Thursday, November 02, 2006
Member Care, Waterfalls, and Cinnabun!
Yesterday was a fun day. We had a special visit from our company's Member Care. This is a couple who travels around helping all of our missionaries. Well, they finally made their way to Jeju for a whole week and they are spending a day with each missionary unit (family) and yesterday was our day. They came to our place around noon and they were greeted by two excited little girls and a hyperactive dog! I quickly rounded up my crew so they could get in the door! Bug was SO excited to have Uncle Bill and Aunt Shelley here that she started talking and we couldn't find the off switch! She read them an entire book, told them all of Daddy's secrets from the past, and recited her Bible verses and poems for them. Bean drug out every toy she could find to show them. OH MY, the show was on!
We finally got the house some what recovered from all the excitement and headed to our favorite Korean Galbi place! Thank goodness my shoes didn't wander off this time! Lunch was delicious. We had Korean Twegi Galbi with all kinds of PanChans (side dishes). When we were stuffed beyond belief we loaded up in the van and took a drive along the coast. This is one of our favorite things to take visitors to do! The coast of Jeju is SO beautiful and unique. There are very few sandy beaches and most of the sandy beaches are man made. Instead the beaches are covered in lava rocks. The rocks are huge and no two have the same shape! While driving we also like to go on a Haenyo hunt to try to find some of the ladies out diving. Unfortunately today, none were to be found.
We made our way up the coast and ended up at a waterfall...actually 3 waterfalls! We haven't been to this area since Papa was here for a visit! We hiked down to the first fall and were disappointed to see it was dried up (it is dry season on the island). However, the pool at the bottom of the fall was crystal clear. We could see the bottom all the way out in the center! It was BEAUTIFUL!! There are lots of lava rocks at the base of the fall as well and Bug couldn't resist the urge to play on them. The water was FREEZING and and there was a nice gentle breeze that was giving us that crisp fall air! We had a blast examining all the rocks and even the algae. We were all across back on solid land except for the Bug! She made the jump from that last rock to the sidewalk and she missed...OH YES SHE DID! Both legs, her stomach, her chest and one arm went under! Tears immediately followed! Clark and I bit our lips and held in the laugh so as not to look like awful parents. Daddy went to the rescue and fished her out and held her in a cradle position just like a little baby! I was able to get the wet shirt off from her (much to her dismay in front of all the Koreans around) and put a jacket on her so at least her top was dry. Clark then picked her back up and carried her all the way back up the hill and to the van. Our visitors, Bean and I went on to see the other waterfall while Hero Daddy drove her 20 minutes back to our place to change clothes.
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Aunt Shelley, Uncle Bill, little Bean, and I all walked on to see the beautiful BIG fall. It was, as always, an amazing sight! We opted to pass on the 3rd waterfall and just head up to the bridge to look out over the falls. Then we walked 15 minutes down the road to the Cinnabun to wait on Clark and Bug. We enjoyed getting out of the cool air and into the cozy Coffee House. We had a great visit and Clark and Bug soon joined us to finish out the day!
The rest of the day was rather uneventful. We visited for well over an hour at Cinnabun, just catching up on what has been going on with each other. Then we headed to the Herb Hamburger shop and had a delicious dinner before heading back to our place. By the time we got home Bean was out for the night and Bug was ready to veg out in front of the TV for a few minutes before she finally passed out for the night too. We said good-bye to our dear friends and were so thankful for a good day out and a break from all the packing!
We finally got the house some what recovered from all the excitement and headed to our favorite Korean Galbi place! Thank goodness my shoes didn't wander off this time! Lunch was delicious. We had Korean Twegi Galbi with all kinds of PanChans (side dishes). When we were stuffed beyond belief we loaded up in the van and took a drive along the coast. This is one of our favorite things to take visitors to do! The coast of Jeju is SO beautiful and unique. There are very few sandy beaches and most of the sandy beaches are man made. Instead the beaches are covered in lava rocks. The rocks are huge and no two have the same shape! While driving we also like to go on a Haenyo hunt to try to find some of the ladies out diving. Unfortunately today, none were to be found.
We made our way up the coast and ended up at a waterfall...actually 3 waterfalls! We haven't been to this area since Papa was here for a visit! We hiked down to the first fall and were disappointed to see it was dried up (it is dry season on the island). However, the pool at the bottom of the fall was crystal clear. We could see the bottom all the way out in the center! It was BEAUTIFUL!! There are lots of lava rocks at the base of the fall as well and Bug couldn't resist the urge to play on them. The water was FREEZING and and there was a nice gentle breeze that was giving us that crisp fall air! We had a blast examining all the rocks and even the algae. We were all across back on solid land except for the Bug! She made the jump from that last rock to the sidewalk and she missed...OH YES SHE DID! Both legs, her stomach, her chest and one arm went under! Tears immediately followed! Clark and I bit our lips and held in the laugh so as not to look like awful parents. Daddy went to the rescue and fished her out and held her in a cradle position just like a little baby! I was able to get the wet shirt off from her (much to her dismay in front of all the Koreans around) and put a jacket on her so at least her top was dry. Clark then picked her back up and carried her all the way back up the hill and to the van. Our visitors, Bean and I went on to see the other waterfall while Hero Daddy drove her 20 minutes back to our place to change clothes.
Aunt Shelley, Uncle Bill, little Bean, and I all walked on to see the beautiful BIG fall. It was, as always, an amazing sight! We opted to pass on the 3rd waterfall and just head up to the bridge to look out over the falls. Then we walked 15 minutes down the road to the Cinnabun to wait on Clark and Bug. We enjoyed getting out of the cool air and into the cozy Coffee House. We had a great visit and Clark and Bug soon joined us to finish out the day!
The rest of the day was rather uneventful. We visited for well over an hour at Cinnabun, just catching up on what has been going on with each other. Then we headed to the Herb Hamburger shop and had a delicious dinner before heading back to our place. By the time we got home Bean was out for the night and Bug was ready to veg out in front of the TV for a few minutes before she finally passed out for the night too. We said good-bye to our dear friends and were so thankful for a good day out and a break from all the packing!
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