Hello hello! Thank you everyone for your continued support :)

G's been doing some amazing things here at HoS, so much so that I can't even ask for you guys to yarp before G answers my sreyarp! One thing that's been especially hard for me is the language barrier since I don't know much Korean. Almost everyone here at HoS only speaks Korean, so it's been hard to connect with people and build relationships. Also, there are many times when I've felt lonely, though G has provided many new English speaking people here at the HoS for me to make friends with. Still, it's been tough with the regular orphanage folk; for the adults, I manage to scrape by with my limited Korean, but with the kids, it's been hard to show them love without being able to talk with them. PTL though that the kids still receive me with open arms despite me not being able to speak Korean.

Along with the language barrier, I'm also trying to understand the traditional Korean culture better. I recently had a little tussle with one of the Sun Tseng Nims (teachers); the WiFi area is also the classroom area for some of the kids, and the teacher didn't especially like it when I was trying to use the internet while she was scolding the kids. And that's another thing! The teachers are extremely traditional, especially in how they lecture/punish the kids. Earlier tonight, the Sam Mo Nim (main lady of the orphanage) made the 3rd graders stand with their hands on the floor and their feet on a wall for 5 minutes straight because they were misbehaving a bit. There's a lot of punishment involving yelling and physical punishment; please yarp that I'll be able to love the kids while also not judge any of the teachers.

And now for the praaze reports! G has sent Joan, the third team member from USC, here to help Jon and myself. Best of all, she speaks English! Also, there's a Canadian girl here named Juni who speaks English. ANND, two other groups from the States (one Korean group and one group from Azusa Pacific University) help out every now and then and they all speak English. PTL for an overabundance of new friends :) I've also been making friends with all of the workers, even giving them nicknames and playing mini-pranks with them while we work on bricking/cementing. G's even been providing new venues to musically war ship, providing a piano and a guitar for me to use. PTL to the max!

G's also been teaching me a lot about my brokenness during this trip. One example involves me and one of my favorite purple flannels. A few days ago during a construction shift, I had left my purple flannel close to the construction site, hoping to wear it as the day got colder (it's raining a lot nowadays). However, when I went to get it at the end of the day, it was missing! I kept on worrying about it for the next few days, suspecting someone stole it. What was even more frustrating was no one even seemed to care about trying to help me find it either. However, in retrospect, I'm glad G allowed for me to lose that flannel. He showed me my sin in how much I worried about my lost flannel when I should be worried about the lost people here in China. Now, I'm even more excited about preaching the g05p31 and I hope that I can help at least one person know and fall in love with JC.

Yarp requests:

- More energy, since we are getting more and more tired every day

- Language barrier!!

- I'm starting to teach English now, and I'm pretty nervous about how much I'll be able to teach

- Opportunity to lead someone to JC

- To see, know, and love G more and more in ways I've never seen, known, and loved Him before

Thank you everyone! I love you all!!