June 22

I've had the pleasure of going out in field service with the English group. I'm also including some pics of us doing park witnessing. We are always looking for English speaking people wherever we go. During door to door, we look for multicultural marriages. Usually the wife is a mail-to-order bride or something from Vietnam, Cambodia or Bangladesh. They are women escaping their weak economic system in hopes of something better abroad. It is sad for me just thinking about how dangerous that can be. They may be without basic rights in a developed country. They don't have a voice. They cannot speak Korean and have to learn throughout the years. They sometimes speak a little English. But to get through to them, the sisters in the English field must be on good terms with the mother-in-law who usually lives with them. We write letters to areas we cant get to. But get this: they speak/read Vietnamese or Thai so basically, we find a paragraph to copy on the website and copy the funny characters/letters one curvy squiggly thing at a time!
Since this day, I'm enjoying learning how to meet that specific populations' needs, as I consider them my neighbors and want them to enjoy a higher quality of life.

Not all parts of this now developed country are glamorous. 

Boon-shik (inexpensive streetfood/little dishes) for lunch!

Writing letters.

Ddok Bok Ki for a pre dinner snack.

A walk in the park doing informal.

A friend needed to pick up her sister's wedding photo album.Got to tour a wedding hall. Korean weddings are held not at all like the ones back home. It's really efficient. You rent the dress from the studio. After the hair and makeup team doll the bride up, they move onto the picture taking room where friends and family come through in an organized fashion. Then moving onto the food. People give a monetary gift, the larger the sum if you're closer to the couple, in order to receive something like a ticket in for the meal. The gifts are then traditionally given to the parents of the couple. Interesting, right? <--Standing on the catwalk the bride enters on with the works-dry ice, fog and lights. Needless to say, I had fun!!! I'm not the type to think about a fantasy wedding or anything. But I don't think I'll be getting married in Korea.