February 18, 2007

• Happy Lunar New Years!  Yesterday the kids prepared a lot of food for our big lunch today.  After lunch today the kids did “Sae-Bae” where they do a Korean style bow before Pastor Chae and his wife (our orphanage’s father and mother) and then each receive some money and a snack.  After Sae-Bae many of our kids went to stay with relatives or friends for the week for what our orphanage calls, “Home Stay.”  It gives the kids a chance to experience home life.  Some of the kids didn’t have relatives or friends who could take them in, so they are staying here for the week.  With those remaining, we played the Korean game, “Yoot-nor-ee.”  Enjoy the pics!

  Yesterday the girls preparing some of the food in the cafeteria…

  

  Some of the girls and dorm mother trying to hide from the camera

  

  Choong Hee taking a picture of me and him (I’m wearing the traditional Korean dress: a hanbok… I had gotten it as a gift during an English camp in Korea in 2002… never thought I’d ever wear it…)

  

  Some of our toddlers lining up to do Sae Bae (the Korean style bow)

  

  Some of the girls after their bow

  

  The elementary kids from Geon with Pastor Chae and his wife

  

  Zoom in of Pastor Chae and his wife

  

  Joon Hyuk and me… he makes the goofiest faces for pictures =)

  

  With Kyung Hwan

  

  With Min Ho and Soo Hwan

  

  With Kyung Min, the chicken pox boy who has stayed with me the past 10 days

  

  With the high school graduates Doo Bong, Keun Oh, Yong Soo, and Yoo Ree… they will all be leaving the orphanage over the next two weeks… Doo Bong will be living with an aunt and working, while the other three will be moving to orphanages that have extra housing for college students… Yoo Ree wants to be a hair stylist, Yong Soo a chef, and Keun Oh something in the medical field

  

  With Sun Ran and Jin Seul

  

  With Yoon Ji

  

  With Seung Hwan, Min Shik, and Il Ho (Kyung Hwan in the back)

  

  Most of the Geon Christian Children’s Home kids along with Pastor Chae and his wife (some kids aren’t in this pic)

  

  Some of the girls with their former dorm mother who retired a few months ago… the boy in this picture was also raised by her when he was very young

  

  Playing Yoot-nor-ee

  

  Game shot

  

  With Yong Shin and Ye Rang watching me play

  

  If you change my posting calendar on the left to “January 30, 2006″ you can see the pictures from last year’s Lunar New Year.  That was when I had been here just a month.  It was a lot different then.  I felt like a guest.  Now I feel like more of the family.  I still gotta get this language down though.  =)

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