Washington DC at Night
I'm leaving for Korea tomorrow for year 3 in my Korean teaching tenure. My school has graciously allowed me to sign another contract with them. I enjoyed my time teaching there and its been awesome to be in this situation.
My school was also really cool to allow me to go home for vacation, and I spent a good amount of time here in the USA. I got to catch up with my family, old friends, and made some new friends. It was really awesome.
I got to eat my Taco Bell, Mexican food, hamburgers, my mom's food (the best), and all the good foods that America has, including some good ol' fashion BBQ from the South. My face is evidence that I tasted all those good foods.
I saw many neat things in America as I landed, from the Inauguration of a new president to some of the coolest sights the city of Washington DC has to offer. Its really awesome to be living in this area of the world.
My Washington Wizards suck, but that's the pain of rebuilding. They'll be back next year. The Wizards are 11-42. Ouch.
The economy in the US is not doing so hot, with jobs being lost everyday. Its getting really bad here. It hasn't been this bad since the 1930's. People are looking for work and families are being uprooted because of lost jobs. Its really bad.
Even though we face this economic crisis monster, life still seems the same here on many superficial levels. We're still a nation of entertainment, fine dining, HD television, videogames, and pleasures. We work hard and we want our fun.
Its been really nice to home, to see the cool aspects of our country, and at the same time be at dismay with some things that are poking holes in our society's fabric.
Everyone is talking about the economy, which is going to affect alot of our lives. Yet at the same time we are society that struggles with holding families together, crime, and meaninglessness. It is sad. Even though we are rife with economic issues and it has forced many to save and re-evaluate our lives, there are many who are struggling with their marriages, families, and maintaining whole relationships.
The Supreme Court
As I go back tomorrow to the Republic of Korea to continue the work the Lord has given me, I hope that my friends and family in America stick to the Truth in God's Word and be ready for a battle on their hands.
My pastor was talking about in the passage of Acts where Paul and Silas (Acts 16) were arrested for doing the Lord's work and getting a spirit out of a woman who kept yelling at them. In the midst of their trials and beatings...which were pretty severe, in verse 25 it talks about how they "were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them." In the midst of their pain and persecution they were still being a light to the other prisoners around them.
We as believers are going through tough times ahead because the world's problems will affect us in some way. The world is going to moan, whine, and complain and try to solve these problems the way they know they can...through own their strength and human reasoning.
We as believers however, don't have to be affected by the world's problems because we trust in a God who is bigger than 10 million economies. He alone is our provider in these situations. We need to be the song for those to hear in a dark, dark world who don't see any solution in sight.
I go back to Korea with great passion for its people and especially for my students at Hakik Girls High School. These dark times are going to force me and my brothers and sisters in Christ to fight a more difficult battle ahead as we desire to be Children of God (see John 2:28). Yet there is a great hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
I grow older, stronger, wiser, but ready to learn some more. And ready to fight. We need to be Children of God, because no one else will provide hope. Only Jesus Christ can do that for this world.
It was a great time in America, yet its time for the return...of the Boy Teacher.
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