Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

2012 Summer Recap

So we've just finished an awesome summer!

After teaching some summer school at GCFS right after school, we flew to Ohio. There we spent three weeks having a great time with family and friends and took a road trip to New York to see Brian and Jane's wedding before boarding a flight back to Seoul for two days in preparation for our week in Myanmar with New Philadelphia church. It all went by so fast, by I did my best with pictures and video to put together this recap of our time at home.

Enjoy!




A funny story about Brian's wedding...

I was one of the groomsmen. Before coming back to the US, Brian took us to a tailor in Itaewon to get our suits fitted. They were so nice! Long story short, fifteen minutes before we were supposed to walk up to the alter for the ceremony, I dropped my wedding ring and bent down to pick it up. That's when I heard a "riiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!" Oh snap!

My suit pants ripped right down my butt-crack!


Even worse was that I didn't even get down far enough to get my ring! haha So down I go again... "riiiiiiiiiiiiiip" again! But this time I got my ring. I ran back to the changing room and had another groomsmen problem solve with me to come up with worst-case scenarios. Luckily, the wedding planner had a sewing kit on her - and she did her best. But the pants were just too badly torn.

This is where I learn that the Lord provides!

Just then I remembered that in my bag I had brought a pair of kaki jeans that I had only purchased the week before. They weren't an identical match... but they were close enough! I was sweating throughout his entire wedding hoping that nobody noticed... haha!

In the end things turned out okay and I didn't ruin the wedding. But I was sweatin' bullets during it!

*Stay tuned for some reflections from our recent trip to Myanmar - it was one for the books!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Busan Vacation - Last Day


The last day of our vacation was bitter sweet. On the one hand, it was a down pour all night and day and we hadn't brought anything to prepare for the weather. It was a pain carrying full backpacks, my guitar, Shelli's purse, and two umbrella's that we were forced to purchase to stay somewhat dry.  On the other hand, we had some new experiences...!



Its called a jjimjilbang (찜질방) and is basically a public bath/sauna. Until you experience it, it just sounds super weird and creepy. They are separated by genders so there isn't any funny business going on. The one we went to, Heosimcheong Spa (허심청), happens to be the largest hot spring fed spa in Asia.  And to be honest, I loved it, ha!

Epic picture taken from Haeundae Beach

Overall, we had a great trip. It was awesome traveling with Collin and Megan, and it was great seeing several members of the New Philly Busan church plant team. We walked away with several new experiences and tons of new memories. We both really appreciated the more slow-paced life of the city of Busan, the wide sidewalks, and the non-as-horn-crazy drivers. The beaches were nice and the food was awesome. Check out the slideshow movie below to see some of our most memorable moments!


Well... back to life in Seoul!