Monday, June 17, 2013

Summer is Here!

We are officially on Summer Vacation! My parents arrive from the States TONIGHT (they are currently somewhere over the Pacific Ocean), and our Summer adventures will begin full-speed!

School ended better than we probably could have anticipated. We each had great class parties and finished the year really loving our classes - what more could we ask for as first-year teachers than to truly love our students. It is good to be done, but at the same time it's hard to believe that we've completed a year already.

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and words of encouragement throughout this last year. Just a year ago we were planning for this great adventure, and now here we are fully immersed in our lives here, and fully loving where God has brought us. We are constantly amazed by God's goodness and the numerous ways He has blessed us here. From incredible friends, a Church full of passionate Christ-followers, a supportive school administration, helpful co-workers, and great place to live in this beautiful city, we are truly blessed.  You have all played a significant role in getting us here through how you have impacted our lives. We can't thank you enough!

Ecclesiastes 7:8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning

I leave you with another precious Timothy video. Welcome to the thought process of a 4-year-old who is building a block tower. I love this kid!



Dongbaek Island

One of our favorite spots to take people in Busan. It's a great place to go walking and has some spectacular views. You can even see a tiny bit of Japan from there on a clear day. We weren't even trying to match in this picture, but we made a pretty good Couple Set for not even trying!


Thursday, June 13, 2013

Sand Festival

Every year there is a Sand Festival at Haeundae Beach, and this year the theme was the Cinema. We walked around the sculptures more than once and each time were amazed by how great the representations were of different movie characters. Another part of the festival included an air show from the Korean Black Eagle pilots. We also happened upon a Music/Dance festival on the beach one night, so I'll inclue some pictures of that as well.

Black Eagles




Welcome to the Sand Festival!


King Kong and Star Wars

Superman!

Lightning McQueen

Frankenstein

The Joker

Justin with Iron Man

Mr. Incredible - aka My Dad, of course ;)

Shrek and Donkey!

Sledding down a small dune. Unfortunately this was only for kids.

Justin and I on top of the dune a few days earlier


Tanya and I on top

Again with Tanya


This was a really cool drumming group - hopefully I can get a video up soon


Tanya kissing her favorite hero :)

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Chinese Culture Festival

My good friend Tanya recently visited for two weeks, and it was such a blessing to share our life with her. She was very adventurous in exploring and eating Korean food (like baby octopus!!) on her own since Justin and I were in school for most of her time here. One of the things we went to was a Chinese Culture Festival. We were thankful to have caught one of the good shows on stage. See the pictures below for more on that day! It was really impressive.

Welcome to the Busan Chinese Culture Festival






This was pretty crazy...

Compare this picture to the one above...notice how the table has turned....she spun it on her foot. WHAT!?!