March was good, April will be better!

Almost 3 months since we've been gone from home. It's amazing how time flies, yet there are those moments where home seems a lot further away than just 3 months ago. I find it amazing how comfortable we can be here in such a short time and with everything being so foreign. I'm thankful this is the case.

Nathan and I are now beginning to step out and get involved in other extra-curricular activities, which will only deepen the value of our time spent here. Nathan has joined a soccer team, which plays on Sundays. It's apparently the best league to play in for the foreign population and can be a feeder league into the semi-pro/pro teams here in Korea. Don't worry, we don't have any intention YET in getting Nathan into that level. Although... I'm sure he's capable.

I've been able to begin doing hot yoga again, which some of you know I have missed desperately. I cherish it as my time to get away to think, work, and sweat. I think I'm probably the only 'white girl' that attends there and no one speaks English, not even the instructor, but I love having the opportunity to get involved here.

This next week we are beginning a bible study with some friends of ours here... all of whom went to Trinity. We all are scattered throughout Seoul, so we'll be meeting in the middle to start discussing the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Great book and the reread will do Nathan and I both really well. We're excited to be able to dive into the word with these people God has placed in our lives.

In other news... I had my Korean birthday just last week! I've skipped a year and have now turned 25 in Korea. Apparently you turn 1 as SOON as you're out of the womb here, and if your birthday falls before the lunar year, you jump forward another year. Yes, it's strange and I have NO clue what the reasoning is. So some of our 4th grade kids say their 11, when in our counting years are actually 9. It was a great birthday filled with Nathan showering me with gifts, the kids telling me 'congratulations teacher', receiving cards from home, and dinner out at a newly discovered Vietnamese restaurant. Love the Pho'!

April is looking like it will be a nice and busy month. We're heading south for a weekend bike trip with some friends, we're going on a fieldtrip to some ancient ruins with the kiddo's, AND we're going to Cirque Du Soleil on Apr. 23 here!! Then May comes and we have an entire week off!!

I'll try to get some photos of our school this week so you can see where we spend most of our time.

We miss you all back home. It's been wonderful to be able to Skype with many of you. If you have a Skype account let us know and we'd love to schedule a date :).

Have a happy weekend. Here are some pictures below of Nathan's first soccer game (yes, he's wearing basketball shorts and one black and one blue sock) and me just after I received my birthday cards in the mail!