and goes till 9:30. At 9:30, there is the Children’s English Worship Service. At 10, immediately after the worship service, there is a teachers meeting for all of the english sunday school teachers. One would assume that since it’s for english teachers, the meeting would be in english…. but one would be wrong. 
But there’s breakfast and super sweet people so you can’t really beat that.
Meeting ends at 10:45 and it’s upstairs for the main Korean worship service. It’s very traditional with a huge choir and orchestra. I love hearing them every week. We have a pretty amazing translator lady and it makes it so easy to follow along and really get some meat out of the sermon. So many times when things are translated, they are watered down and we on the receiving end only get bits and pieces. But this woman is amazing. I’m so thankful for her.
Korean service ends about 12:15. At 1:00, there is the english service. I really love the pastor of the english service and have met some fun people there. It’s also nice to sing worship songs in my own language sometimes. Not that I don’t love singing in korean b/c I do. But english is nice sometimes too.
English service ends at about 2:00 and then at 3:00, there is the young adults korean service. There is no korean translation during this service which is unfortunate b/c I really like it. The music is incredible and much more contemporary than the 11:00 service. I wish I could understand the pastor b/c everyone always seems really moved by his messages.
So yeah…. That’s a typical Sunday. It’s so busy but I love it. I really feel at home in my church. I was in Dallas for so long and never found a church I really clicked with so it’s nice to be super involved again. I’ve missed that the past few years. Oh, and I LOVE working with the children’s pastors so much. I love those guys. They’re so much fun.
Ok, that’s all for now. I’m tired just thinking about it all. I think it’s time to go to sleep now. Next post: BMW transportation. Get excited!
3 months…
Yes yes. I know. It’s been three months. But in my defense, for about 2 1/2 of those 3 months I had no inet at home. And the other 1/2 a month I’ve just been lazy. So yeah…… I guess it’s about time for a new one of these.
On Wednesday I’ll have been here for 3 months. Still looking for that culture shock thingy I keep hearing about but have yet to find it. Maybe some day. Pretty much the only place I feel culture shock is in HomePlus on a Saturday. Which, in all honesty, I had the exact same feelings going to WalMart on Saturday so I hardly think that counts. I guess I didn’t have this great big fairy tale idea of how things would be here before I came. I think that helped I dunno. But whatever. I’m just thankful I’ve been given such a peace about being here. Not to mention the wonderful school, church, and friends I’ve been blessed with. I’m not saying everything has been pie in the sky by any means, but I know that it could be a lot worse.
So Korea….. I don’t know what to say except that I love it. I have a nice little apartment tucked away in a little neighborhood near a school. Not my school, but still. There are lots of kids around all the time. They are always the ones who will talk. (or dare each other to come say Hi) The other older people still stare. Every day. lol. I keep thinking that one day they’ll get used to me but maybe not anytime soon. Every morning on my walk to school, I pass a little 김밥 restaurant. The owner and his wife say “Good Morning!” (in English) every morning without fail. I love that. A couple of weeks ago, I got a hug from an old man on the street. It was really random and a little awkward but after the fact, twas pretty funny. I have no idea what he was telling me but he was very determined to make me understand. Didn’t really succeed tho. Maybe next time.
I think in interest of time and space, I’ll stop there. Next we’ll talk about school and my kiddos. They are (quite literally) the reason I wake up each day.
Some topics you can expect in the near future are:
- Church: Exactly how many services can be crammed into one day?
- The BMW method of transportation
- Bus Drivers: Licensed drivers or actual Bats out of Hades?
