public and personal

You are a minster who has young children. You to your children in the hallway of church building. If the children want you hold them, is it okay to hold them?

Women's issue

If I knew the world is not a safe place for living, especially as a woman, I could have confined in the cage of anxiety. Somehow, my intuition was telling me it from earlier time, and I know what it is more concretely.

It is obvious that women and children are victim of domestic violence, war, poverty, and etc.

The issue is subtle and delicate to be aware of its harm when it is domestic, or ecclesiastical.

There is little space to be able to bring equality issue in churches in Korea.

There should be some way to work on.

chocolate moose cake with rasberry jam and cream cheese inside this is vegi. foccacia

I have got vegitable foccacia with zuccini, red pepper, egg plant with pesto. It is vegi fantasia!

Dad's Birthday

Birthday breakfast.

U know dad loves to eat out for breakfst.

WE finally made it at Kim Young Mo's bakery cafe.

It was great. He got european style breakfast with a small sausuage, a tiny sliced ham, scrambled egg with fresh salad

The same spot, but different color of flowers

This is the same spot where white lilies are. They are replaced with orage color lilites.

rainy summer

It has been rainning almost for a month everyday here.

No tennis. I walked Jangja mot park with my unbrella.

Duck family was playing on the top of the rock

Billy Elliot

Yesterday, I watched Billy Elliot on movie chanel.
It is one of my favorite, a heart boiling movie for
his dream coming true and his a loving family.


Seeing the musical Billy Elliot has become my wish list.
Anyone who wants to go with me?

Jisun's wedding

It was a grandios wedding. I was thinking Christine's wedding last year. It is almost a year since Chrisitne got married! It was such a lovely and romantic wedding.

readjust, recovery, ...

Readjust

This is what I tell people from last year,
"It has been almost four(three) years now since i got back. Now I feel like my feet on the ground."

It is true that I am getting better for living in Korea normally,
though i know there are things I have to let it go, especially in my work.
In order to continue life, or to survive, the part oversized should be cut.

Recovery
At Shinyang church, not only bec. of the need of my professional work as a researcher, but also attending Sunday worship service nourish me and help recover from the pit of lethargy.
My spirit is awaken slowly to respond the call of the second navete, so that I really got into passion for something.
It will come...
It will.....

Jisun's getting married

July 1 is memorial day for my father. Every year we gathered at big brother's and have a memorial service.

This year, it was a little different. We are introduced a bridegroom of Jisun. Jisun is special for me, for she was the first baby in my parent's house since we were all grown up.

And I was living with my big brother when he got married, I could wahtc her her growing for the first two or three years.

July 2 is the day 'ham' is coming in. It is a old custom that bridgroom's family send a letter to ask for marriage with precious gift to bride's family.

I was honored to pray for the event. Actually dad was first asked to come and pray for it, but he had another appointment.

So, I decided to do a group prayer with a kind Teze prayer.

Each family member say a blessing for marriage, the the rest of family say, "Lord, listen to our prayer." Jisun cried when her mom and her brother says blessing. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the wedding, when there is no rehearsal dinner, or wedding reception like in the States. Little opportunity to express their feelings in an official manner.

Though, it was shocking when I heard my big brother says to be a good wife to assist for a successful husband, honor parent- in- law.

Poor my big brother! He still live in Lee dynasty period.

Sigh!

Jisun would not take all what her dad says as it is, I hope.

Should I see her and tell her you do not take it too seriously?

Kwan-young Kim is groom's name.

He seems nice.

They met at young adult leader group at the Church of Love.

I blessed them with a prayer to hug, laugh, talk a lot, argue a little bit.

a meal at the picnic on rainy day smoky around

These are members of research team.

samgoupsal on the rock

They grilled a rock first, then put samgoupsal on the hot stone. It was pretty good with lettice and ssam-doenjang!

a scenary at summer house

A small group of research team for ministry at the church went to one night retreat to Gapyung.

It was exotic!

You know how much i love rain.

We were sitting at toetmaru looking at the garden, talking, sharing vision, and praying