KgtK Part 4: Like in a Movie

So it hasn't been all that bad.

Yesterday. Yesterday I woke up at 6:30 so I could walk and take the subway to Anyang to go to Paul's church again. Beside the fact that I sate through two sermons that I didn't understand didnt keep me from loving it. Theres youth service for us, then we (the youth) help with the Sunday school, then we have lunch, then some free time before the afternoon service (which I dont know if its every week or last week) then snack. There was another service after that, but I wanted to get headed home.

During that free time we played Badmitten, and it turns out that I really like it. I'm in my church clothes just chilling and playing Badmitten with Paul and two of his friends (who are starting to be my friends too:))

Paul's church feels like home.

Today. Today I went to my first class, which was too easy. Ka Na Da La type stuff. So I am going to fight my way to level two (my teacher isnt that enthusiastic about moving me up). Ill be darned if I just review last year for five weeks. I really want to learn new stuff!

Then I met this kid named Derek. Derek is like if Sunroot and Tuttle had a Korean Canadian baby who grew up to be a Tegan and Sara fan. Needless to say, we get along pretty well. We went out to lunch with a group of people. On our way home we stopped at a park and listened to Tegan and Sara and people watched and gave models eyepatches and glasses in a magazine that was laying around. It was like a scene from a movie.

Then when I got home, this kid Charles invited me to see a movie with him. Charles is from California, and grew up in foster care, and is going to a pretty good university on full scholarship, but he acts mad ghetto. He has affectionately nicknamed me "White Girl". He also kind of looks like Boaz. If we fell in love, it would be like in a movie. Proper white girl from the east cost meets Korean gangster kid from the west cost in Korea, and despite what others might think, they fall in love. You might say what "others"? Primarily Carrie. I might be in a place right now where my desire to be in a relationship is only trumped by my fear of having to explain said relationship to the people in my life who care for me spiritually. Its hard being single. Its even harder being single in Korea. I'm pretty sure EVERY ONE has a significant other here. And they were matching tee-shirts to prove it.

But, I don't think Ill fall in love with Charles. I know that the kind of love I'm looking for could only be given and received by a man following Christ. If only my hormones didn't have to kick in before that man gets here...

So we walked the half hour it takes to get to the theater and talked about our lives in Konglish (he wanted me to practice) and watched Kung Fu Panda with some other kids in the program. Now I'm back in my air conditioned dorm dead tired. But I might still do 8 min arms before I go to bed.