"Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth" - C.S. Lewis

So I FINALLY finished The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. I say finally not in the sense that this book was lengthy, quite the contrary, it's a really small book. I say finally in the sense that it was difficult to get through so much content. The book works in a series with one of my favorite C.S. Lewis books, The Screwtape Letters. I must say that book wasn't easy to get through either, but when all was said and done I was glad I read it. The Great Divorce talks about arriving to heaven from a bus that's route began in hell. The whole premise reminded me of a dream I had once of the apocalypse. Yes, talk about a vivid dream! Side note: Inception has awoken many dream conversations with those around me. Well in this dream there was everything I would associate with an apocalypse, especially lots of fire and four horsemen. Well in my dream there was something like a bus that was taking people into heaven, hence my interest in this book. (Spoiler alert if you ever planned on reading this book) The guy who is going through this is also in a dream state. He wakes up and that's that. And that's exactly what my dream was for me, just that. Granted I would have never anticipated the parallel between my dream and this book as my dream was quite some years ago. Again, it was a pretty intense read, so intense that I read another book within this book, Maggie Griffin's autobiography, Tip It!. Griffin's book was really light-hearted and it was a perfect combo to have with this book. Both great reads.

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So I went rafting this past weekend...so much fun! It was a great ride for a beginner as white water was involved but not so intense that we couldn't handle it and none of our rafts tipped over. The area is really nice too. I would like to it again, but also as a nature walk as the scenery is just amazing. This is the biggest nature experience I have had in a very long time. Everyone really loved it and I feel great that I was a part of it. That Hantangnan River was a great experience.

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I got my visa for my China trip today!!! That was a highlight of the day. I'm ready to go with this trip. Looking forward to it, just need to finish next week's set of summer camp classes then I'm off (^_^)

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Hello neighbor! So I've failed to mention and have only done so with some people that I have some neighbors down the street who are not Korean, like at all. I've even made up a backstory for them. I won't tell you, it's kind of embarrassing. So I always see them everywhere in and around Songtan. I know they see me too. Well I was picking up dinner today and I ran into them again today in the street, but for some reason I decided to initiate a conversation with them. Well I am super glad I did. They're a family from New York (wife, husband, and daughter) who live here because the dad works as a computer IT/programmer for the Air Base. They were super friendly and we exchanged contact info.

Things are going well here. Month 2 is almost done. It's going by fast.



p.s. my backstory.....way off!