I couldn’t believe it, but…in March it snowed even harder than it did in February! It was great! There was snow everywhere for a few days.
I got to take a bunch of these photos of the surrounding city and hills from Daniel’s new pad! So beautiful! (Click the pictures to get a closer look!)
And we’re all very excited for him! He used to be one of the interns before I came, and he went to Italy for a short time as a missionary. Now he’s come back for long term, and is joining up again on staff at the church. Sweet! He’ll be helping with …pretty much everything again, including doing worship, leading a Bible study, and doing outreach and planning events and stuff. Sweet! It’s great to have him back here helping again!
Here he is leading worship with Canadian Mike on the box in the morning.
And Keep rocking that Korean language, Daniel!
Every week we get to spend some time at a local orphanage in Daejeon. There’s between 60 and 75 kids there, but they all seem to be pretty well taken care of, at least for their physical needs. Usually on Saturday we go over there to hang out and play with the kids, and also do an English class for a few of the high-schoolers.
Here’s our class during break time, where we bust out all sorts of Korean snacks!
One difficulty I have especially is remembering names. Not many of the kids at the orphanage have English names. Not being used to Korean names makes it harder to remember them, and just with the number of kids there, it gets harder. But it is great when I do remember a kid’s name.
I think a direct correlation of knowing more Korean would be that I’d be able to reach out and bless these people better, I think. One thing which is great, though , is that we’ve got some more Koreans who’re part of our church family coming alongside and getting involved with the orphans, too! Praise the Lord!
A group of us went to the beautiful Daecheon Dam, within an hour’s drive of Daejeon, our city. Above the dam is a very large, very long lake, which stretches for miles!
It’s a nice lake, and a nice place to visit to get away from the city. Apparently, on the other side of the lake is some off-limits government property!
There’s also some Buddhist temple up on the hill on the right picture. I’m not sure what it’s all about, though.
At some point this month we took a group picture because…I can’t…really remember why. But here’s some of our Sunday crowd! So above we have the Sunday morning crowd, and we have below the Sunday evening crowd! At least, most of those who’ve been coming lately! We just thank the Lord for the growth He’s brought, in bringing these individuals to be part of our church family here! Also, it’s been wonderful to see growth in these people over the months that I’ve known them here at CC Daejeon!
She came before for a few days with the Okinawa team in October, but now she’s back to serve long-term as an intern here with us at the church! 
She helps here with the Bible studies and English times we have through the week, and with the women’s Bible study with Hye-Young, not to mention teaching the kids church on sundays! She’s a great help with us through the week even as she rocks school classes all the way over here in Korea!
Here we have the “Passing of the Phone” ceremony, where she receives the white intern cell phone, which first belonged to Sosimo, then Iza, and then John-Michael. Now Christina!
Recently (like February, I know) we celebrated Pastor Mike and Hye Young’s anniversary at the church. They’ve been married for over 10 years, but I can’t remember exactly how many. They’ve been serving the church here together since it started in 2008. Pastor Mike teaches the Bible studies in English, and Hye-Young translates for him on Sunday mornings, and also does a women’s bible study. What a blessing it is to have them give so much here at CC Daejeon!
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