Summer School

We just wrapped up our last week of Summer School and are gearing up for the start of the school year on August 26th.

For Summer School Justin taught 3rd grade and had 9 students, most of which will be in his class this coming year, so it was a good opportunity for them to get to know each other and for him to gauge where they are in their academics. I worked with 1st grade and 4th grade. In the afternoons we got to teach different enrichment classes. Justin taught science and did several different science experiments with each group of students. I taught basketball and PE - we are loving the fact that we have a gym this year and definitely took advantage of that during these 3 weeks.

The first Friday we had water day and played several water games out on our new field. It was a great relief from the insane heat we are experiencing in Busan. The second Friday we took field trips. I went rock climbing with the older kids and to the petting zoo with the younger kids. The last Friday we had a showcase in the afternoon for parents to come see what their students did at Summer School.

Justin has a new student whose Mom is Honduran, and I got to meet her on the last Friday and chat with her a bit - she is also from Tegucigalpa, where my sister-in-law Lissel is from. I never thought I would meet a Honduran in South Korea!

It was a really fun three weeks and was a good way to ease us back into the school routine. This coming week we have Teacher Workshops and time to prep our classrooms for the upcoming year.

This weekend we had a Marriage Retreat with other couples from our church. Justin and I even tied in winning the Newlywed Game by matching 8 out of 10 questions. It was hilarious for sure. Our Pastor spoke about marriage for two sessions about husband/wife roles as well as spiritual unity and the purpose of marriage. It was a great evening spent with some of our dearest couple friends in Korea.

I just want to leave you with my favorite worship song at the moment. We have been singing this in our church for several months now, but when Nikki, Laura, and I called into K-Love a while back they hadn't even heard of it yet.