Sunday, April 24, 2011

Spring - Finally

We have seen a lot of signs of spring here including the traditional cherry blossoms - a huge deal. But they only lasted for two weeks.


We have seen some remarkable works of God over the past several months through our mission trips and discipleship programs. We had the joy of attending a voluntary worship time on Thursday night before Good Friday. The high school worship teams organized the evening. It was a good time. We were able to hear some great testimonies - including one from a young lady that was saved in January. She is the only believer in her family - and was in the OASIS section of our school. She asked for prayer for her brother who wrote on a supply list she had from school for her mission trip. The list had "Bible" on the top - he wrote beside it "or other interesting works of fiction." Another young man from Africa (Nigeria, I think), commented on how much he had grown as a Christian while at YISS. We have also had several elementary students saved. God is great.

I had a super busy winter/spring. I traveled to the states and made seventeen different flights while recruiting and visiting. When I got back, I started meeting more often with our Korean Foreign Schools Foundation members - takes a bit of time each week. We have had several school activities - including International Night that had over 2000 people! I am with a young man from Saudi Arabia.

We also just took a "study tour" that the foundation sponsored to Gyeougju - a historical province section of Korea. It was a nice two-day trip for the twenty-three who signed up. We visited burial tombs, temples, traditional Korean homes. The province is also home to Hyundai Motors - we spent one afternoon visiting their assembly line and seeing their exporting process. Below Becky is standing beside one of the cars assembled there.



Becky and I did get away for spring break on a vacation - five days in Bali, Indonesia. Becky needed this vacation after surviving her "first" winter in over 7 years.

Prayer and Praise

1. Pray for several teacher openings that we still have here - HS English, HS Science OR Math, MS Social Studies, Secondary ESL

2. Praise that God answered this prayer completely! No delays. Pray for safety in travel - I will be leaving on 31 January and traveling to Memphis, Waterloo, Iowa, California, Dayton, and then back to Memphis. Pray that the weather does not affect my connecting flights - I have 17 connections over the next three weeks.

3. I have made a recommendation to the foundation for a CFO - pray I get a confirmation from them soon.

4. Pray that all the activities scheduled for May will go smoothly - field days, plays, concerts, etc.

5. Praise that our new Middle School Principal - Dr. Druvenga - was able to visit for a week.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

End of Year

School will be out June 3rd. We will send another update before we come back for a few weeks this summer to spend time with family.