Imreadyforchange’s Weblog

T minus 8 days until our one way ticket lands in Korea. We’ve said a lot of our goodbyes and are currently in Vancouver spending time with Daniel’s family before we head off.

I now find myself in the mode of trying to think of things I will miss, so that I will pay extra attention to them now or appreciate it even more. I don’t want to be living proof of the cliche, “You never know what you have until it is gone.”

So far I’ve come up with:

1. Fresh air – apparently the pollution is pretty bad there. They don’t recommend outdoor physical activity. I don’t know how you can appreciate this aspect more. I guess I breathe a little deeper here.

2. Canadian Autumns – how can you beat the changing colour of the leaves and that sound of leaves crunching underneath your feet; not to mention that perfect temperature of wearing a sweater and jeans but not having to wear a jacket.

3. Car rides – Daniel and I love car rides. For some reason we’ve had so many great conversations while driving. We will be going “green” while living in Korea, so public transportation it is!

4. Understanding what people are saying – though I plan to learn Korean while we are living there (and thanks to my mother-in-law, I am currently learning the Korean alphabet), it’s going to take A WHILE!!! Thank the Lord we will be ministering in English and that there is an international community. Grocery shopping will be a pain in the butt though. I need to learn how to say “toilet paper” in Korean – that would be horrible to have to act out :S

5. Rooms – the apartments we are looking at seem to be very “loft” style. I’ve always wanted to live in a loft style home, until I realized that I really like walls.

6. Family and friends – nothing can replace!

Our First Goodbye - Montreal.

Our Second Goodbye - Family in Ottawa.