50 days left in Bonghwa / 50 things to be thankful for about living in Korea!

We only have 50 days left in Bonghwa, the little mountain town that has been our home for the last 10 months... still have 67 more days until we are back in good ol' Nebraska!

1.  God being here for both the hard and good days...couldn't do this without Him                    
2.  Being here with my spouse                                                      
3.  Good co-teachers                                                                   
4.  An amazing apartment                                                  
5.  30 some FREE apples from the Apple Festival
6.  Living in the mountains
7.  Pocari Sweat
8.  Banana Milk
9.  New recipes!
10. A FREE pineapple from a stranger
11.  English Bible Study Ladies 
12. Kate living in Seoul
13.  Getting better at photography
14.  Living next to a river
15.  FREE cable...even if it's all in Korean
16.  The SAFETY of Korea...seriously, most likely the safest place we will ever live
17.  Friendly monks
18.  Amazing public transportation
19.  Skype...thank you Lord for Skype!!
20.  FREE lettuce from strangers
21.  Mail and care packages from our wonderful family!
22.  Campfires, smores and camping
23.  Festivals for every occasion
24.  Walking along the river to get to work
25.  FREE Mandu from strangers
26. Animal Planet in English
27. Becoming more dependent on God
28. More dependent on spouses
29. Korean snack food
30.  FREE cooking oil/grocery bags/orange juice from the Poo Mart 
31.  Familiar comfort food when you are tired of being away from home
32.  Taking night walks by rice paddies
33.  Eating dinners on our roof
34.  Sitting on the floor at a Korean restaurant...I will miss it!
35.  FREE chicken feet from strangers...wouldn't of cared if they kept that one to themselves!
36.  Being told everyday that you are "Byoo-tiful and very handsome!"
37.  TRAVEL!!
38.  Hiking trails to temples
39.  Korean BBQ
40.  FREE coffe/tea from strangers
41.  Bakeries!!
42.  Playing soccer with the kids
43.  Funny Korean Comments
44.  Simple small town life
45.  FREE wicker shoes and mushrooms from the mushroom festival
46.  All the gifts from the Bible study ladies and doctors
47.  Special sauce
48.  Getting to save up $$
49.  The Korean people's generosity
50.  50 days left until we leave Bonghwa!...we will miss it, but are more than ready to head home!!

Beautiful Bonghwa

300 Days in Korea!!

Well, we made it through 300 days in Korea...

Camping Season has Begun!



We have decided that June will officially be our camping month!  We had a 3 day weekend and beautiful weather so decided to take advantage of it.

Our Campsite and
Korean Speaker Rabbit

Hotdogs and Smores for dinner!

About a 20 minute walk from our apartment is a small Mountain Valley with a beautiful stream, an old temple, and sandy beaches, making it a perfect spot to pitch a tent. Lucky for us, we are good packers and were able to pack Jesse's hiking tent and our sleeping bags when we came to Korea. We sure are glad we did!! :)

This camping trip was one of our favorites and we look forward to getting to do some more before the summer and our year in Korea comes to an end!
  


 





Even the Dogs Look Asian in Korea...

We were taking a walk around town and spotted this guy taking a peek at us :)