Wow, it's been a busy month! And we're a week into January already. I can't believe how fast time is going by. We've just finished 1/3 of our contract here in Gongju. We did our very best to have all of the normal Christmas traditions throughout December even miles and miles away from home and thanks to many of our friends and family, it was a very meaningful holiday time. On the 2nd weekend in December, we spent an entire day at our friend Virginia's home baking cookies and listening to Christmas music. We were a machine for like 8 hours straight! We made enough cookies for each of us to have a small bag to take home and also to deliver to over 60 children at an orphanage that our friend volunteers at.
It was so wonderful to be inside an actual home and have kitchen space to move around in. Plus Virginia has two little boys that were a delight to play around with. They are half Canadian/half Korean and the oldest can speak both English and Korean. It's such a great gift for him to have this skill. He may not appreciate it now, but I guarantee he will in the future! Poor little baby Aidan got his first taste of kimchi the night we were there. It was not an enjoyable experience for him. But that's what older brothers are for right? To torture and aggravate the younger one?
The next day we traveled to a nearby city after church to have a Christmas party with middle school students that live in an orphange that our friend Lisa volunteers at. We had a great time with crafts, games, lots of candy, music, snacks and all of this was done with very little Korean on our part and very little English on theirs! Fun is definitely a universal language. It was a great experience and I'm very glad we got to participate.
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