Since arriving back in the States after my trip to Korea, I’ve wasted no time in jumping into new and exciting endeavors, most notably becoming a roving rural Presbyterian pastor.

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Today marks the last day of the trip. Elliott and Hannah left early this morning and Mat a little later around 10. After seeing him off at the bus stop, Clay and I donned our basketball effects once more and hit the courts. The battle was epic but it all began innocently [...]

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Day two of the beach trip began rather late due to the previous night’s shenanigans. Everyone ate sandwiches around 11 to prepare for the ascent of the nearby mountain. Sophie, our guide to all things Korean, set her course through the trees and we followed. At first the path was pleasant and [...]

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What an exciting weekend that was! Clay, Mat, Elliott, Hannah, Sophie, Catherine, and I journeyed to Deokjeokdo, an island off the west coast of South Korea in the Yellow Sea. It’s one of the little islands near Inchon on this map. The journey there and back was nothing to sniff at. [...]

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OK, that last post actually applied to yesterday (the 5th). Today we got up a little early to meet Katherine (Clay’s friend from the States who also teaches at the Academy) and Sophie (Clay’s Korean girlfriend). We originally intended to tour a traditional Korean village, but the bus ride would’ve taken too long [...]

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We’ve hit the day’s doldrums. Clay’s off at work (he teaches at an academy that runs from 4 to 10) and we’re left to our own devices, which at this point means wandering around for about an hour then inevitably coming back to the apartment for naps.
Sleeping 5 in a single room has its [...]

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After almost 24 hours of flying and layovers I finally made it to South Korea’s Inchon airport in one piece. The flights themselves went fairly smoothly…it was just a long trip.
The plan was to take the 45-minute bus ride into Hwajeong (Seoul suburb) and meet Clay at the bus stop close to his place. [...]

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