Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Happy Peppero Day!!
One of the cutest holidays celebrated in Korea ~ on November 11th; Pepero Day. Pepero are long cookie sticks dipped in chocolate. If you notice the date, 11/11, resemble the sticks. On this day, young people exchange pepero with each other as a sign of friendship and love...so sweet!
Friday, October 23, 2009
one family
This woman on the subway addressed me as "unni," meaning sister in Korean. If there is one thing Korean's understand well it is this, that we all belong to one family. It is common to address each other according to family titles, "sister, brother, aunt...," even though we are not related. A reminder that essentially we all share one kinship and are wonderfully connected regardless of our blood ties....the stranger we meet on the subway, the children living in orphanages, the unmarried pregnant teenager living in a society that shames her. Even the homeless man begging on the street...he is our brother. To love people just as they are, simply for who they are...after all, we are all brothers and sisters, one family united under God~~~~♥
Xae's brothers...they
love and treat him
like their big brother
(hyung'ah)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Silly joy-filled moments! =P
GunHo jumping on Xae for a ride!
Best buddies!
YongWoo's best poker face...(or UNO face!)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
No greater love than this...
My heart is breaking for a brief moment and I feel the pain...the isolation...the sadness the children feel deep within. At first glance these children appear as any other child. They play and laugh and have their silly moments. But a closer look takes you deeper into their thoughts and feelings.. into their hurts and pain...the feelings of abandonment... loneliness ...heartache...
Last week, while visiting with the children, one young 12 year old boy, GunHo, and I were browsing through old photo books children who lived there throughout the years. We browsed through the books looking for photos of him as a baby. GunHo then turned to me and asked, "When were you here?" Together we browsed through the year 1979 looking for any photos of my face. At that precise moment a quiet voice whispered to my heart..."This is why you are here at this specific point in time...back at SungNoWon~~~~ To be a spokesperson to these children and assure them that they are so loved....an everlasting LOVE so greater than anything any imagination~~~~. The connection between me and the children stretches far greater than words....it is all BEAUTIFUL and WONDROUS and PRECIOUS.... a LOVE that is so incredibly immense and deep that I know it has to come from a Source far beyond me! To be back in Korea... at SungNoWon~the exact place and time planned for me all along, from day one before the creation of the world. It is the very reason I was given life~~~~~~~
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