I guess I kinda have some Korean family!


We left Ansan and headed to Namsa, a small town in the middle of nowhere, yet we somehow have wireless internet! CTI is located here and we all just had dinner with the students, about 17 in all.

Leaving the family we were staying with in Ansan was actually kinda an emotional time because somehow we got really close in a matter of a few days. I guess spending 23 hours of everyday for 3 days will do that to you. They were great hosts! Feeding us every chance they had and even hand washed all of our of our laundy. This meant that 2 women, one from a different household came over and stayed up and late and came over early to help. We basically had 3 women in the house whenever we were there. They would start cooking and preparing for the next meal. We talked as much as we could with broken English and the women washed and folded my boxers, so we are basically family. They all enjoyed laughing at me when I would say something stupid. I didn't mind being a constant source of entertainment - even if they were laughing at me and not with me! I was able to teach 2 of the mothers a "cool" handshake with the little snap at the end and they loved it. They were great and they did so much for us!


Get this! All the Koreans here think I speak such clear English. I am kind of the interpreter for Koreans to the rest of our group. And then from the rest of our group to Koreans. I guess I understand the Koreans pretty well.

We are now in Namsa and I am being eaten alive by mosquitoes. It is actually a nice facility and the 4 guys and our driver (David) are in a small apartment. Dwight speaks tonight and then we head to the CBF camp in the morning for the next 5 days!


In the picture up top is the family who hosted us. From left to right: Lear (part of summer trip), Me, Jae, Mrs. An, Mrs. An, and Alex Thomas.

Here is a picture of our driver and Sam at some park.