May 12, 2007

• Last Saturday was "Children's Day," a holiday here in Korea.  We celebrated by playing a bunch of goofy games outside in the morning and then having a little cookout together for lunch.  Enjoy the pics!

  Yoon Ji and me

  

  Eun Jin getting her face covered in shaving cream... she was the first person on her relay team... one by one they would have to rub faces and then whichever's team last person was the most covered in shaving cream won...

  

  I think this was Young Eun and Sun Ran, but I'm not sure

  

  Yo Han and Chae Hyun, the last two

  

  In between games, Ye Rang resting (I love this picture)

  

  Team jump rope... sorry Min Je, the camera doesn't lie...

  

  This time it was Dal Woo

  

  The staff were good at this (I had to do this too)

  

  In this game the kids had big puzzle pieces they had to put together, it ended up spelling the three "Family Precepts" that Pastor Chae wrote for the home a long time ago

  

  Next was an obstacle course, here are Ye Rang and Dal Woo (Ye Rang's face a result of a previous part of the course, I think that was sugar powder on him)

  

  Soo Hwan and Eun Song at the start of the obstacle course

  

  Yo Han and Choong Hee napping while waiting for the meat to cook for lunch, Young Sun pretending Choong Hee is lunch

  

  Little Eun Ho and So Yun (our orphanage's dietician)

  

  Jae proudly announced to me he had eaten 13 slices of watermelon, this is him trying to down the 14th

  

  With Choong Hyuk, the tallest boy here... he is still growing and I think will pass me by the end of summer

  

  Some of the kids receiving presents from Pastor Chae... almost all the kids either got new pajamas, shirts, or bathroom accessories for a few girls

  

  We ended the day with the kids all letting go of balloons with their dreams written on small cards and tied to the balloon's string

  

  And last, In Chul, the pink eye boy who had to stay with me in my apartment (which doubles as the clinic/incubation room) for a few days, including Children's Day. 

  

  For about one month I had from 1 to as many as 6 boys living with me with different health problems, almost all of them chicken pox.  11 boys passed through my place.  Right now there are still three chicken pox kids here at our home (one of them discovered today); all of them are toddlers though so they are thankfully in the baby room.  In the past month all the kids in the baby room eventually came down with it.  I wouldn't be surprised if more kids here get it soon too.  For now I'm enjoying my quiet, empty apartment. 

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