letgodlead - Chusok

Today is the beginning of Chusok which is the Korean Thanksgiving, so I have four whole days off!!! Let me explain why that is. Ever since I left the good ole US of A on August 14th I have been a missionary, which so far has been the most wonderful experience. But it is also a lot of work. I traveled for about 33 hours to my destination of Bangkok, Thailand at 2 am their time. And I had to be at orientation for 8 am. Forget about jet lag or getting some good rest. It was all about training, I learned some really interesting things about the Asian culture, how Christianity is viewed so and so forth. I am not complaining at all about my trip it was amazing. I fell in love with the country so I did not want to waste any of my time sleeping and miss the sights, sounds, and smells. After having a great time in Bangkok it was time to head to Seoul, S. Korea for the "real" orientation and training process. My days consisted of waking up at 6 something to go to "mandatory" breakfast at 7 am. Then training began from about 8-5 everyday except for Sabbath we had training. This went on for about 9 days. My sleeping accommodations were quite amusing, it was like summer camp. There were 4 women and two bunk beds in a small room, with all of our possessions from the US piled on top of us. In the apt we had to share one bathroom, so altogether there were 7 women sharing one tiny bathroom. It was not all that bad, I made some great friendships and I had a great time.
When I got my assignment I was quite excited because, I was told that my institute was one of the best spiritually in all of SDA schools in S. Korea. I located in the heart of Seoul, just minutes away from all of the important places. My schedule is very busy a week kinda goes like this

Monday-Thursday
6:50am Staff Worship
7:00 to 7:50 am English class
Break until
10:00-11:00am Religion Class
break until
5:00-6:50pm Children's program
7:00-9:00pm English class

Friday
6:50am Staff Worship
7:00 to 7:50 am English class
Break until
10:00-11:00am Religion Class
Break until
6:00pm- Practice for worship
7:00-8:00pm worship
8:00-9:00pm Afterglow discussion class

Saturday
9:30am Praise and worship
10:00am -10:50am DVD club
11:00am-12:00pm Divine worship
12:00pm-1:30pm "mandatory lunch"
1:30pm-2:30pm praise and worship
2:30pm-3:30pm Drama club

Sunday
7:00-9:00pm English class

I know that this may not seem like a busy schedule but, we are responsible for all the programs, so in our(my) "free time" I am getting things prepared doing the Lords work or trying my best to. This holiday is going to be a much needed break because I will finally get to hang out with some of the new friends that I have made and I'll get to see some of the huge city