Sunday

Today Chandler and I attended the church at Ilsan with the residents. Their choir was very good and informal meaning that one of the residents leads them. They have no formal practice but do well anyway. Molly interpreted the service but it was difficult to understand as she said Koreans "beat around the proverbial bush" and sometimes never get to their point before running out of time. The residents are often disruptive and they have older ones who try to control the younger ones. Their hyms are already in the back of their leather bound bibles and are the same ones we sing (only in Korean). It was nice to sing with them.

After Ilsan church Molly goes to her church in Seoul which is very large. Many residents also attend with her and she picks up their retired pastor - pastor Lee and his wife. We squeezed in 10 people (including one wheel chair). This serivce was over 1 1/2 hours and I dozed off for a bit but recovered eventually. The church in Seoul is air conditioned. Following the serivce we went next door for a delicious lunch of fish soup, kim chee, rich, kim (sea weed), Korean noodles and salad. Koreans do not drink with their meals and only drink water at the close of the meal. I have to ask for water with my meal as the food is very spicy but delicious.

After lunch we went to a small christian hospital to visit two residents who are admitted for bed sores they got while in the hospital for surgeries. Won Bok is doing better and scheduled to have a skin flap attached next week. The other is not doing as well. In Korea one must have friends or family to care for the sick or you must pay someone $50/day to feed and bathe you. The hospital does not provide this service.

We got home around 4:00 and Chandler had gone out with Anita and Mindy to a huge outdoor market for shopping. I am uncertain what time they will return but Molly thinks it will be late as the market is 2 hours away.