Having dinner with Nayeon's friends...

Nayeon's friends invited us over to their house for dinner...they are going to be getting married in November sometime....they already bought they're apartment and wanted us to be the first company to come and spend time with them. It was really cool...

They made a great spread for us....Spicy chicken with kimchee and potatoes and ham....lots of good stuff in there...also some really good Korean beef....mmm...really great meal!

We had a great time with her friends...both of them were not Christians, but I got to witness to her boyfriend while the girls went and got dessert....it was cool. Pray for them to live their lives for Jesus. I invited them to come to church, so that another thing you can pray for...but any Bible teaching church would do fine!

Hanging out at HoH....

Wow....this is really cool to see up close....this is a rice field, just right in front of House of Hope....it will be ready to pick in just a few months....

Well today was cleaning day....we never got a chance to be inside and do cleaning before because normally we do stuff outside....It was a rainy day, so we hid inside...Me and Canada Mike got to sweep and mop the rooms and hallways....

This was reallllllllllly really super cool! This is something I have wanted to do at House of Hope since we came the first time, lead worship for the family. I had already been practicing some Korean worship songs for our upcoming retreat, so I found some in the book and started playing! I was so refreshing to just lead people in worship.....I pray even though they may not retain what they heard, that they were blessed and that they got an opportunity to spend time with Jesus!

we got lots of pictures of everyone listening and praising God!

Even my buddy Young-Il started playing too....he helped me with my broken Korean when singing the songs^^

Here is a video of Jesse and I teaching them how to sing Waves of Mercy....check it out...I love how Abuelo is singing the words of the song in the background there.....^^ Enjoy!

Here is Those Who Trust....it was one people started dancing and having a good time....like David dancing before the Lord! ^^ Good times with them....

Then it was time for lunch!

Hey! Our brothers send their love all the way from Korea to everyone reading!

Abuelo and Jesse!

Young-Il and I....trying to stay dry!

It was starting to pour....

So here is the story behind the rain....not that it needs much explaining...unless you were living in the times of Noah....but just what happened....we were just minding our own business, picking weeds....when all of a sudden.....SONAGI rain (sonagi in Korean means like, sudden rain...^^)....

Caught Jesse snoozin....^^

This was us on the bus back to Daejeon after spending the night with Tommy in Incheon....Jesse was a little tired.....bwahaha......^^

Pastor Tommy visit from Okinawa...

Well Tommy and the crew was down from Okinawa....well actually Okinawa, then Taiwan, then Hong Kong, then to us! They are actually on there way to Israel! They found cheaper tickets by going through all these other hubs....pretty cool for us because we can see them...they are a bit away from us (about 3 hours), but its always worth it to see them.

So Jesse and I got to meet them outside the gate, and we grabbed a quick pic....left to right: Rob "Voonder" Wunderlich, Jesse, Joe "Tiptonian" "TippyCanoe" Tipton, Chuck Rob, Takako, and Pastor Tommy....my old friends!

We put our stuff in the hotel we would stay for the night, and went to grab some food! They were only staying for one night in Korea and leaving the next afternoon.

Voonder, Tommy, and I had some bulgogi....or in Tommynese "bulgogers"....lol

The rest of the guys had "Samgyuppers" or quickly translated Sam-gyup-sal (grilled pork)...soooooo good!

Tommy and Robby enjoying a night out in Korea....Rob was complaining about the spicy Korean food....ahhhh go back to Japan you big baby! lol jk....you're my best bud....^^

Jesse and Chuck really enjoying the pork....Chuck Robb used to be in the military, stationed here in Korea for a bit....he was learning Korean and fellowshipping at Calvary Chapel Cheonan, where I first met him. Now he is married and in Oki with his bride, serving at CC Ginowan.

Takako and Joe really digging into the Sam-gyup-sal! They really liked it....Takako is an old friend from way back when I visited Oki in '05....I met her and her son "Stomer" who I would constantly beat at Halo on XBOX....just for the record....^^

Joe "Tippy" is a great brother in the Lord....he was one of my teachers when I was in Bible college. We were reminiscing about the book of Job class...that we would have at McDonalds....and Jesse "NOT" falling asleep....lol it was funny because about 60% of our class was there at that dinner...^^

Well we spent the night....watched the World Cup game on the hotel TV, ate some snacks, ice cream, and then called it a night...The next morning we said our goodbyes and hopped on a bus back down to Daejeon! Good times with our friends from Okinawa!

Nayeon's TY job....

This is my girlfriend Nayeon's job....its called TY...and what they do is go to daycare centers and entertain the children for 30 minutes or so with music, playing instruments, and learning culture or history....usually they try to use both Korean and English....it is a little silly, but it is really a great tool for children to learn at a young age things that they will use in the future. I'm proud of my girlfriend!

here are some of the kids playing some drums....

kids going crazy on those drums...^^

This was a big ocean drum....the beads in it would run across the skin of the drum and make a wave sound, like how they crash on the beach....really cool....

Just a short video of her students saying goodbye....they really love her! Its so cute.

She works really hard. It took some time for her to get used to her job, with learning new skits and things every week....Pray that the Lord would bless her health as she does her job unto Him!

Seoul/Myung-Dong Trip...

It was our off day, so we decided to go down to Seoul....the biggest reason was to see if Taco Bell had opened up at Itaewon! lol....but we were just going to hang out, relax, do some window shopping....

Right before you get to Itaewon you can see the Calvary Chapel that is in Seoul...now we dont know who they are, but I'm sure they're not affiliated with Calvary Chapel....just pray for them...maybe we could meet up and be united in Christ...^^

But it is a great little corner building....in plain sight of everyone....pray that their ministry....that it would be spreading the truth....proclaiming the true Word of God, the love of Jesus, the great news of relationship with the living God.

Well....TACO BELL ISNT THERE YET! ugh.....Disappointing....but we had some Mexican food still, and then decided to try and find this one area that I went to while I was a Bible college student....Myung-Dong....in this picture you can see the Namsan Seoul Tower....

here is a better picture of N Seoul Tower.....I might go there soon! ^^ There are two restaurants, an observatory with telescopes, and beautiful 360 views of downtown Seoul.

Well we found Myung-Dong....I have some old pictures of when I was here in '07....so interesting....this Catholic church was being fixed, and now its completed....

We had a few friends with us....Jesse, Daniel Kim, lil Hye-Young, and Pastor Mike....

WAFFLES!!!!! I love it....I have a picture from a while back when me and Sosi grabbed one here....honey, strawberry creme, nuts.....mmmmm

Jesse and Daniel Kim went with the ginormous ice creams....pretty good!

I wish I would have gotten one of these....a BACON WRAPPED HOTDOG.....just about the greatest culinary discoveries of our century....oh man....yummy....see it there in the middle?

King's Palace Tour

This is after we went to the Blue House....the tour bus came and dropped us off here, and we walked around the old palace grounds. There were many things, like this temple, and under it was a museum, but no pictures....sorry.....

I thought this was a really cool shot with the flower, lily pads, and little shrine on the island...

A couple of these photos were taken by our girls Ah-Yang and Eun-Suh...they have a really great eye for photos.....^^

Eun-Suh is so cute...

Ah-Yang....you could just eat those cheeks....^^

There was a little display of the old traditional clothing and army uniforms...pretty cool...

Here it is....the King's Palace...there were a lot of people checking it out....it cool because from the top you can see over a lot of Seoul....must of been an amazing site in its prime.

Here is video of inside the Palace....

A video of the steps going up into the Palace and the surrounding area....

We got some pics with these wax guards....ah jk....they were real people...They didnt move, just stood there....it was pretty cool. The girls liked it....

They were just standing guard, just like they would have back in the day, to protect their king...I'm thankful that my KING doesn't need guarding! My King is King of the World...All Powerful....^^

Really had a good time with the orphanage kids...It makes me so happy to spend time with them...to enjoy life with each other^^ I love showing them a life in Jesus....pray that our girls grow up to be lovers of the Word and the Lord!

"Blue House" Visit with my family....

Every month the Peace Village Orphanage has a planned event to go and spend time with families and some of the children, to show them a good and happy family....This past month of June we went to the Korean equivalent to the White House....The BLUE HOUSE! Cheong-wa-dae is the actual Korean name, but in English, they call it the Blue House. It is where the president of Korea lives....pretty cool experience!

Here is Nayeon and my kids....Eun-Suh and Ah-Yang....they are such cuties!

We call this kid Sammy.....or I do....but he wanted to shoot me with his umbrella...^^

We loaded on to the bus and headed for Seoul....it is a good 3 hours to Seoul from Daejeon....the kids doing a "Mae-rong" 메롱 its the sound of sticking out your tounge..."may rong" ^^

I caught Nayeon sleeping.....lol

So this is not the Blue House yet....but we parked here and got on a tour bus....the next blog will be about this place....the old King's Palace....stay tuned....

So we made it to the Blue House....but they reallllllly limited the amount of pictures you can take....they said I couldnt even take this photo....but I love you guys and am willing to go to prison for this photo....^^ jk...

This was inside the complex....the two trees in the middle there were really old trees....on the right, they said it about about 140 years old. Pretty cool....it looked like a Japanese bonsai tree...but really big! lol

Our "Happy Family"....the girls are always smiling, just shy for pictures I think....dont worry they weren't angry....

So we walked right in front of the Blue House.....and then looped around and were able to take photos....Reallly cool! We walked within about 100 feet of where the President of Korea lives. That would never happen in America, and I wonder why....gosh it is so much safer here....

SURPRISE! I actually got to meet the President of Korea! I even put "bunny ears" on him....lol

Here is a video that we took near the end of the tour....we had a good time....^^