We are 9 days from Christmas...I have baked an apple pie, chocolate cake, lasagna and pudding in the last week! We have our tree (12 inches tall), the 12 days of Christmas on the wall, a gift under the tree and Christmas cards on the piano. It's 10 degrees outside today, but not too cold. (This is when you know you have lived in Korea long enough!)
Last Saturday we joined some friends volunteering at a Homeless Shelter operated by the Gangwha Homeless Ministry in Seoul. We had a good time sharing smiles and food with the men and women there. We toured around their facility, sometimes climbing up ladders into rooms that you can only sit down in. No standing room available. Derek played guitar for worship and we joined our friends in praying and serving those at the church. This is the first time we have done a service project together as a married couple. Now, I'm looking forward to many more. I was able to see Derek with new eyes as I watched him bring joy to those around him.
After, we visited the New Times Square mall in Korea. It's a huge mall where you can feel like you are home! There are not very many "malls" here, where you can find all of your shopping indoors and it's spacious with a food court, etc. Here, the malls are sky scrapers with every available inch of space taken up by some fashionable item. There aren't major stores, only small booths or stalls. Needless to say it is hard to shop in this style. Times Square was good to us. We have been looking for boots for me for a couple of months and finally found some for a great price. We enjoyed the food court, too! This is a rare ocurance! Best yet, they have an On the Border that we plan on checking out this weekend.
This was followed by a run to Costco! Enough said!
We finished the week by taking our favorite Korean kids out to dinner for Korean BBQ. They were so excited! It was great to see them smile and enjoy a gift from friends.
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