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This morning I realized that it had been a few days since I had lasted updated this blog. I apologize for the delay, but the adventures have been few because I had a restful weekend.

Saturday, Sarah and I went into Pusan to Nampodong for some shopping. I was on the hunt for a new purse and Sarah mentioned this would be the place to find one. Most of the selections are all immitations. But I never did find one. Instead, I found a large book bag for 5000won at a street vendor near my house! It was a great find and will serve it’s purpose nicely . . . to carry all my things!

One of the fun things of shopping in South Korea is being able to bargain with the vendors. When they say a price, you are able to knock off seveal dollars for a better price. But you need to be careful when doing so because when you bargain here, it automatically means you plan on purchasing the item. If you back away from the purchase after lowering the price, it is not a good thing.

After our shopping extravaganza, Sarah and I decided to head for a spa day! It is one of the lovely things to experience here in South Korea. We made our way to Shinsegae, the worlds largest department store for our spa experience. It is always extremely relaxing and very enjoyable. I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting South Korea!

Following our relaxing day, we made our way home. One day down, another day to enjoy and tomorrow would be Korean lesson and church.

The Korean lessons we have are absolutely wonderful! My teacher is just incredible and so sweet. Unfortunately, Sarah & Erin were unable to join the lesson, so was able to have a private lesson with Eun-Young. We studied the alphabet and all sounds that go when you pair a vowel and a consonant. The Korean language is always made up of a vowel and consonant. It was a good lesson and I feel better prepared when I need to read something. But more than likely, it will probably take me 5 minutes just to read a few characters.

I am thankful for my Korean-English Bible and how I can see the letters in English and then see the characters in Korean. It will be very helpful in trying to learn this language.

As part of the church service, we had a violin player perform. She was a student at Julliard and is now living and performing in New York. She was incredible! Her 8-year-old daughter also performed, and from the talent she displayed, she had to have started playing around age 4 or 6. She was amazing as well.

It was a good service and Sunday was a good day overall. It was now the start of a new week and I looked foward to what Monday would hold.

It was already a good start to Monday when I made my bus on time and arrived to school on time! This was a great achievement and much better than what happened a week ago. Today I would be teaching the 5th grade. Our lesson was “Where is Namdaemun?” and it was time to help students learn how to give directions and understand directions. The first class didn’t go so well. The students were loud and just couldn’t pay attention. This was hard for me because I have never been a teacher, but thankfully my Korean co-teacher was able to calm them down and have them pay attention. Once the lesson was over, the bell rang, and it was time for round 2. All I can say was that the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th classes went better and I left the day feeling more confident.

Sometimes when something doesn’t go right, you take a hit to your pride and feel embarrassed for what happened. But I had to remember that it was just one class and even though I had several more, the next day would be a new day and it would be okay.