한국에서 인사말!

In case you are wondering, that means "Greetings from Korea!" in Korean. Sorry I have not updated my blog. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. My flight was very, very, very long. I did not sleep on any of my flights so I was up for over 27 hours by the time I went to bed. Not only was my flight tiring, but I also had a very stressful thing happen in Tokyo. To make things simple, I got lost, taken to a complelty wrong terminal, had to wait 30 minutes to get back, and barely made it to my plane. Other than that, Tokyo was quite nice! :)

Here is a picture of Sarah and I at the airport. I was so tired but still thrilled to be in Korea with the two of them.

So, I got here on Sunday July 6th. It did not really hit me that I was in a totally different continent at first but once I began walking around and hearing Korean being spoken all around me it began to settle in.

During the weekdays I have been helping Sarah in her classroom with her students. It has been so great. Everyday I come in they practically tackle me with hugs. They all yell "MRS. KIMI!!! MRS. KIMI!!!!" It is great. I already know that I am going to miss these kids very much. They are very loving and accepting of me even though I've only been here a couple of weeks. Here is a picture of Sarah's whole class.

We have also done alot of fun stuff together!

I went to a palace in Seoul.
I went on my first subway ride. (there's no picture but it was still an experience!)

I got my hair cut with Sarah. The language barrier was interesting!

I walked up the giant hill to Micah and Sarah's appartment at least once a day every day.

I went out to dinner with Sarah, Micah, Soo, Kate, and Kevin.

I have successfully eaten a couple of meals with only chopsticks and a spoon.

But I think my favorite part is the time spent with Sarah and Micah. It has been so much fun with them. They make me laugh all of the time and make me feel very at home. I know that I will miss them very much. I am looking foward to coming home and seeing my family and friends, yet I am very sad that I am soon to leave. I pray that God will bless the rest of our time together and that we would just enjoy each other. I can see how things can be hard at times for them, but I also see the work that God is doing in their lives as well as the impact they are making on the people around them. It is great!!!

I hope that this is a good description of what I have been doing. I will try to update soon.

Kimi

Korea Bound!!!

Well, as usual, I have been lax on updating blog. SO, in case you don't already know: I'M GOING TO KOREA! I am SO excited. On Saturday, I will start my very long journey to the other side of the world. Some things have changed since I last wrote but all is going GREAT!!! I have been talking to Sarah and Micah making plans. I am very excited. I have my passport too (it came in 5 days!). So, I say now that I am going to make a very strong effort to update my blog often with my great stories of travel. :) I am also going to make a picture site so everyone can see what fun i'm having.

Please keep praying for me. I am very nervous about traveling but am still excited for the trip. I will update next when I am in Korea!!!

Alot To Think About

As has become the trend, I once again have had a long leave of absence from the blogging world. So sorry to anyone who reads. I tend to forget I have a blog.

Well, lately my life has been a little crazy. Last week I was in Seattle, WA for five days. It was a blast. I would write a full account of it but my mom already did on her blog at http://jayhawkrph.blogspot.com/. Here she has good details of the trip as well as pictures I took.

In other news, those of you who went to my church on Sunday may have heard an announcement about a trip to Korea. Micah called Mr. K this morning and told him about some help needed for the month of July. As soon as he announced this my heart was pricked by God. This felt like something I should and wanted to do. I quickly walked up the isle of the sancutary to talk to my mom. With a grin on my face, I asked her what she thought. "You don't have a passport." she said. My spirit sunk. I gave up all hope of going and let be. After church my dad asked what I thought. I told I wanted to go and he said I should talk to Mr. K. So I did, and I came to find out that you can possibly get a passport in under two weeks. So, tomorow morning I am going to the post office to see what can be done.

Prayer is greatly appreciated because God is the only way this will come together on time. I am praying and trusting that His Will will be done.

So until I have further news, please pray for me.

Long Time, No Post

Okay, so I have been a little slacking on this blog thing so I will just give a quick update of my life. I have been busy with life, school, and church. God has been so good to me and I am so thankful for his continuing mercy towards me. Here is another crazy thing:

Tomorow is my last day of high school.

This whole year (actually from my freshman year) I have been excited about graduating. Everything that I have been working on has brought me to this place in my life. I always invisioned this day as the happiest day of my life. You want to know how I fell? Sad. This morning I realized that it was my last Bible class, my last Spanish class, my last time doing nursery in school. All these thoughts hit me like a ton of bricks and I began to cry like a little baby. I have no idea what I will do when I don't come to this school anymore for school everyday. It feels as if I am about to finish another chapter of my life, like a piece of me is being taken away. The thought of not seeing all of the smiling faces everyday makes my heart so sad. I will miss the Bible class discussions. I will miss the times I watch the teachers kids in the nursery during my study halls. I will miss being silly with my friends at school during our breaks from work. But most of all, I will miss the people that I am with every day. It is a scary thought that I will be in a new environement and with people that I am not used to everyday.

Now I know the way I am writing makes it sound like I am moving away but it truly is very hard.

Despite my sadness, I know one thing: GOD IS FAITHFUL! I know that He will provide a way for me to find friends at Pitt and if I put my trust in Him, it will all work out fine. I will still be able to be with my friends and I pray that our friendship would not wain at all.

I would like to end with this: God is Faithful and I am not going anywhere.

Kimi D.

Spring Break Is HERE!!!

Okay, so I missed the post by one day, but it is officially Spring Break. yesterday, i had four not-so-little girls spend the night. we had a blast. dolphin brought a movie called Chak De India. It was all in Hindi and was so much fun. We spent Sunday evening watching movies. The movie had a theme song that all of the girls were singing. Sandy made us some of her famous sourdough bread, banana bread, and my favorite: poppyseed bread It was great. So it was an interesting day to say the least. The rest of this week will be so calm and relaxing...or I hope so at least. The rain is making me so peaceful.
Looking Forward to the rest of the week,
kimi

Eggy Chocolate?

in my house i have a lovely little room that we call the "sun room". my homegroup (kreighbaum/newman) meets at my house everyweek for dinner before the meeting so we always have these two long tables in the room. in the center of these tables there are bowls hershey kisses, hershey miniatures, reeses eggs, and dove chocolate eggs. it just so happens that i do my homework at these tables and decided to try some. i discovered something about myself in that moment: i love chocolate in shapes! they are so good. especially reeses eggs because they have extra peanut butter in the center making it oh so tasty.

i love learning new things about myself. its fun.

Existence

I don't really know what to say so I will just write about what I am doing in my life. So last night I was reading my handy little C.S. Lewis quote book entitled The Quotable Lewis. It is a great book. I love C.S. Lewis. He was a very wise man who learned from alot of mistakes in life. Something that I have been thinking about lately is faith. So I thought to myself, "I wonder what C.S. Lewis thought about faith?" So I looked in it and found this profound thought:

"We trust not because 'a God' exists,

but because this God exists."

I don't know about anybody else, but I think that is an incredible idea. People everyday doubt that "a God" exists. They question the very existence of what created our existence. My God exists. He is living and active in my life. That I am in the place that I am right now is a wonderful example of God's faithfullness. My prayer today is that people will see the existence of God in my life. That I will live a life pleasing to him.

I pray that I will always be pleasing to Him.

Living for God one day at a time,

Kimi

Life is Good

Life is good. As much as I struggle with things, I am reminded of one thing: It could be worse. I have had what seems like a very rough day. I don't feel well, I have been cranky, and I was very mad earlier. And after I think about all of the things that have went wrong today, I begin to think of what happened the rest of the day. I began the morning with my brother, I spent time in Bible class talking about Jesus, I played with my three favorite kids in the world (Alexander, Quinn, and Wren), I hung out with my friends at school, and I had a great time with my homegroup tonight over dinner. So when I sit back and reflect on what really happened today I see that I am truly blessed. That I am able to learn Biblical things in school is a blessing in and of itself. I have been blessed with a wonderful family who supports me and encourages me when I am down. I have great friends who always make me laugh and help me live life. I have a church family that is irreplaceable.
At the end of the day, I think that it is very important to take a moment, breathe and think of what really happend. How blessed you are to not have an accident while driving. How blessed you are to live in a house. And how blessed you are to always find a way back to salvation through Jesus Christ. He has blessed my life so much and I will continually be in need of Him.

Feeling Blessed,
Kimi