Homestay life

Today was our first full day at our homestay! Korean homes are small apartments that all look the same. Ours is a 3 bedroom with an open area including a kitchen and a family room. So they are pretty small. Krista and my room ended up being the master bedroom that has a bathroom in it. They offered and we didn't know so we accepted this room. Out host father works for the government 5ish hours away so he is not here during the week. Out host mother barely speaks any English so it has been a challenge! The bathroom attached to our room is quite interesting- there is no shower but a drain in the floor and a shower head/hose attached to the sink faucet. The shower head mounts on the wall and there is no shower curtain or anything. Water goes everywhere in the small bathroom, kinda odd to me!

Anyway, today we had plans to meet Josh and Justin at 1:30 at the subway a few blocks away and go to Busan! But at about 11am we got a bunch of phone calls (our family had already left for school or work) so we finally answered and it was a man saying, in broken English, that he would be at our house at noon. Krista tried to tell him that our family was gone but he hung up! So we went on with our morning. At noon our doorbell rang and rang but we didn't answer it because we didn't know who it was! The phone also started ringing non stop. After about 10 minutes we heard the code to our door being punched in and the door opened. I was in our room still doing my makeup and hair. It was a man from the church coming to take us to lunch! I had not gotten dressed yet! But we told him we would be ready in 2 minutes. So we ended up at the church without makeup on or our hair done! Oh well. I'm learning all about language barriers.

Krista and I just got done talking to our host brother before we go to bed. He is 15 in Korean age (everyone turns a year older on Jan 1st of their birth year here) and he wants to come to America to NNU or Nampa Christian High School and grow up to be a diplomat! He is pretty cute, with pretty good English! His name is David and my host sisters name is Hannah and she is 16 in Korean age. They are a very hardworking and smart family! What a fun experience living with them!!