Lazy Saturday

Hello, everybody! We're comin' at you live from our living room! It's Saturday afternoon, the windows are open and the weather is beautiful. Sarah is reading something about Anne of Seven Gables or some such thing. I have been studying the photography bidness and we are both enjoying a sunny, serene Saturday. Sarah will be going to the school for a special classroom presentation for parents at 5:00. I think I'll take my camera out on the town. I've been taking a lot of pictures lately. You might be surprised at all the new uploads on flickr. Hint, hint. Hopefully, after tonight, there will be more.

I'm getting even more excited about the wedding in October. I just read some tips on staying healthy on the plane. I'll be wearing a mask and wiping everything down with antibacterial gels. I need to purchase a new neck pillow also. I wonder if they would let me on the flight with a full bio hazard suit. That would so totally rock.

Can you believe that we've been here for 19 1/2 months? Just yesterday I actually had a small feeling of panic that I would leave some sort of job unfinished here. Most of our Korea prayers lately have been about making sure we don't sell the experience short. We don't want to waste the last 4-5 months pining away for home. On the other hand, I don't think we'll see all the implications of this thing until we are home for a while. God is awesome!

Love,

Micah

When Pigs Flu

Swine flu. Yes, it has finally become much more real to us. We've been hearing of nearby schools that have had to close down because of it, and then this afternoon we received our own little announcement that our school must close down. I'm not sure what the protocol is in schools Stateside, but here if there is even one case of it, the whole school must close down for a week. We have our 1st reported case of it. Luckily it's just the one case, and hopefully it will be the last. We are fortunately able to do internet classes, so us closing down won't affect our vacation time (as was first thought), and other than not meeting in the classroom, the school schedule will pretty much continue on as usual. We just stocked up on groceries and are planning to lay low for the next week.
On a positive note, something miraculous has happened to me (literally:) When I was 17 I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia. As the years have progressed it has begun to bother me more and more. One morning a couple months ago I woke up with severe chest pains (from all the acid coming up) and had to see the doctor. He gave me a stronger prescription and sent me on my way. I've been trying to keep the prescription filled and avoid spicy and acidic food. Two weeks ago I found out that a father of one of my students is a specialist for this kind of thing. I went to see him and he told me that he wanted to do an endoscopy to see what was going on. The appointment was set for a Saturday morning (this past one). On Tuesdays, my school has morning devotion time. During this last week's devotions, all of my co-workers prayed for me, and my stomach felt much better the rest of the week. I went to the hospital on Saturday for the endoscopy. When I awoke from the procedure I was told that the doctor found NO traces of the hernia and that there was no damage to my esophagus or my stomach! All I could do was smile and say, "What!?!" I can still hardly believe it! I've been living pain-free for about a week now, and I see no reason why I won't continue:) I don't know what they prayed that Tuesday (since it was all in Korean), but whatever it was, God heard and He answered. I am so thankful!
I'm not really sure how to close a post like this, I just hope it will encourage people to not quit praying and to know that God really does hear us when we pray...and He cares. Love, Sarah
By the way, I came up with the title after Sarah wrote the post. ~Micah