April 23, 2006
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Yesterday 21 children, a few staff, and I went to Seoul Grand Park for a poetry and art contest among the orphanages in Seoul. There were about 400 children there from orphanages around Seoul. Later in the afternoon we had lunch and then went to Seoul Land, a small amusement park nearby. Enjoy the pics!
Some of the kids lining up after we arrived (early in the morning)
Young Eun working on her painting
Dong Chan
Se Bin
Hyun Shik (dorm father), Che Ho, and Kyung Min as Che Ho is working on his poetry
Che Hyun and Jin Seul with their painting
Here are a couple of the menu options we had for lunch... nothing like mixing bones of a cow's leg with outer leaves(?)...
Magnetic field? I'm interested. Bowl of rice capped? Sounds delicious!
At Seoul Land, while the other kids ran off in small groups, I stuck with a couple of the dorm mothers, Hyun Shik, and two girls who were a bit timid of the rides, particularly the roller coasters. Here is a pic of Se Bin and I on an airplane ride. I need a tan. Desperately.
Hyun Shik, Eume (dorm mother), and I got little Hae Ji to ride a kiddie coaster with us. It was pretty simple with just a couple tiny drops and a spin, but poor Hae Ji was screaming with her eyes closed the whole time. Afterwards she said it was really scary, but that she had fun.
Here are some of the boys sucking on flavored ice cubes (causing goofy expressions)
I think I'll finally be considered a true Korean when on a bright sunny day at an amusement park I want some baked, buttered squid to chew on...
Group shot at Seoul Land (I was taking the pic)
Hope you enjoyed! I got some great sleeping shots of the kids in the van, but I'll save those for another time. God bless!
Chris Tomlin - Overflow
Comments (11)
looks like the kids had a blast!! i heard hwa-sung kids were there too!
wow it looks like you guys had a great tyme!!!! ahhh baked squird...squid...hahahhaa good stuff good stuff
Have a blessed summer JM. We're praying for you.
aww man i remember when i had to go to those drwaing contests.. we had it for middle school every year haha fun fun memories =)
awe I miss the kids. I was okay till I saw the pictures. It is hard to believe how so many people you don't even know can impact you so much.
oh man....those snacks look so good! i remember those flavored ice....wow...that brought me back memories that i haven't thought about in a long time...thanks JM!
i remember that amusement park when i went to Korea... it was quite fun =)
oh man the kids are TOO cute! mmmmmm buttered squid~! dude i remember those art drawing contests! looks like you had a fun excursion... oh i might be back in korea this june! i'll try to visit but i'll only be there for a week so i might be short on time. anyway, we miss you JM!
JM! is that you wearing a korean shirt? HAHA
very nice...
haha those literal translation with wrong characters are hilarous!
wow, looks like a great time!
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