A really late "Happy Chuseok"

So not this past weekend, but the weekend before that, so like 9 days ago, it was Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving). We got Monday off and it was a really cool break. I got to see my friend Ivan from New Zealand (I used to work with him). He's teaching now at a High School outside of Seoul in a town called Ansan. It was really cool being in a more relaxed environment out of Seoul, but still relatively close to it. We went to his high school and looked around, and we got to talk to a lot of the local people around the area. Between my and my friend, we could carry on a fairly good conversation in "Korean!!"

I also got to play badminton on Sunday with Angela and her brother. It was so much fun. We played for so long, and it was at night on lighted courts at a park. It was awesome.

Then on Monday, I was invited to this guys apartment for lunch. To make a long story short, he's the CEO of Northwest Airlines in Korea. His apartment had an amazing view of the Han River, and he ordered a traditional American style Thanksgiving meal. We had Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and...kimchi ^_^ I figured I'd only have one chance in my life to eat Kimchi at Thanksgiving, so I should do it. It was very good!

Another piece of news, is that I got involved in this ministry to college students. Basically what I do, is I teach a media course every Saturday now at a University called Soongsil University. And the whole point of it is to share the gospel with the students. I've met some cool people there, and I taught my first class this past Saturday. It went pretty well. Over twenty students showed up, and I think they had a...fairly enjoyable time. We'll see how that progresses. Most of them are pretty shy about speaking English.

So yeah, overall, things are going well. I constantly thank God for the amazing people he has brought into my life here in Korea, and I am trusting Him to guide me wherever he wants me to be.

Also, I've been watching some kind of independent short films on youtube recently, and it's getting me itching to film something again. I might ask my boss to borrow his digital camera so I can just make...something.

We'll see how that goes.

My thoughts recently have been on Hebrews 11 a lot. I'm not sure how to explain it, but I think this is what I want my life to be. Living for a hope that I might not see come true in this lifetime. For some reason, that concept is so intriguing to me. I first encountered it last year in a Christian philosophy course I took, and it keeps coming back to me. I think it's one of the boldest statements in the whole Bible. That all these men "didn't recieve the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance." I'm captivated by the statement. I need to make a movie based on that concept.

Anyways, here's a random link to one of the films that really got me wanting to film something again. These guys' lighting and color is exactly the kind of lighting I LOVE!!!! This is just the trailer. You can watch the whole thing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgx8wpr6-eY&feature=user