Day 4

Today was spent on the TCIS campus, quite a contrast to the Hilltop; as you can see from the photos. Makes me even more appreciative of the green space I enjoy back home. The dining hall experience is also quite different.

Today I attended 3 chapels(2HS 1MS) which I enjoyed very much. Actually 2 chapels, 1 was a repeat performance as they can't fit the entire high school in so they run it twice. I asked to attend the second one so I could take some photos. It also gave me the opportunity to share our school prayer in the segment that prayed for people going on LASA(Love All Serve All) missions next week. Imagine me volunteering to get up in front of half the school. Talk about out of your comfort zone! Thanks Joe for sending that along with me.

After the first high school chapel I chatted briefly with Ms Lee, a former student from St. Marks School who had been to St. George's for sport's competitions. She had suffered an injury which kept her in Korea this year, but was hoping to return to St. Mark's next year. I wished her good luck, a very nice young lady.

The evening was spent with Mr. Van Dyck who treated me to the public transportation experience Daejeon style. Ate at TGI Friday, an evening off from Korean. The real treat of the evening came after dinner, however. Turns out Jamie had to pick up a few groceries so we headed across the street to Emart. What an experience! The place was wild with the employees barking out what a bargain you could get on the item they were selling. It was great fun to see familiar looking packaging with Hangul script on the labels(camera back in room). One again I am sure I provided amusement for the locals as two Miguks(Americans) set out to find the items on his list. To bad someone wasn't recording us, you could probably sell this stuff as cultural comedy. The transportation portion of the evening consisted of one bus ride(including a transfer), one subway ride, and a cab ride back to campus. The full Monte. Great way to see the city.

Jan, I threw in the pic of the bakery for you. It is right outside the campus, and is a favorite spot for the students of TCIS. A lot of good looking stuff there, but I resisted an only got a coffee. Trying to keep expenses down, Elizabeth:-)

End day 4