Odae Mountain

This past weekend our friends Sophie and Joe took us a few hours south of Seoul to a National Park. Although the leaves haven't all quite turned colors yet, we were able to enjoy some beautiful fall weather! Actually, we FROZE! We didn't hike as much as we thought we would, but we had a great time. Cory and I also celebrated our 3 month wedding anniversary on Sunday - so it turned out to be a great weekend to get away. Hope you enjoy the pics.

It's always amazing what you find in another culture

One of the vocab words for my students this week was "honey." So as we asked what the Korean word for it was, my students would say "yago." I would turn to my co-teacher and she would nod in agreement.

Later, Jen and I were talking with Sophie and Joe and they explained that "yago" is actually the Korean word for "self," (like "I" or the prefix "ego") but many older Koreans also use it as the word for their spouse. So they are in fact calling their spouse "self" or in essence "part of me."

Hearing that reminded me of Genesis 5:1 which has amazed me since I first understood what it said. It reads (loosely) that man and woman got married and God called THEIR name Adam. God sees married couples as one person. I assume that this is kind of the same way we see God too, 3 in 1.

In God's eyes, the most realistic name I could call my wife is "self" or "me." If I can beat the concept into my brain, I'm sure Eph. 5 will be much easier to follow. I'm gonna try calling her "me" and see how she takes it. You try it too and see what happens. Let me know their reaction!

Our Latest Adventures

We have just finished a full week of school and a full weekend working at an English Festival! It's Sunday night and I'm beat! :) We're back to school tomorrow and in full swing until DECEMBER! We'll try to keep you up to date!

God Bless the Web

Last week we were able to hook up to the internet via our own line (instead of mooching wireless off our neighbors). In addition to this we picked up a webcam and speakers. All of this combined gives us the opportunity to chat with anybody in the world for free. The options vary, but all are free, and free is GOOD!

Throughout the last few years, I have picked up a Yahoo! Messenger account under my email address corydyck@yahoo.com. One of my students made a Windows Messenger account under the email address dyckonabike@hotmail.com. And I just picked up a Skype account with my yahoo address listed above. I've never used Skype before, but it can't be too much different from the other two. Our screen name on Skype is coryandjendyck.

So what are the options? Well, if you don't have a webcam or microphone, we can just instant message. You would be able to see us, but we wouldn't be able to see you. Good for you, bad for us. If you have a webcam but no microphone, we could see each other and instant message.

The best option (the one we used with my parents the other day) is for all of us to have webcams and microphones and speakers so we could see and talk to each other and not have to type anything at all!!

The best part about all of this is that you don't have to pay for anything but your internet connection (unless you mooch that off of your neighbors). We can talk audibly over the internet at no cost! It's amazing!

Anyhow, that's my blurb for today. Thanks for reading, keep the comments coming. I love to hear from you guys, and I think Jen does too. Shoot, all.