That's a lot of talking!

Another Wednesday is over and my throat is tired from all that talking!  Three classes to start the day.  Then a subway ride four stops away, and I'm off to the second school and six classes.  Today's lunch was curry rice (curry gravy with carrots and onions, over rice), soup with tofu and some greens in it...very tasty, yellow radishes, pickled and very crunchy, kimchee, and a small bottle of liquid yogurt, juicy fruit flavor.  Once the children are done eating, they take their trays to a table, scrape any extra food into one bowl, put the silverware in another bowl, and then stack their trays and bowls.  The next stop before they leave their cafeteria is to get water (mul).  There is a small cooler with metal cups, juice glass size, stacked up, and there is a water dispenser next to the cooler with the cups.  Once your take your drink, the cups are then deposited through a round hole below the table holding the cooler.  Unlike anything I've ever seen before...but it seems to work.  Six classes (20 minutes each), and then a 10-minute walk to the after school day care.  These kids are older and a lot of fun.  There were three girls today (one more than usual), and 9 boys.  The boys are all noisy and rowdy like little boys are...and they tend to intimidate the shy girls.  But they play together well and are fun to teach.  Below are some more pictures of my little cuties.

I've started craving American foods...pizza, ham, tacos, etc.  It's hard to find GOOD foods that we're used to.  Not that I'm unhappy with Korean foods, but there's just nothing like the taste of home.  Still haven't been able to find good japchae...I'm on a quest for that...it's on my list.

Two more girls from the states arrive today to join the Holt Homecoming Program.  One girl is from Washington DC area (Liz), one from Florida (Kate).  It will be the first trip home for Liz and the second trip for Kate.  I think they will both be studying Korean at a university while they are here.  It's great to have more English-speakers here, although we're finding more and more, as teaching English is a popular job for expats.  I think we will go as a group to Holt's Ilsan Center, where Molly Holt lives (Bertha and Harry Holt's daughter), and a number of handicapped orphans.  It's also the burial place for Bertha and Harry Holt, the couple who had the vision to start orphanages many years ago.  I am grateful to them for the work they created.