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Pushing Foward Regardless

Hey everyone. How are you all doing?
I know it has been a while since I last posted and alot of cool thing have happened.
Mostly recently I caught a bit of a flu. I am recovering really quickly I have lost the shakes, and shivers, same to the puking. => It was only one night. No worries.

Last weekend I went with a good friend Ah Reum. We went to the top of Seoul. Namsan Seould Tower,it was quite beautiful. The lights of the city at night shown like stars and there is one picture which I will hopefully get up soon of the window that looks toward Toronto.

Two weekends ago Kyle and I went to Seorak San. aka Mt Seorak. or Sorak. It was an incredible thrill. I lost feeling in my legs half way through. It was a long walk to the base of the mountain and LONG walk up. Imagine about 200 Koreans on a sketchy ladder about a couple hundred feet about the ground. If you look out you would see empty space infront of you. AMAZING SITE. SCAREEST THING EVER!! Honestly If I took a two steps out I would have died lol. But he view from the top was spectacular. I learned really what it meant to push forward. We often talk about pushing forward when we dont feel like it. This was us pushing forward when we physically couldn't. Athletes know this limit, those who suffer no this limit. I think i just recently learned this. There is a big difference between continuing when we dont feel like it and continuing when we can't. That's an oxymoron for ya.

Any way recent thoughts. I miss home. And there are very few words that I would use to describe this feeling. Not that I am incredibly saddened or depressed, but the feelinig of longing to be with friends that I have had the company of being with in a LONG time. People I wish i could really share my life deeper with but can't because of the thousands of miles between us. But whast has kept me together has been this. See it all to the end. If I can make it to through this year. We will see where I am at. If I make through this year. We will see what God really wants to do with me and am I really willing to go. It would be really easy for me to go back home for the holidays. Drain me try but, hey not out of the question BUT, I will endure to the end cause I really want to see what I am made out of.

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2 Month Mark

Wow its almost been 2 months. What can I say, it feels like home here. I have a steady rythmn going. School, teacing. nap. dinner. saturday goto korean lessons. sunday goto church. Ya this is good.

I really cant believe its only been 2 months which means i have another 10 to go. Now that I think about it 10 more months will be a breeze because 2 of those are school vacation. If I come back or not is the next big question and what will I do with my art skills? Many big life questions: like especially God what are you going to do with me? Sorry thats sounds so passive. But think of it more as getting advice from a big brother. Cause its true, I can follow to the T, what I hear, or I can not and get smited. hehe. jk. Anyway, I am seeking for my life to grow deeper that just he simple issues of financial security. I want to serve and help ppl.

Things here are good tho. I being trained to be part of production at church which is sweet. The sundays school lessons are really engaging. Though I skipped this weekends.

Check out my pics on facebook.

I went to the Seoul Fireworks Festival. It was amazing what they can do with those. If I were to go back to school I would love love to study to become a firworks technician. I get to blow things up in a very artistic way LOL. and hey bright shiney colours.


I am really what am I gonna do with art? I want to continue, but being a professional artistic might nto be my thing.

Well just some of my thoughts.

take care all.

nate

PS have any of you been watching HEROES. ITS SOOO GOOD

Happy Thanksgiving

Unfortunately, I am not celebrating Thanksgiving with all of you. IN korea we had it a couple of weeks ago. But it was a 5 day Holiday, the weekend and 3 extra days off.
I had a great time at the Onnuri Retreat this past weekend. It was busy and getting there was a bit of a pain, but it was quite fun. I arrived too late to catch the bus from church. I arrived in Seould about 9pm. darn traffic which was like a 3 hr trip. But i ws able to phone up a few friends and crash. THen wake up super earlyt o catch the second bus in the morning.

There are pictures on my facebook.

I love my new camera. I tooks some nice pictures. I saw a dog far there, yum the other meat. hehe.

Then I got to hang out with a good friend. On sunday. I bought new glasses, and we watched most of Italian Job at a DVD room. It was good times. Need to make more rooom for resting hehe

yay. =P

Hope you are all doing well. and feel free to write comments or post on my wall at facebook

CU all when I CU next.

nate

G9 baby!!

Hey I picked my camera today. ITS SOOOO SWEET. GO RAW FORMAT. man ppl tried to sell a few differnt things. But i gotta give shouts to my friend Ah Reum. You totally rock in negoiating prices =>

O ya had a great time chilling with you.

So soon Ill have pics up, of my life here Korea. Friends Students etc.

here are a few of my recent thought and this is on the Christian side of things. The importance of "action" AND "contemplation". In my church experience we often have more contemplation than action. I think this past year I have been liviing with more action than contemplation. But the importance is to have both. What i have learned about myself is yes, I really left Canada without much thought. But that was probably because more than anything else I was driven by passion. A passion to see the world and a passion to see what God is doing in the world. Passion of course being the drive into action. Am I prepared to be a teacher. NO. But am I willing to learn and reflect on what that means yes. Because of this process I am learning to be humble. And be even more flexible than when I left Canada. There is no looking back. but forward to where God is leading.

BATH HOUSE

hehe lots of male nudity. I spent my nites of Chusok, which is the Korean thanksgiving, crashing in rooms full of naked men. I crashed wth a few friends in a JimJilBang, which is essentially a bath house. Well there was a girls side and a guys side. which is kool even a commone area to hit up the saunas and cold rooms. It was quite good for my cold hehe.

Chusok was realy fun. But i froze my accoutn and didnt pick up the camera i wanted. yarg.. its so pretty. the Canon Powershot G9. so pretty. it even shoots in RAW format. so worth the money. =P

I am going to Onnuri church. In Seoul the friends are great there. I met a few new ppl each week. It so good there. I kind of wish i lived in Seoul now tho. but thats kool.

Im trying to listten to God but. not always easy.
Trying to seek God. And he's been whispering. But sometimes i feel deaf and it just becomes blurbs. hehe. but ya he has been good.

Chusok. I met alot of really nice cute girls in Seoul. thanks to my good friend Tom. Nothing is happening with them. which is kool. Cause I dont think Im ready for a relationship yet. Those sometimes I lie to myself and say that I am.

Truth is Im still trying figure things out. O ya sorry Fiona. If my writing is messy. Let me know if it is guys, and I'll try and clean it up.

Yes my thoughts are very scattered sometimes. You know me the artist mind. Or is more ADD.

Well love you all.
Take care. Live blessed

Change in Weather

The weather is changing here in Korea. OIvey getting kooler.
my throat is feeling it too. sucky sucky.

Need lemon, ginnger, honey heheh. so need remedies..

o ya crazy giant spiders herhe


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