Off and Running!!!

We have arrived safe and sound in our final destination of Daegu!!

 

Sarah and I in Daegu waiting to meet our co-teachers and schools

 

Friday we spent the day traveling to our new home, and then in the evening our schools helped Sarah and I settle into our apartment. It is HUGE! It is basically a 2 bedroom apartment with a huge living room and a bigger kitchen than Sarah or I could have ever hoped for. It has beautiful wood tile floors and was basically fully furnished when we arrived. It even has air conditioning! The previous teacher who lived in the apartment also left behind some really cool stuff, including kitchen appliances, a vacuum cleaner, bed sheets, pillows, blankets, and tons of hangers…to name a few items. The only drawback was that there are only 2 double beds in the apartment, so Sarah and I have not really been able to sleep in the same bed since arriving. That’s been difficult. We’re looking into that though. Needless to say, we are extremely EXTREMELY blessed!

 

 

                                                           Sarah inside our new apartment!

Today was our first day of teaching at our respective schools. I teach at Seodaegu Elementary School . I met my co-teacher today. Her name is Naye, but she prefers to be called Nana or Koko. She is hilarious and fun, and I have a pretty good feeling we are going to work well and have a great year teaching together.

 

Sarah teaches at a different elementary school (I'll get back to you with the name...haha!), and she has several co-teachers who are also wonderful! She says they are great to work with, and it sounds like they get along great.

 

Today we both spent the day settling into our new offices, getting all of the final paperwork taken care of, stopping by Immigration to apply for our ARC (alien registration card), and a little bit of preliminary lesson planning. Tomorrow we will most likely begin some more serious lesson plans, and Wednesday we hit the ground running in the classroom. I’m anxious to get started!

 

Daegu is incredible so far! We are a few blocks from the subway line and very near many affordable restaurants and a Home Plus, which is like the Korean equivalent of Bed, Bath , & Beyond or Target. Yay!

 

Yesterday we visited a new church. We really enjoyed the people we met there. We will be looking at several more churches over the next month before we decide on a place to regularly attend.

 

This past Saturday we also had a chance to spend some time on Camp George military base, where our good friend and fellow teacher Chris lives with his wife, who is currently serving in the U.S. Army. We were able to enjoy some Western food and hung out with a group of our good friends in the region. It’s nice to have those outlets of friends. However, I’m really anxious to build my Korean community of friends.

 

All in all, it’s been a great first few days. God has truly been good to us, and we take comfort in knowing He will continue to take care of us as He always has.

 

More to come later this week….CHEERS!