Like many others, I took the time some years ago to create a dream list of things that I would like to accomplish during my stay here on the planet. In actuality I have done about three of these lists over the course of 31 years of living. One of the things on that list was fulfilled on March 15, 2008 when I married my beautiful wife. I figure I better add that first....if you know what I mean! Truthfully I don't know if I can say that I really expected any of those things on my list to come true, but it didn't hurt to write them down anyway. So that being the case one would expect my utter amazement when I received a phone call a few months ago informing me that I had been selected to work in a Christian school in Seoul, South Korea! Yep.....I'm in South Korea. Today I have officially been here 2 months and 2 days. It's kinda mind-blowing when I think about all the times I sat in my old classroom back in the states, staring out of the window and thinking that somewhere out there in the world is adventure and excitement. Well God answers prayers.....evidently even when we aren't real sure that he will. I must say that I had to get over the initial feeling of being outside of my boundaries the first couple of weeks of being here. I don't know if I can explain it but I'll try. I would imagine it's somewhat like being a slave who has just gained their freedom. You have the feeling of excitement coupled with the feeling of wanting to run back to what you are used to. I mean seriously speaking....I'm from South Georgia, not in the military, or any other commonly accepted reason for my being here because truth be told, how many African-American missionaries does one encounter? The trick, I've found, is to stay out of the comfort zone long enough to give your mind and emotions time to catch and balance out the fact that you are in uncharted territories. Overall my stay here thus far has been fantastic!
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