We had a ton of fun at school for Halloween. Of course, I got to school and my camera battery was dead again, just like on Chu-suk. I will try to find some pictures that other people have and post them eventually. At school, we made 7 different activities around the school. There was a haunted house, a room where they got wrapped up in toilet paper to be mummies, a "monster dance" (basically the cake walk), pin the tail on the donkey, etc..... I was in charge of the Monster Dance room. By lunch time, I had danced and sang for seven twenty minute sessions, and I was beat. We then went for a parade around the block , where there were parents standing about every 20 yards to hand out candy. By the time we got back, the kids could barely hold their bags. After the kindergarten, we had two more 2 hour classes, both of which had a Halloween party and parade and dancing. By the time I went home that day, I had lost my voice, and my feet were killing me.

I had the most amazing day on Sunday. Of course, I had left my camera at school on Friday, so I had no way to document it. After church, me and two other guys drove about an hour out of the city to the countryside. By the end, we were driving on these little eight-foot-wide roads that had so many potholes that it was just destroying the little Teeca (sp?) that we were in. We went to the house of a couple who goes to our church. From there, we went strait up this mountain to an amazing lookout where we could see for kilometers and kilometers. We hiked until the sun went down, which was pretty early (maybe around five o'clock). On the way back we stopped at their neighbors studio. She had come hiking with us, so she invited us in to see her artwork. She in an amazing painter, and has work displayed in the Korean National History Museum. She offered us Mocholi, which is basically a rice wine. I only had a few sips and ended up with a headache within the hour it was so strong. Then we went back to the first house that we were at and had dinner. Eel-soon is an amazing cook, and had cooked everything vegetarian in my honor. The guys I was with weren't very excited about that and made a joke about not bringing me back there. Of course, Eel-soon took that as a clue to make more food. We sat down to dinner, and were at the table for about 2 hours. They kept on asking my friend "Do you like......" If he ever said yes, they just went and brought out that food. It became the funniest joke. We kept telling them to stop asking the questions, but it just kept going and going. There were only five of us there, but there was at least three times as much food on that table than I have in my whole apartment! After dinner we went out to look at the full moon through the telescope. It was an amazing experience that very few people get to have. I can't wait to go back again, which may be in just a few weeks.

My Korean classes are starting to get harder, and I am having a harder time finding time to study. There is a ton of work to be done at school right now, and I am just getting by day to day. Also, once I get my next pay-check I will be looking for the best price on tickets home for Christmas. I have about 10 days that I can be home, and the prices are looking like they are going to be around $1800. I'm not one hundred percent sure that it is worth it, but I am planning on doing it none the less.

I am sorry I missed Halloween. If you have any pictures of the kids I would love to see them.
Love you all.