Generosity

I was thinking today of my headspace from when I first arrived to where I am at now. It is so much better. I remember that feeling of suppressed panic, and although it is not yet a distance memory, it is not my daily portion, and so I feel greater hope for the future.

Nash and I went to Seoul for the first time this weekend. We went to this one part of Seoul that is basically designed for foreigners. It was really nice, and it was comforting to see a lot of English signs and white people and N.A. foods. However, we haven't been here long enough to really miss that yet, so it seemed a little unnecessary. We are thinking "You are in Korea, enjoy "Korea"." But we have only been here a short while, so maybe we will understand better later. Anyways, it was just so nice to get out and see...more of the world. Then, this weekend, we went to that Korean church again and went with them and two others to this awesome ancient palace, called Gyoungbokgung. It took us over two hours to walk the grounds and see the buildings. It was so ornate and beautiful. There is supposedly this famous theater production about a Korean princess "____sang" who died tragically during the Japanese invasion, I don't remember hearing that story, but it reminded me of the King and I, ect. and I felt like I had walked into the past. It is so weird to think that those exact paths where I walked were walked by ancient royalty...the concept of time and history is somewhat baffling.

Anyways, after that we went out for bagoggi, a beef and onion stir fry thing. It was sooo good! They paid for everything all day, we felt like royalty, and the meal was probably over 100 dollars! They also fed us pizza (Our first in Korea) and Cheesecake (also our first in Korea) today after the sermon! I don't know what to do with generosity like that. There is such a beauty in it. I am reminded that we, all of humankind, must help the traveler, the visitor, and the neighbor. If we remember our interdependence we also remember our brotherhood, and that no matter where we are humanity will reach out to one another and embrace them as fellow sojourners in this thing called existence.