This has been a very busy and tiring week for me, but progress I have made. I went to the Faith Baptist Church last Sunday for my first exposure to a Korean Church. Carrie goes here as well as a couple of other Americans. The pastor is American but has a Korean interpretor. This little church was started several years ago by another English teacher at KCIS. It originally started as a Bible study and just grew. After church, it is the custom here for everyone to eat a meal together at the church. The food was great, and the fellowship was wonderful. The Koreans are always ready to socialize with you. I really enjoyed it.

My teaching week was very hectic and confusing. However, things are looking clearer now. I just finished my lesson plans for next week, and I'm finally making some sense of things. I have 13 classes and no two are at the same place. But my worse problem is the "singing". Not MY Bag! Yet, I have to teach and sing songs with my 4 kindergarden classes. I had no voice at the end of the week. Speaking of the kindergarden, we took them all to the park Friday morning. It was really great fun. They are just too cute-- lines of little China dolls marching in unison.

Mrs Kim took all us teachers to dinner Thursday night to celebrate Jodelle's 40th birthday. It was very nice. Mrs Kim encouaged us American girls to eat the "hamburger steak" as it was made special for the "western taste". (Secretly, we all wanted to order the pork cutlet which is especially good) So out of respect to her we did. It was meatloaf! Not that it was bad, but she ordered the pork cutlet, and it was delicious. Afterwards, we toured her new church which is very modern and very large and always open. We played a few games of ping pong. None of us were any good. It was a nice evening in which the Korean and American teachers were able to bond.

Saturday we all had to go in to the school to meet some of the parents. Mrs. Kim introduced us all, and they talked with us later. Several mothers took us out to lunch afterwards. Koreans are very friendly people. The restruant had low tables, and you sit on the floor. I had a very hard time getting down there (my ankle has been swelling). There was food everywhere--so much food. I couldn't get up when we were finished.