Korea!

I'm here. The drive along the Han river at night was beautiful.

There are lit up red crosses on all the churches. I was told this is because they are "sanctuaries" in any bombing raids. (That'll preach!) It was inspiring to see so many lit up red crosses along the drive.

My room is nice. I'm excited to be here. I slept most the day - off and on. I discovered that there is a snobby lounge at the Tokyo airport....but there is also a public lounge with CNN...recliners and such. I slept.

It was surreal to hear safety messages in Korean and read Japanese subtitles......but I think I have the message memorized so I wasn't too worried.

First meeting is tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. Hard to believe I'm here....Korea! Wow. I'm humbled and honored and looking forward to exploring a bit.....not sure of the logistics of that....guess I better see about getting into the "system" so that I can get back on base once I get off base. ::snort::
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

This is me.....

It steadies my nerves to blog - so I will write a bit this a.m. LOL This is me. Today I fly to Korea. Yes, I've got meds, though God has been gracious and I've not thrown up ONCE this month. LOL I have a six hour layover in Tokyo - I plan to be STILL and know that He is God....yep, I plan to walk intimately with Him in the solitude of Tokyo International Airport. I'm looking forward to it...have my notes, my Bible, my journal, and my laptop.

I would appreciate prayers for God's presence to flow through all that is done this week at Faithlift (and all the surrounding events). I sense He's going to show up BIG....He's been invited, many have been praying and fasting for this week...now we have the excitement of walking it out! I would also appreciate prayers for this middle-aged vessel and all other tired vessels who are participating this week. Enough said. It's all about HIM and not us.

Mike is home. Poor man is TIRED...but dragged himself out on a date with me while Jared was at Human Video practice. We unpacked his bag to repack it for me. ::snort::

As a matter of fact, I MAY blog from Korea. I plan to personally pay for Internet in my room if possible....so that myself and all my peeps can skype their chicklets at home (as desired and/or needed). LOL
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

This is Mike....

Barely home and Mike was teaching....I LOVE this man.  We had saved a coconut to open when he was home....mostly because I hadn't a clue how to open the thing without a machete. ::snort::

The kids were suitably impressed with my stories of coconuts and hikes in the Philippines, stories of coconuts falling on Tod Hall's head....and Mike's stories of WW2 medics hooking iv tubes up between coconuts and wounded troops. 

Unfortunately, the coconut had sat too long and we had fermented coconut milk....coconut vinegar? Coconut wine?  We'll try again with a fresh coconut next week. LOL
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Drama and more

Next week our children from the R.E. (Religious Ed) program and the Middle School drama team will be treating us to a special Palm Sunday Evening Service. I was thrilled to find out that this a.m. was a rehearsal. I'll touch down in Misawa at 6:45 p.m. next Sunday....and may catch the final curtain call...so this was a treat.

Arielle and Gracie

My favorite photo of the day

In other drama happenings this week....Jared has been heading up a PYOC (youth) human video team. They will be putting on their presentation at the base's Good Friday service. They've also been asked to preform at a local church on Saturday. Jared assures me that someone will take a video so I can watch when I get home. I plan to go to the practice tomorrow and watch for myself. LOL

Mike will touch down in nine hours. I know he'll be exhausted and I know I have a zillion things to do to get ready to leave on Tuesday...but I'm really looking forward to seeing him again - for whatever amount of time we have.

Stacia said this a.m. "I knew he'd come back to his daughter." ::snort:: A little later she came and told me, "They go and they come back and they go and they come back." That seems to sum up her growing up as the youngest in a house full of young adults and a deploying daddy.

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Windy....

We had WIND today....not a little...a lot. Honest. I have no clue how fast the gusts were...but it was windy enough to wake us up with roaring and crashing.....and it was strong enough to do all this.....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

America? What's up?

We need reform....I'm not sure we need the shenanigans I've been watching online.....I thought this simplifies the path of the health care bill.... I realize I'm over here and not watching American news....maybe I've misunderstood something, but I'm concerned when a bill is passed that the congress hasn't had time to debate and submit.....again....maybe I'm missing the finer points of what is going on.
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Aviation Part 4 -

This one really cracks me up!

Spinning Room

There are more...but this gives you a taste of the fun to be had at this particular museum. It's after 10 p.m. I'm trying VERY hard to go to bed at a decent hour (as I wake up at 5:00 - 5:30 a.m. regardless). I am doing my best to take care of myself, build my immune system, you know....."deployment strong". I've done this deployment thing enough to know that if I don't watch myself I'll stay up until 2 a.m. and try to live on 3 hours of sleep - turning me into a very grumpy Mommy.
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...