Sunday, June 8, 2008

Hong Seong and Us

All's well with us here in our town, Hong Seong. We have settled into a comfortable routine of planning and teaching and weekends off. The weeks tend to be a bit hectic, but we are getting used to it. We find the children and schools noisy, but very busy with activity e.g. singing, music, loud voices, instruments like drums banging, shouting in the passages, etc.

I (Rykie) had a demo lesson with a co-teacher, and the lesson was visited by 14 principals from other local schools. Pieter will soon have the same experience. They are going all out to monitor the English progress in schools. The Korean teachers window dress and rehearse the lessons for a few weeks before such an outside visit by people from the Department.

We have a very kind neighbour who is now part of our English 2Him Fellowship on a Thursday night. She took us to a Botanical Garden in Gwancheon - 30 minutes drive outside town. We enjoyed being outside on a beautiful day and walked quite a distance to get a view of the area. The plants and flowers were just so beautiful. Our neighbour bought herself an English Bible and is starting to read it for the first time. We are very happy about that.

The 2Him Fellowship needs to expand. We are getting a new person now and again, but we need a strategy from the Lord and drastic growth. Pray with us for it to happen. We are trusting God for conversions etc.