May 26, 2007
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During a holiday this past week the orphanage all went to an amusement park. The forecast was for rain all day, but the rain held out until the afternoon so we had a great time in the morning because barely anyone was there. It began to pour in the afternoon, but we continued to have fun despite being soaked. I stayed mainly with 7 junior high and high school girls during the day. Enjoy the pics!
Our first ride was “The Viking:” a ship that would swing up high in the air (not a full 360) back and forth. It wasn’t that exciting, but some of the kids scare easily. Enjoy this sequence of Yun Hwa (white shirt) freaking out…
The beginning… “Yaaaay”
Towards the middle
Poor Yun Hwa…
Jin Seul the cook with Sun Ran peeking behind her
The Korean girl pose is to purse your lips and make just a slight smirk/smile…
That is me in the back, the only one tall enough for you to be able to see… I barely fit into the seat…
Soo Hwan in the batting cages
Soo Min, Go Hyun, and Myung Mook
Sun Ran, Jin Seul, and Yun Hwa
Lunch at the Lotteria (Korean fast food)
Sun Ran and I at one ride… both of us barely making the height requirements
The girls on a spinny ride that made me sick just watching it…
Round and round…
Family picture… two of the girls are sisters, can you tell who?
One of those rides that lifts you up and drops you… I began to realize that pretty much every amusement ride is something that swings you around or drops you really quick… good times
My favorite… Sky-X bungee swing… only two girls were brave enough to do it with me
Last picture (notice the Korean style smiles that almost look like frowns… only Yun Hwa showed teeth, and I think by accident)
We had some fun stories from the day… it was hard to get good pictures because of the rain and the running around, but I hope you enjoyed those. God bless!
David Crowder Band – My Hope
Comments (5)
wow! you guys have more fun than me when i was a kid!
nice pics jm~~~ have a blessed week…~~
John? I was directed to your site by Sulgi Lim from jsem (from Williams). I’m in Seoul teaching English during the week, but are there any opportunities for me to volunteer part-time at the orphanage, perhaps on the weekends? Let me know what kinds of needs you all have there. could you send me an e-mail at jimyungroi@hotmail.com ?
Thanks.
-Roy Chung
don’t mean to bombard you w/ comments and eProps, but I just read about your dream (your Korean writing assignment). That sounds like an amazing dream. Perhaps it’s premature for me to say so (perhaps I need to make sure I have enough materials to build the tower, enough men to win the battle), but I think I’d really like to be a part of that dream. First things first, I’d like to meet you and volunteer at the orphanage if possible. I too have a heart for North Korea and children, you see. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you.
great pictures! looks like you guys had a fun time!