First Time

Well, this is officially my first time blogging. I figured that since I live in Busan, South Korea. I should record my thoughts on my life here. I've been here about seven months. What have I learned about Korea? Well, they definitely have a prejudice toward fat people. I am overweight. I've been slowly losing weight, but still overweight. Especially by Korean standards. Some Koreans are nice, especially the younger generation. Generation X-ers! The older generation is completely honest. They have no tact whatsoever. They will come up to me and say, "Big. Diet" Then smile and keep walking. It had gotten to the point where it can be annoying. It's their way of offering advice on how to improve myself. Self-improvement is the focus of people here in Korea. Especially physical appearance. So they don't know that they're being rude, but it still hurts sometimes. I think that I've gotten used to the stares and remarks, as well as anyone could. Now, I smile and try to remember to show the love of Christ to the people. He died for them, so I should be nice to them even if they hurt me. I will say this...if you are a little overweight or a lot overweight, you'll struggle in Korea, at first. It's a different culture and lifestyle. It'll make you stronger, but you need to realize that it's their way. They don't know otherwise. Everything is made for smaller people so you won't find clothes your size at all. You will also try to fit into smaller spaces and will be stared at...a lot. God has blessed me with the Joy of the Lord. Sometimes it's hard to show it here in Korea, but other times it's almost old-hat.  :-)