One Week...

As most of you know, we have been trying to leave the country to teach English for about 9 months.  Well, the time has finally come and we will be leaving in ONE week.  Yikes! 

We started this process back in November of 2012.  We signed contracts to work at universities in Saudi Arabia, and started our visa process.  Well, after 5 months of going back and forth with the Saudi government it was decided we would not be teaching in Saudi.  A week later we started applying to teach in South Korea.  So now after 3 and ½ months we just got the news a week ago that we would be leaving Lubbock on August 21^st!  

We will be working with an organization called Pagoda.  To find out more info you can visit their website here.  We will be in South Korea's second largest city, Busan. It is coastal and beautiful!!!

Some fun facts about South Korea:

• The country is roughly the size of Indiana.
• The countries population is 48,486,823.
• That means there are 1,200 people per square mile.  Yikes.
• The peninsula is surrounded by aprox. 3,000 volcanic islands
• Fruit is a luxury item.  (this is very sad.)  
• Watermelon is one of the most expensive and can range from $15-30 USD.
• Tipping is not required in Korea.
• Most homes in Korea are equipped with heated floors.
• The number “4” is extremely unlucky.
• Religion: 46% no affiliation, 26% Buddhist, 26% Christian, 2% other.

Some fun facts about Busan:

• Busan population is 3.7 million, the same as LA.  However it is half the square miles.
• Busan has the world’s largest department store.
• Busan borders low mountains on the north and west, and the seas on the south and east.
• Busan is the fifth busiest seaport in the world.
• Busan has 17 universities and 9 colleges.
• Busan has FREE public restrooms!

So it's ONE WEEK till we…

are out of our comfort zones again.

are working again.  (this is a big one.)

are leaving our friends and family.

have our own place.

start our new adventure!!!