Merry Christmas!
(My tree on top of my TV)


Now my whole blog sign in and everything is in Korean! Great. . . good thing I pretty much have everything memorized like the button to create a new post and which one means post "upload" to blog.





Well, I am pretty tired and it is only 5:40 on Sunday night. I woke up at 8:15 this morning after maybe six to six and a half hours of sleep. I went to the English service church and then we ate lunch and then to the Korean church. It was colder today and sometimes I think the weather and the combination of having to walk everywhere and use public transportation leaves me exhausted sometimes. Don't get me wrong I love it, and I don't miss driving at all! I actually love that I don't have to worry about my car; does it have gas, the upkeep, worried about where I parked, etc.





But none of this really has to do with the main reason while I am posting for the second day in a row. It is because after the English service church my friends asked me, "why I came to Korea?" This question kind of stumps me because before I got here I never thought in a million years I would be here and now that I am here I still don't know how that worked out. It was kind of combination of things not being able to stay in Lawrence, not finding a job, not wanting to live with the parents, and the excitement of maybe being able to teach English overseas and travel. And once I went forward with the whole Korea thing it was super fast and here I am. But while Korea specifically some of my friends are like because of the women? No. . . that was definitely not super high in consideration in the grand scheme of things on where to go, etc. Did I come to make lots of money? Well, I will definitely by the end of all this whenever that is will hopefully have some good money saved up! There is no real answer to that question I think "Why Korea?" But I know that God has me here for a reason and sometimes I am not sure what that exact reason is except to keep doing what I am doing. Working, doing my best, learning, meeting new people, everything. . . .





I can say and I told my friend today that I don't really see myself or want to go back to live in Kansas or Missouri. I have not even been here a full three months but right now Lawrence, Springfield, and Kansas City almost sound boring and very small. I like the big city, I like Korea even with all the things I don't know still and frustrations of work and trying to get to know people, etc. Have I changed that much already? I haven't really noticed but I think obviously I have from when I got here at the beginning of October to now. I don't know how long I will be here, but I feel like it is going to continue to get better. There are so many things that I could share. .. but I think I am growing through all of this!





It is a little freaky to think about but the person that I was last year at this same time (December) is a lot different from the person that I am today. I mean the essentials are still the same; my faith, personality, etc. but you get the idea.