Hey friends,
I've been in South Korea for a week now and am starting to settle down in a new environment and culture. The church has welcomed SungJin and I with open arms; this last Sunday I attended 4 of the churches services where I was properly introduced as the English Minister for Dream Church. Attending the Korean services was an interesting experience for me since all I could do was mindlessly gaze around the room and read my bible - thankfully I'll only be expected to attend two out of the four services! Although I couldn't understand the words of the songs the worship was very enthusiastic and I could definitely sense the presence of God through the atmosphere of joy and wonder - I'm looking forward to many more worship times like this.
My official church work for this next season in Daegu Dream Church will be to lead a Sunday Service for Children; including worship, teaching and group exercises with the intention of raising up these kids in the Lord while providing them with English competency. This will my first ministry experience with children so I'm praying that God will give me that practical skills and heart to teach these little kiddies biblical principals and english speaking skills. I have a feeling they will they'll be the ones teaching me..
During the week it will be my responsibility to run English Classes for the church members as well as the surrounding community. I have had some experience teaching English during my time in Taiwan but never anything to this degree so it'll be interesting to see how this looks.
Since here I've tried so many new foods including; octopus, sushi, different varieties of kimchi, weird fish, tofu and all kinds of foreign vegetables. I never thought I could ever stomach some of these fishy dishes and mouth burning spices but amazingly I've really enjoyed most of the food here.
This is all I have time for right now but just wanted to fill you in on some basics and let you know that I'm alive. I love living in new cultures..there is so much more I want to tell you about South Korea but I'll have to save it for another time.
Blessings.
Jeremy 선교사
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