Monthly Archives: August 2009

On Saturday our boss, Mr. Shin, took us to an island located about an hour outside Seoul called Gangwha.  Gangwha is famous for an old fortress which contains several Buddhist temples as well as many military forts along the water.  … Continue reading →

During my “jet-lag nap” today, Danny took a few shots of the Mok-Dong skyline. He was pretty excited to find that one of the stadiums in our area is a soccer stadium. I was pretty excited to find Starbucks in … Continue reading →

On Monday evening we arrived in S. Korea after a 14 hour direct flight from D.C.  Our trip was incredibly smooth! We were greeted by a school representative and the President of our school.  He didn’t know we were on … Continue reading →

I’ve had a good night reflecting on all the things that have happened in the past 3 months.  As we board our plane for S. Korea tomorrow, I will look back on this summer as one of the best. It’s … Continue reading →

Andrew Hurst Porter, Happy 1st Birthday! What would we do without your humongous smile, chubby cheeks and blue eyes? Now, don’t grow up any more this year.

We are trying to get a lot of our things in order before we head East in 4 days.  I would call this summer the “summer of traveling and sorting”.  From packing up and moving from D.C., to packing up … Continue reading →

We found out this morning that we leave on August 23rd for S. Korea. Up until now, we knew we’d leave sometime the week of the 23rd but didn’t know a definite date.  We now have 10 days to get … Continue reading →

Mokdong, Seoul This past week, I’ve found myself waking up at 1am, 2am, 3am, etc. thinking about S. Korea.  It’s a hard thing to conceptualize living in a place we know little about.  We just know that Seoul is a … Continue reading →

But if you haven’t downloaded the FREE live Coldplay album, you’re missing out.  It gives me chills. So don’t lolly-gag, jump to it!

Let’s rewind to the end of our days in Nigeria since there are valuable things to highlight about that time.  It’s hard to share all the stories and memories from our time in Nigeria. We were there for almost a … Continue reading →