day 4: eating. a lot.

hello everyone!

Day four has already passed, but we (or I) was pretty much exhausted yesterday and I could not write an update.

We have been enjoying our time here very much. We eat very well (please do not say anything if you see us coming back a little plumper).

We woke up yesterday, ate breakfast (frosted flakes!, cream soup, rolls, jam, apples), met more of Dan Kim's family (he has 5 aunts and 1 uncle...), ate lunch (kimchi jjigae, odeng, rice, snails...yes, snails, and other interesting foods), then practiced our skits. At night, we went into another province and ate a VERY SPICY dish called Agujjim. Here's the Wikipedia definition of it:

"Agujjim or agwijjim (Korean pronunciation: [aɡutɕ͈im] or [aɡwitɕ͈im]) is a variety of jjim or Korean steamed dish made with agwi (아귀, blackmouth angler) that originated in the city of Masan, South Gyeongsang Province.[1] The dish is seasoned with chili pepper powder, doenjang, ganjang (soy sauce), minced garlic, and chopped scallions to make it spicy and hot.[2] However, other ingredients such as mideodeok (미더덕, Styela clava), kongnamul (soybean sprouts), and minari (미나리, water dropwort) also play an important role in giving agujjim a refreshing and fragrant flavor.[2][3] "

They apparently ordered the "medium" spicy, but our insides were on fire after just one bite. I was a bit worried about the bathroom situation with so many people living under one roof...but we all took some pepto bismol : )

Before we returned home, we stopped in the middle of nowhere and tried to look at the stars, but since it's the summer, the stars are not so visible. So, we drove home.

Our time here so far has definitely been a joy to all of us. We have yet to begin our VBS, but our first day is tomorrow (Monday). We still have no idea what to expect, how many children will show up, and how they will receive the program, but we have peace knowing that everything is in God's hand.

During our devotion, we read through Philippians 2:1-8:

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!


Please pray that we will have that humble attitude towards one another, the Pastor and his family, the children, and just everyone we encounter. And as we begin the VBS, please pray that we will be "like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose."

Thank you!

*miranda