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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

2007 Chapter 14: God moves mountains and the Hanbit Tower:OKAY! OINK! As we say here " Oink" - translated loosely as "Only in Korea"! There's always something interesting happening here:On Saturday there was an Earthquake 170 km away from our city. So far away you say - well we felt it! Sheryl and I (and of cause Ken, Steve and all the kids: Josh / E.C. / Shannie and Carson / Garret) all went to the Daejon Metropol Laser Light Show at Expo Park.Where strangely enough they had African Tribal dancers doing a "Lady Smith Black Mabasa Hit" in leopard skin loin cloths; under a limbo pole; in the middle of a -10 degree C. snow fall shower! After this outdoor Africa show (which brings a whole new meaning to "OUT OF AFRICA."); we went to see a Russian puppet show which our kids loved. The puppeteer could only speak Russian and a very broken English but the puppets weaved a story of good and evil - the angel won in the end so we presumed that it had a good message. We then were up the Hanbit Tower taking in the view (see photos ... we were in the gigantic hula hoop, tube thingie) when the earthquake occurred! Believe me, it was not a good place to be... Sheryl and I had decided to peer over the side to see the ground, when the structure shook violently! Ofcause we are such good mothers and our children perfect monsters, that we immediately yelled at our kids to "Stop fooling around; get up off the floor and who push whom?! Behave Blah, blah, blah!!!" We never for a second thought that it could be an act of God and I did not think that the "I didn't do anything, mom Ethan just fell!" defense was true - anyway! I felt truly sheepish when we were told that it was an earthquake! We then decided to call it a night and went home marvelling at our good fortune- how many times can one say that one has lived through a coupe in Zamiba, general apathy and petty theft in Botswana, vehicle theft in South Africa and now an earthquake in South Korea! Sounds almost as good as "A wonderful life."
Today is -10 again and we have had three heavy snowfalls. I am sitting in my class captivated by the snowflakes and the stillness, marvelled by God's glory. I would like to invite you to read some of the Blog sites my Grade 11 English students have made. They are second language students so please forgive their English ability but they have some wonderful ideas. We have been doing a literature study on the book Peace Child - Don Richardson - we are looking at the Question of Faith: what is it and how do I relate to it? The link page has links to all of the students sites. Not all students are Christians but God is using this activity to speak to the students. Please pray for them, if you have the time. http://thegalvanizingclassof2008.blogspot.com/
The snow is gently falling outside and piling up in pretty blankets on all the plants and buildings. The city seems romantic and silent for awhile and all is good with us.loveChantal, Ken and kids!!!!