All of the Young Adult Volunteers for the coming year spent the last week of August in New York at Stony Point Center getting...oriented. We had a wonderful week full of lectures about things like culture, culture shock, expectations, globalization, and service mixed with Bible study, worship, small groups, fellowship, stories of YAVA’s experiences in the field, and some pretty great food!
I REALLY LIKE THEM. A LOT.
Then, thanks to Irene, some groups had a couple of days rest before heading to our sites. Because of all the airline chaos, Anna and I ended up on a different flight than Thomas. We left Stony Point in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday [August 31st] and arrived in Daejeon, South Korea on Friday afternoon. While the flight over here is pretty long, it is definitely not that long. We were late leaving because the intended plane for our journey smelled [incredibly] bad, so we [thankfully] waited for a less stinky plane for our flight across the pond. By the time we arrived in Tokyo, Thomas was already getting settled in Daejeon, and our flight to Seoul had left without us. So…Anna and I had got to spend the night in Japan!
sorry, the only picture I took in Japan was of the toilet in the hotel…it's pretty snazzy!
After a short flight from Tokyo to Seoul, our site coordinators, Simon and Haejung Park, warmly welcomed Anna and me to South Korea!
On the way to Daejeon [HOME!], we stopped at a rest area and ate bibimbap for lunch and ice cream for dessert - I already love it here!
DISCLAIMER: This is not the first time I am posting something way after the fact [see post below], and it definitely will not be the last.
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