A Hard Work-Out

This afternoon about 2:00 I went with my friend to the fitness club maybe we were there for at least two hours. We did some leg weights and ab exercizes than I did the stairmaster for the first time and ran on the treadmill. At the end the trainer tried to show me how to do a squat position like my friend tried to show me, but my body can't do. Pretty much there isn't enough muscle in my back to do it, I think is what he told me. And another thing Koreans for some reason call your butt, your hip so they say your hip needs to go back it is really your butt. No since in arguing about this because they for some reason think your butt is part of your hip. Needless to say the trainer guy called me weak and thinks I need to build up my legs first before anything else and should gain at least fifteen pounds. If I cannot gain weight in the US like people have been doing it for years, do you think it is going to happen here. . . haha not going to happen. I had a good work out and felt nice afterwards, but not too happy with the trainer saying that I am weak and all of that and telling my friend. A little humiliating, but that is okay and just took it. I am meeting with my trainer on Monday at 12:00 because I guess I paid for it as part of my membership. I don't want to have a football player's body or look like a weight lifter just be healthy and maybe look better and a little stronger. We'll see. . . I think it is still a good thing that I joined the gym though.

I called Jihye tonight to talk about what we will do Monday and where we will meet. I think many things will probably still be closed because of the New Year holiday tomorrow. Maybe half of Seoul's 12 million people have left the city for the country and their family, so the city is a lot quieter. It is kind of nice actually. Anyway, we ended up talking on the phone for about twenty minutes about each others' days and other stuff, so that is good that she wanted to talk for a while. I hope we have a good time on Monday and I'll know if we are actually dating or not. It could be nice!

Life is busy, but it is good. Sometimes I wish I could do more serving and stuff like I am used to besides teaching kids English all day, which is a service and giving my tithe every month to the church. Right now that is really all I have time for and can really do besides pray for the Korean people and North Korean people. Many Koreans are praying hard this year for Revival 2007 to mark the 100th year annniversry of a great revival that took place through Korea of the Holy Spirit. North Korea also needs our prayers because it is estimated that many of the 20 million people there are malnurished and may be starving. It is almost like Idol worship there with the statue and propoganda there. We know there are Christians there, but if they are found heavily persecuted and killed. Okay, sorry went off on a tangent there. . .

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