It seems I post less and less. . . .

Today, I finished writing the US History Final. . . 150  MC questions.  Then, I spent some time packing up my things and getting ready to move.  The past few weeks have been very busy, and my time before I head home is going to fly.  And still the things to do don't decrease.

Last night was graduation!! Congrats to all of you who worked so hard this year.  I certainly enjoyed this year more than last, probably because I knew more than 2 of the seniors.  Plus, God blessed us with such a great facility...I just can't get over home much He has given us this year.  May I always be so thankful.

Well, I need to go get supplies for dinner. :)

Oh, and for all my students who only looked at this in hopes of getting the answers to the test.  Nice try, but really. . .did you honestly think they were here:)  Keep studying--focus on your review and your tests, but don't wait and cram.

to Bangkok. . . .

to Indonesia and Singapore. . .

to Moscow . . .

to the Philippines. . .

to Khaboravsk. . .

In Korea. . .

to Kunsan . . .

to Taebek. . . . 

to Dong Gon Jin. . .

I know what you are thinking. . . all the countries listed above have some dangerous situations going on there.  But God is greater than any situation or danger, and He has great plans for all our students.  This is going to be a great week. 

In a little less than an hour, I'll be headed off with a team of 10 students and 2 other teachers. . .off to the adventures God has for us in Khaboravsk. Please pray for us and all the other teams. Pray for safety, health, confidence and plenty of opportunities to serve.

A few Saturdays ago, I went with Natalia and her family on a tour of the DMZ and an Infaltration Tunnel. Now they wouldn't allow me to take pictures of the tunnel. . .although it would have been really great to have some pics of that.  Below are some pics I was able to take. Enjoy.

You are now looking at North Korea.  In between the blue buildings there is a cement beam dividing the DMZ between North and South.  The building in the background is the North Korean DMZ head quarters.  Now, when South Korea built the building that is behind me, it ended up being talker than the NK building.  They couldn't stand for that, so they constructed the third floor of their building and even peaked the roof to make it look taller.

This is the US soldier who led the tour.  He obviously hates being stationed at the DMZ and had to qualms of telling us that.  I regret that of all the things he said while I was there, I will probably remember what he said about his wife above anything else.

Standing Guard.  Now, these guys only stand guard while tours are out visiting the conference building--which is good because it was cold that day.  All Korean guys are required to serve 2 years in the service, and only specially qualified guys are stationed at the DMZ. They have to be over 6 feet and be an expert in Tai Kwon Do, plus they all where those large sunglasses so they all look alike to the NKoreans.  This guy gets to stare half into NK and half at the wall. . .this way he is less of a target to any bullets that might come his way.

Can you tell the difference? Who is the NK and who is the SK? 

The man inside the building is a South Korean.  His duty is to make sure no one goes out that door that is behind him--into North Korea.  If you try to pass him or touch him, he is ordered to take you down.

The man outside the building in a North Korean.  While we were inside the conference building, a group of North Korean soldiers came out to observe the tourists.  No communication was made, and they did not cross the border--but they "posed" for some pics.

Dirt: NK   Gravel: SK

Me. Standing in North Korea.  Unfortunately, I could not get a stamp in my passport.

Propaganda Village. North Korea built this town to make them look more prosperous, compared to Freedom Villiage (a SK village that still thrives in the DMZ).  Problem is, no one lives there.  Also, NKs have to have the biggest and best.  Thus after a tall flag pole was set up in Freedom Village, they set up an extremely tall flag pole with a flag that is several stories long and needs an extremely high wind to make it fly. 

The Bridge of No Return.  (Sort of like the bridge in the last Brosnan-James Bond) 

Apparently, POWs were allowed to cross over this bridge into the country of their choice. . .but once the were across they could never go back.  This also is near the area where the Oak Tree Axe Incident took place back in the 1970s.

We stood on a point, with North Korea facing us on three sides--as shown in the spanning above.

Well, there you have it.  A quick trip through the DMZ