Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Sunrise Camping
We got in late last night from our camping trip and I just didn't have any energy left to get on here and post about it. Wow, it was an awesome trip, but we are still worn out! We packed up and loaded the van yesterday afternoon. We were ready to head out when we noticed the front right van tire was almost flat. SO, off to the Hyundai Service Center to get the tire plugged. It is our family...you know it couldn't go as planned. After a good 30 minute wait, we were finally off. THEN, we realized that we had forgotten our big pot for curry. SO, we had to find a grocery store and buy a pot. After that last stop, we were finally on the way for real.
We got to Surise Peak at about 5:30 (we were supposed to be there at 4:30). We met up with some other missionaries we work with and headed to the closest beach to find where the tourist were setting up for the night. We had girls tent and a guys tent...the girls set up their tent faster I might add! LOL! As soon as we got camp all settled, we started on dinner. Well, Clark started on dinner and the rest of us took turns helping him chop and keeping an eye on the kiddos and Chin Goo (our dog). Clark fixed his famous Curry Rice. Now, I have to take a minute and brag on my husband...he has the best curry on the island! If you ever come to our house for dinner there is a good chance that HE will cook and prepare his curry rather than me fixing something. It is absolutely delicious! Monday night was no exception...when he was finished everyone around us was looking our way because it smelled so good! We all gathered round and enjoyed sweet fellowship and good food. After dinner came clean up and an early bed time.
Once again, the camping trip wasn't without sand in our bed (not to mention the dirt the dog brought into the tent...YUCK! It also had 3 middle of the night bathroom runs with my old daugther. The baby once again wore herself out to the point that she just couldn't go any more and passed out in the ten shortly after we turned out the lanterns. It was indenependence day in Korea, so we got TONS of fireworks that were beautiful throughout the night as well.
The alarm clock went off way too early in my opinion. We were up at 4:15 am and went over to wake the boys tent up at 4:45. By 5:15 we were on our way back to Sunrise Peak. We started the hike up at 5:24 and made it to the top right at 5:45! My oldest girl made the steep hike with Clark and I (as well as Tali...another missionary here and 2 other MK's who tagged along) in 20 minutes. I was SOO proud of my big girl! She didn't once complain or whine! It was so early and a hard climb and she hung in there and did a GREAT job!! Now, I need to explain that it is recomended to give youselves 30 minutes normally and 45 min to an hour with young children! We pushed through and did an awesome job hiking up! I had the baby (all 20 pounds of her) in the sling which made me work all the harder...but what a good workout it was!
When we rounded the corner after the last set of steps, we came face to face with at least 150 who had gotten an earlier start than we had (maybe even 250)!! There were people everywhere you turned and everyone had a camera aimed in a different direction. It was like walking through a mine field...one wrong step and FLASH you were in a picture! Well, we found a bare piece of ground and settled in to wait for the sun to rise. We got some water, ate some fruit and home made oatmeal bars (thanks Tali). We were having a good time visiting when all of a sudden at exactlt 5:59 we heard a collective gasp that sounded like it took every bit of fresh are from the top of that mountain. "AHHHHH"! We turned to see what had happened and you could just see the very tip of the sun peeking out from behind a cloud. It was the funniest thing I have ever heard, I SO wish I would have had my video camera going so we could have documented the gasp!
As the sun continued to come up the colors became more and more beautiful! As I stood there I could feel the Creator of it all in the midst of it and I couldn't help but praise Him! Oh, it was amazing! It was so humbling to sit and think that the creator of the whole Universe also created me and loved me enough to die for my sins. As the sun continued to rise all the difficulties of the morning melted away! It was worth waking up at 4:15, of making the hard climb, of being in the heat! I was so glad that we made the decision to come out and climb!
We sat and watched the sun come all the way up. We took lots of pictures and had a wonderful morning on the mountain top! At 7:00 we finally started heading back down. We were back at the campsite by 8:00 where we are breakfast, cleaned up, and broke down camp. We loaded up the vans and were ready to go by 10:30 am. We could tell that both of the girls were worn out and in much need of a nap. So, we decided to drive around the coastal roads and let them nap in the comfort of the airconditioned van. The girls napped and we drove around looking at the beauty of Jeju, snapping lots of pictures and enjoying sweet fellowship. We even enjoyed a nice picnic style lunch in the comfort of the van AC!
We finally pulled into our next destination, Hamdoek Beach, at about 2 pm. We hit the water and had 2 hours of playing and splashing. Between the red head, the baby, and the mini dauschuend we made quite the sceene! Everyone who passed us had to stop and talk to us about one of them! It was SO refreshing to get in the cool water for a good swim.
4:00 came fast and it was time to start beach ministry. We had a great afternoon of serving the Lord and sharing His Good News! We spent two hours sharing with the beach workers and beach goers and our day was finally ending at 6 pm. We hit the shower room and grabbed some dinner and finally got back to our apartment at 8:30 pm. It was a LONG day...our longest one in a long time. We walked in the door and within an hour both girls were sacked out. Clark and I unloaded the van and got things settled in the apartment before following them.
It was a fun overnight trip with friends and family. I am so glad that God has provided us the opportunity to do fun things like this! SO, without further ramblings...here are some pictures of our last 24 hours! You can click on each image to make it larger.
We got to Surise Peak at about 5:30 (we were supposed to be there at 4:30). We met up with some other missionaries we work with and headed to the closest beach to find where the tourist were setting up for the night. We had girls tent and a guys tent...the girls set up their tent faster I might add! LOL! As soon as we got camp all settled, we started on dinner. Well, Clark started on dinner and the rest of us took turns helping him chop and keeping an eye on the kiddos and Chin Goo (our dog). Clark fixed his famous Curry Rice. Now, I have to take a minute and brag on my husband...he has the best curry on the island! If you ever come to our house for dinner there is a good chance that HE will cook and prepare his curry rather than me fixing something. It is absolutely delicious! Monday night was no exception...when he was finished everyone around us was looking our way because it smelled so good! We all gathered round and enjoyed sweet fellowship and good food. After dinner came clean up and an early bed time.
Once again, the camping trip wasn't without sand in our bed (not to mention the dirt the dog brought into the tent...YUCK! It also had 3 middle of the night bathroom runs with my old daugther. The baby once again wore herself out to the point that she just couldn't go any more and passed out in the ten shortly after we turned out the lanterns. It was indenependence day in Korea, so we got TONS of fireworks that were beautiful throughout the night as well.
The alarm clock went off way too early in my opinion. We were up at 4:15 am and went over to wake the boys tent up at 4:45. By 5:15 we were on our way back to Sunrise Peak. We started the hike up at 5:24 and made it to the top right at 5:45! My oldest girl made the steep hike with Clark and I (as well as Tali...another missionary here and 2 other MK's who tagged along) in 20 minutes. I was SOO proud of my big girl! She didn't once complain or whine! It was so early and a hard climb and she hung in there and did a GREAT job!! Now, I need to explain that it is recomended to give youselves 30 minutes normally and 45 min to an hour with young children! We pushed through and did an awesome job hiking up! I had the baby (all 20 pounds of her) in the sling which made me work all the harder...but what a good workout it was!
When we rounded the corner after the last set of steps, we came face to face with at least 150 who had gotten an earlier start than we had (maybe even 250)!! There were people everywhere you turned and everyone had a camera aimed in a different direction. It was like walking through a mine field...one wrong step and FLASH you were in a picture! Well, we found a bare piece of ground and settled in to wait for the sun to rise. We got some water, ate some fruit and home made oatmeal bars (thanks Tali). We were having a good time visiting when all of a sudden at exactlt 5:59 we heard a collective gasp that sounded like it took every bit of fresh are from the top of that mountain. "AHHHHH"! We turned to see what had happened and you could just see the very tip of the sun peeking out from behind a cloud. It was the funniest thing I have ever heard, I SO wish I would have had my video camera going so we could have documented the gasp!
As the sun continued to come up the colors became more and more beautiful! As I stood there I could feel the Creator of it all in the midst of it and I couldn't help but praise Him! Oh, it was amazing! It was so humbling to sit and think that the creator of the whole Universe also created me and loved me enough to die for my sins. As the sun continued to rise all the difficulties of the morning melted away! It was worth waking up at 4:15, of making the hard climb, of being in the heat! I was so glad that we made the decision to come out and climb!
We sat and watched the sun come all the way up. We took lots of pictures and had a wonderful morning on the mountain top! At 7:00 we finally started heading back down. We were back at the campsite by 8:00 where we are breakfast, cleaned up, and broke down camp. We loaded up the vans and were ready to go by 10:30 am. We could tell that both of the girls were worn out and in much need of a nap. So, we decided to drive around the coastal roads and let them nap in the comfort of the airconditioned van. The girls napped and we drove around looking at the beauty of Jeju, snapping lots of pictures and enjoying sweet fellowship. We even enjoyed a nice picnic style lunch in the comfort of the van AC!
We finally pulled into our next destination, Hamdoek Beach, at about 2 pm. We hit the water and had 2 hours of playing and splashing. Between the red head, the baby, and the mini dauschuend we made quite the sceene! Everyone who passed us had to stop and talk to us about one of them! It was SO refreshing to get in the cool water for a good swim.
4:00 came fast and it was time to start beach ministry. We had a great afternoon of serving the Lord and sharing His Good News! We spent two hours sharing with the beach workers and beach goers and our day was finally ending at 6 pm. We hit the shower room and grabbed some dinner and finally got back to our apartment at 8:30 pm. It was a LONG day...our longest one in a long time. We walked in the door and within an hour both girls were sacked out. Clark and I unloaded the van and got things settled in the apartment before following them.
It was a fun overnight trip with friends and family. I am so glad that God has provided us the opportunity to do fun things like this! SO, without further ramblings...here are some pictures of our last 24 hours! You can click on each image to make it larger.
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