I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Community of Spirit (Mar 18)

  • I went to church with Ashley and Abby today (I love that I'm getting to see so much of them). I wasn't sure I was actually going to find the place. But I suppose God really wanted me to go - Abby was still able to call me even though I ran out of minutes, I got on the right bus, got off at the right stop, and the van of them (driven by the pastor) drove up behind me right after I got off the bus. Woohoo! The church is called Pohang International Community Church. The service was in a coffee shop (called His Beans - gives part of its profits to help handicapped people in the area and hires said peopel to work there) and everyone was really nice. There aren't many members - only 12 there today, including the pastor's family of 5 - but it's a great little community. We even sang "Step By Step"! It reminded me of camp. After the little service, we piled into the van and went to eat burgers downtown. Sooo yummy! And even more time for fellowship. We talked about each other's denominations, language (there are 2 guys from Burundi - in Africa - and know English, French, Swahili, their native language and are now learning Korean...ahhh!), and a bunch of other things. I liked talking with the pastor's kids. Joseph is 10 and Grace is 8. They are so sweet and both fluent in English and Korean.  And Lynn is 18 months old and positively adorable. I can't wait for the next time I can go :)

The name of the coffee shop where we met for worship.

The group that was there this Sunday. It's usually a little bigger,
I guess, but even this small group was great community :)
Matching cheesy adorable smiles :D

  • I was hit on at HomePlus. It was flattering and the guy seemed nice enough but I wasn't that interested - I told him I had a boyfriend when he asked for my number and if I wanted to get a beer with him. I do have to give him props though...he hit on me in English!
  • Finally got PP and Anna here! Even though we were in different parts of the city for a little while. It's really great to have them here, though it literally doesn't feel different from normal. Just like we're all having a sleepover again. It doesn't feel like we're doing it in Korea. Lately, I have to keep reminding myself that I actually am in Korea. It's really strange. I'm feeling more and more comfortable here and am able to do a lot of things without knowing Korean - so sometimes it doesn't feel like I'm not in the U.S. Weird.
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