BACK IN YEOSU, SOUTH KOREA          DECEMBER 2014

I (Robin) am back in South Korea - again.  This time the plan became more complicated with Aileen coming Boxing Day.

She will run a "camp" for the MK kids whose parents are learning English.  There are about 13 of them.  The exciting part is that she has been asked to bring helpers, namely our daughter Katy and our two Grandchildren (Katy's children) Emily and Max.

I have a class of 7 students, and the schools has a total of 32 students - about the maximum they take.

As usual I am impressed even astounded by the students in the school.  Just wonderful people with a diverse background of experience and history.  Unfortunately the stories and names must be confidential.  No photos of many of these people are allowed as they come from places where their friends and co-workers are at risk,  even serious risk.
For this reason you will find no photos on this blog of any significant people.

Some of these people have suffered considerable stress and danger.  Some were thrown out of a country with only the clothes they wore for a fabricated reason.

These people are happy, relaxed (now) and assured they are in the right place.

A funny story: 
A little 4-5 year old Korean boy who has come back with his family from 5 years in a tropical  country.  His first real winter and his first cold day.  He is on the way to kindy and notices that as he breathes out there is a cloud of vapour.
   "Daddy, Daddy look! I must be a dragon."

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Koreans are so busy they no longer say, " We can do it!".   Rather they say, "Weekend Do It!!"

A true story
A group of North Koreans had escaped to China.  They approached a Korean American who visits to help such people.  They asked him to help them get to South Korea.  After some thought he said yes he could help them.  They asked for some time to ask if this was the next step that God wanted them to take.
Twenty minutes later they came back. God had spoken to them and told them to go back to North Korea as "missionaries" - well "underground missionaries" in fact.  They felt that this was certainly what they should do.   
When he returned to the Chinese town again some months later he inquired about the group.  They had indeed returned and had been executed by the North Korean government.

NEWS
Aileen will be here soon.
The food is great and I had a weekend in Busan.  Truly an amazing city.
I suggest you check out the following time lapse of Seoul:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcEWqVnz6SE

Finally some photos - food.

IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE THIS IN KOREA.

NEAR YEOSU

They were certainly fresh and tasty.

Students at a bar b que

Just your average Busan bridge?