Here, on the shores of Sokcho, we now come to the end of our Fellowship.

Well, our time in South Korea is nearly at an end. It's precisely midnight on Saturday night, the 20th of December, as I write this. In five-and-a-half hours, our friends Jenny and Rachel will meet us outside our building to drive us to the Sokcho intercity bus terminal for the 6 am bus to Gangneung (the closest big city), and from there we will take an 8 am bus to Incheon Airport for a 2 pm flight back to O'Hare Airport (via Tokyo).

Our last week has been hectic but wonderful, full of goodbye dinners and parties and gifts from our students. I'm sure Aubrey will soon post all the wonderful pictures she's taken. Right now, however, we're just reflecting on the end of a major part of our lives. We've been married for less than four years, but two of those years have been spent in South Korea. This experience has changed us profoundly. We will truly miss this country, this culture, and the many friends we have made here. As I told our friends after our final goodbye party this evening, a part of who we now are is who they have helped us become. We will carry our memories of them with us for the rest of our lives.

Now we're looking forward to the next chapter of our lives in the US. We don't know what God has in store for us, but we know the great things He did for us here in the Land of Morning Calm. And we are profoundly grateful.

Paul's new blog.

Yes, I finally have a place for my big mouth to call home: http://www.onethoughtafteranother.blogspot.com.

Just FYI.

Tyranny on the Left Coast

This is my official take on the behavior of opponents of Proposition 8 (the California ballot provision that amended the state constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage) after the election, if you're interested in reading it.