Spring is coming :)

Spring is starting to arrive here. So the weather is warming up and trees and flowers are beginning to bloom. It's exciting and beautiful to watch. It's my favorite season here. Being from Florida you don't get to see anything like this. There's mainly only one season. Summer. And for the most part the weather is either very hot or rainy. Not that I'm complaining, I love Florida. I'm a Florida girl. I'm enjoying my ministry. I have a nice RV that I mentioned in my last blog. It's been nice. So this week I visited her after I hadn't seen her for a few weeks. She was on spring break. (She's an English teacher here, so when the kids have off so does she.) So we made plans to meet up again after the break. We shared a nice conversation. I invited her to the assembly and while she said she couldn't come because on the weekends she goes over to visit her fiancee (who's from Bangladesh) who lives in another town. I showed her some videos about the resurrection from the 2014 convention in order to show her what our assemblies and conventions are like. So after watching those it sparked some questions and she asked me about the resurrection. I quickly used the tract on that subject and showed her some scriptures and she said she'd never heard of the resurrection like that before. So I offered to show her more about it next time using the Bible teach book and she agreed. She said she was excited, she likes to learn and was eager to hear more!!!!😀😀😀 I was so thrilled. And earlier that day I went out in morning service. We preached at a University. It just so happened my partner and I landed on the floor where all the native English speaking professors are. So we were looking around. We ran across the information office. We went in to ask. At first the woman at the desk was a bit uncertain as to why I was there, but I tried to be as polite and professional as possible. [LOL] All of sudden she begins looking at a list and then checking her computer and tells me all the native professors on that floor. She even tells me one is in his office now and he isn't working and we can go to see him if we want. My partner and I thank her and then go to find his office. We both were really nervous. So as we're standing in front of the door we say a quick prayer to Jah and ask for Holy Spirit. Then I knock on the door and the man says to come in. I immediately introduce myself and offer him a JW business card. He was very nice and took it and I was able to have a brief yet good conversation with him. After we left I let out a huge sigh of relief and say to my partner 'I was soooooo nervous'. 🤣 It was so great and a really wonderful day. Jah knows exactly what we need.:) I was so nervous that I was so hyper. All the nerves rushed to my mouth that day and I think I didn't know how to calm down. I know Jah really helped me out, cuz if it wasn't for Him I wouldn't be able to do it. Next weekend is our English assembly. I look forward to it. I think I'm settling in here more and more. A sister from my hall is tutoring me in Korean and I help her out with English. I really like it. I really feel I'm learning a lot. I also have some more work now. Jah always provides. And Sam and I are also doing good. Growing together as a couple, spiritually and personally. I keep you all in my prayers and thank you for reading my blog. Till next time.👋

Spring is coming

Service together

Great service day

Konichiwa^^

So I know it's been awhile since my last post. So recently I'm really excited because I have a really awesome return visit turned Bible study. I've been in this territory for about a year and it took me awhile until I could find a decent and steady return visit. It's a woman who is from Oklahoma. She has an interest in the Bible and we text often as well. I left her a magazine and the next time I visited her she had marked it all. And then she asked me a question regarding our Bible translation. So I asked if I could come back and consider with her more about it and she agreed. She's engaged to a man from Bangladesh. They met here in Korea.
This month we went to Tokyo, Japan to get my spousal visa. We had been doing a lot of preparing and praying too. Jehovah really took care of us. He helped us to find a great couple that hosted us in their home. And they really helped us a lot to get around. They even took us to Bethel. Jehovah's organization is truly united and full of love. It turns out the first time I planned to go to Osaka, Japan I was looking for a place to stay. So I asked a sister from Australia to ask her friends in Japan. The friends she asked was this couple. And they asked a friend of theirs who asked the couple who I stayed with in Osaka. [Confusing, I know;)]  Only in Jehovah's organization. Best part of all of course was we got the visa!! My husband was so relieved, me as well. Our trip was a success!!
Being in Tokyo made my husband and I feel like we were on a second honeymoon. We had a lot of fun, spending whole days together and touring the city together, finding our way around crowded and confusing subways, having sore feet and blisters together, being complete tourists together.

On our way to Tokyo

Japanese Curry. Our first meal in Japan. Our host couple cooked it for us.

Tokyo Tower

Donkatsu. Japanese fried pork cutlet.

Japanese Nabe. A vegetable and meatball stew.

Skytree

Matcha. Green tea ice cream

Takoyaki. Flour based snack with octopus and vegetables inside.

Sophie & Caleb

After the Japanese meeting

Outside of Japan Bethel

Ramen

Weekend trip

I was glad to see the positive feedback from my last blog. It was very encouraging. I love writing, so this gives me more motive for writing and sharing my work. This past weekend we visited my in laws house out in the country. It was about a 5 hour drive from Gimhae (the town I live in) to their town. It's a quaint town with a small population, very quiet. You definitely need a car to get around. The town is surrounded by the ocean.  The scenery is pretty, the sun glistens off the back of the blue ocean water. The air is fresh and pure. We spent the night there. I'll admit after a few hours I was feeling bored. There isn't much to do there. The next morning we visited my parents in law Kingdom Hall. Their congregation is made up of 26 publishers and their territory covers about 4-5 towns. The friends are very kind and humble. I felt a difference in attitude with country people compared to city people. They were very humble and down to earth. It was refreshing to not have so many people stare at me just because I'm a foreigner. I made a small comment at the meeting that my husband prepared for me on the spot. (He wanted me to make a comment 😆😆) After that we had lunch and then went on a mini field trip around the town. We saw the ocean, which is pretty but you can't swim in it. It's very muddy. We came back home on Sunday evening. So that was my weekend :) Talk to you until my next post... which will be coming soon..😉

The Kingdom Hall

Standing in front of Treasure Island

Family Shot

The ocean

A new chapter... Married and moved

I don't know where to begin. So many things have happened these past years. I think it all started about 2015 when I decided to travel to South Korea. Or maybe before that when I moved back to Florida after living in Ecuador. But I'll get to that another time. Now I'm a married woman. Almost for one month. We got married November 26th. It was such a happy day 💜😃. Now I'm living in South Korea. We're serving together in an English group. I've made many friends here and special memories that I'll treasure forever and that have also changed me. And I'm really happy with my new husband who's also my best friend. But despite all of the happiness it doesn't come without its difficulties. Sometimes I miss home and my mom and friends. I miss being in a place where I know the language and exactly what to do and how and where to go. The food sometimes too. Serving in a group in a foreign country can be challenging too at times. Sometimes I feel sad, or homesick. And I feel like maybe I'm not doing enough or a good job. But thankfully I have a supportive husband who always sticks by my side and of course Jehovah. And I've made nice friends. That's also why I like writing too. It's my way of letting my mind and thoughts flow freely, be creative and share things with others. So this is my first blog. I hope you enjoy. I will try my best to keep it as up to date as possible. Till next time.

Our wedding 11/26/16

Ceremony talk

Mr. & Mrs,