The End of Church!

While in Korea, the worst day of the week has usually been in Sunday. The second day in Korea Justin and I ignorantly agreed to teach Sunday School at a church. We soon discovered that the hour drive there, combined with all Korean services, poor translation (if any), having to stay there for almost all of the day, and discovering from from the translation we did receive that we wouldn't go to this church if it was in the USA made for a lot of boredom and annoyance. We probably would have tried to quit during the semester, but the church bought a car and donated it to the university so we could drive to the church every week (cutting the 2 hour public transportation commute in half). So, we stuck it out through the semester and informed them that we would not be returning after break. This means that today was the last day and that we are now free from our bondage! However, mthe people at the church are really kind and generous, so it is a little bit sad to be finished. My Sunday school class, composed mostly of university students and young adults, gave me a pair of shoes today as a gift! The shoes I have now have "lasted" two years and should have been thrown away 5 months ago (the entire toe folds back to reveal my sock on one, and there is a big hole in the side of the other). It was super generous of them, but they got the biggest size...they were 9.5's! hahaha! oh well, it's the thought that counts! :) They're going to return them.

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Hilarious Phone Call

Saturday night I was sitting on a beach, looking out at the ocean, and talking with one of my friends named Judro. We were just talking about a lot of different things when my phone rang. It was my assistant, Andrew. Andrew is a pretty fun guy, so when I answered the phone I was expecting him to be out on the town and wondering if I would join him. I answered the phone and Andrew went into his usual flow of "Hey man! Yo, what's up man, whatcha doing? Where you at, man?" The guy watches a lot of MTV, so his English is pretty much like an MTV show; it makes me laugh everytime. Anyway, after the usual small talk he says, "Hey man, you want to be a nude model?" Yep, you read that right: a nude model! "My friends need a nude model and I thought of you. They'll pay you 40,000 won (about $40) for 30 minutes." After turning him down and then exchanging some text messages I found out that his friends are art students (photography!) and they needed to take photos of a "muscle" man for their upcoming exhibit in Seoul. HAHAHA! What an awesome phone call! I said no, but if it would have paid more...maybe I could have been the modern Statue of David. :)