Hi family! Here we are! This is our little boy Jae-Won Choi, age 10. He is an active and humerous little guy. He loves the snow! We went out and bought him boots yesterday and then went toboganning with Michael (Grace and Joseph's little guy). That was new to him, but he loves being outside. He is learning how to play. He stayed at Michael's while we went curling last night. He had a lot of fun! In Korea we were told he goes to school six days a week from 8 am to 8pm, including tutors after school. He is ADHD, and on medication for it. He is also on med's for seizures (epilepsy). He's great though. I think the time change and the "thinking" in English is tiring him out.

As I speak, he and Al are building a snow fort outside. Al is cutting boards and nailing it and they have formed a "shell out of wood." Jae-Won is shovelling snow on top of it, to make it into a fort.

We have enjoyed our first few days with him. Only, we are both feeling a little short on sleep. The first night he arrived 11:40 p.m. and we got to bed only around 1:30 a.m. as he called his mom, and then we unpacked a few things. For him it was 3 p.m.! They are 15 hours ahead of us. He left and arrived at the same time - 15 hour flight! 2nd night he woke up around 2:30 a.m., went to the washroom, but then we heard him again a few minutes later. Al checked on him and he said "finish sleeping". He felt frustrated and agitated. He said, "Hungry" - I guess it was supper time in Korea. I ended up sitting beside his bed for one hour and he eventually did fall asleep again. It's really hard when you can't talk to each other!

Al and I both go back to work tomorrow. Jae-Won will go to school with me as he will be in a gr. 4 class. He just completed Grade 4 in Korea. This is a first for Linden, to accept a young, short-term exchange student. Rob Charach did me a favour, but who knows, maybe it will be the start of something. I think it's a great mission field. Jae-Won comes from a buddhist home.

I will also be driving Paul and Lisa's (neighbor who lent P & S a car last summer) girl to school in the morning, Jordan. She' in my class. Pray for me because I am not going to have much "quiet space" (which we both need.) But this is good, we have both agreed already this is our "stepping out of the boat" experience in FAITH. Gotta go take pictures of my man and son!

Love, Brenda