Living in Korea

A little over 3 months ago I moved to Korea with my husband. We recently got married. I made a promise within myself and to him that I would go where ever he went. I strongly believe that husband and wife should not be apart for too long if the situation allows. So here I am.

Here are some things that I have experienced so far.

The country of Korea is very beautiful. So beautiful in fact that, I find myself staring at the mountains and scenery and think I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life. I mean back at home, I used to take pictures of the lake at sunset, but the beauty here almost takes my breath away. To see mountains behind mountains and feel some peace is amazing. 

People here stare so hard. It is to the point to where it makes me feel uncomfortable sometimes.  We were at a rest stop on our way home. It was a fairly long drive. I remember this one lady. She was staring so hard that she literally bent over backwards to see me and my husband holding hands. At that time I wasn't settle in, so I didn't respond the way I do now. Now, I stare back until they look down or away. I think to myself "they have no idea how that makes me feel." I understand that it is not normal at all to see a couple like us. But, I think that they should show some respect. Some people here are just curious and want to know how we met or want to talk to me and converse with me. I would actually love that. I have learned very quickly to know the difference between curiosity and hatred. I look at the mountains when I feel overwhelmed.

The bugs are the scariest. Some are big as my hand! During this summer, I do not go outside at night unless I have no choice in the matter.(like coming home at night haha! One night, I stayed up until 2-3am. I see this giant centipede on the wall crawling very slow. Even when we went to kill it, it couldn't even move fast enough because it was to big!! My husband is laying next to me. Normally he isn't startled by bugs, but even he was like, WOW! It was bigger than my hand for sure. I thought to myself, after I started to cry, why are there bugs that big in this world and why are they crawling on my wall right before I go to sleep. I started sleep with a fly swatter and bug spray. No Joke!!

Who Gave You The Right?

I look around and see so many parents with their children. I rarely see good children. Children are a reflection of their parents, in most cases. One day I saw a child disobeying their parents. This was before I really knew Jesus. The child says to the mother, " Mommy or daddy, can I have this?" and the they say, "No!" Now, the child starts to cry really loud and scream and shows a lot of anger. The child is about 5 years old. I look at the whole situation from several feet back and think to myself, my mother would have knocked me to the ground.....better yet, that wouldn't have even happened because I knew the consequences of what will happen if I act up in any way. I know Jesus now and when I see children disrespecting their parents, it is very hard for me not to say something. The situation I had with my mother opened my eyes in a major way. Now, I Don't have any children but, this is what has been on my mind for a while now. Who in this world gave you the right to be born and have so much disrespect towards your mother who pushed you out into this world?! For you to be born and have this attitude as if you own something. You own absolutely nothing . Everything belongs to God. He created everything(Genesis 1, John 1,2). And he created your parents.  When you disrespect your mother and father, you disrespect God.