MELT*! (My English Lunch Time *at night)

Every Tuesday the church has a free English lesson and discussion time, called MELT, for My English Lunch Time. The first MELT began as a lunchtime thing, but this one is in the late afternoon...we still eat, though! Mmmm, ramen and snacks!

We try not to teach the same textbook English as all the schools around here teach. The students get enough of that. We teach the Korean English learners idioms! Those common terms and phrases we use that don't mean literally what we say..."He was knocked out cold". "The car I bought looked good, but it turned out to be a lemon." "Don't be such a backseat driver!" "Do you have a beef with me?!" Fun stuff like that. They like it.
We do a dialogue with them, teach them the vocabulary, and then have discussion and food.

English conversation is enjoyable. It's great to meet new faces at MELT*! We often see them at the church services, too! What a blessing.

But what about us foreigners learning Korean? Maybe we could have OKEYDOKEY! "Our Korean Eating: Why Dine On Kuaja?--Extra Yummy!" (Kuaja is the Korean word for snack, cookie, sweets, crackers, you know.)

But this MELT in particular was a special one, for it was Dean and Amanda's last MELT, and last time at the church to say goodbye to everybody! So a lot of us stayed extra late, and ate more cake, more ramen, more snacks, ice cream, toast, oh yeah! Bless you guys, Dean and Amanda, as you study at the Bible College once more! See you guys soon, and if not, then a bit later!