August82011
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Hi all.
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated about Korea.
If you didn’t know, I’m back home in America now!
What was the last thing I wrote about? I don’t even remember and I’m too lazy and a bit too emotional about everything to look back.
I don’t think I ever discussed the mud festival.
It was cool. I mean, I expected MUDDDDD but I only got mud. It was fun, nonetheless, getting messy and swimming at the beach with a bunch of foreigners. Yes, this mud festival was like Foreigner Central, with the majority of visitors being English-speakers. It was weird. Yeah, it was fun. The end.
Initially, I was hoping to stay an extra couple of weeks after the completion of my contract to travel a bit more and wrap my journey up with some pizazz. But I ended up coming home a lot sooner than expected and did neither of those things.
The past couple of weeks were a complete blur. I was moving from one city to another, meeting old friends, dad’s friends, cousins, uncles, aunts, my 98 year old grandmother who is still feisty as ever. Got my hair did again, dentist, dermatologist..etc. Although I enjoyed being busy one last time in Korea, I did not have any time to just sit and really reflect back on the year.
I guess I’m trying to do that now, but now that I’m home, my thoughts of the future are a bit more prioritized than those of the past. As mentioned in the previous post, it’s been quite a week and all I really want to do is cry while listening to sad music and organizing my room…eeh.
However, some of those tears are because I can’t help but feel incredibly grateful and blessed to have experienced the past twelve months. To be immersed in raw Korean culture, living independently, with some of the greatest and most global group of friends I’ll ever have, serving, teaching, and learning at my specific school, with those specific teachers and students…were gifts sealed with love and grace.
I don’t think I can properly “wrap up” my journey here. I don’t think I can ever do that. All I feel like doing is being still and thankful. Although my chapter of TaLK has closed, I know I still have a long way to go. God’s not done with me yet, in fact, I believe we’re just beginning. Memories, experiences, and all of the struggles will be carried with me to wherever He’s taking me.
I do hope that you can see I’ve grown or changed a bit in the past 12 months because I know I have.
All thanks and glory to the Lord. Hallelujah.
