Still Here

Just after 8pm this evening, we began a viewing of “Finding Nemo” for about 40 children and adults. This came after a successful day of english lessons and games for all the children that stopped by. We had been busy preparing right up until the first handful of people arrived, which consisted of cleaning up the embassy, hanging photos, buying supplies for the games our resident creative thinkers concocted in their creative minds.

Now that we have reached an agreement with the people of Jangsaengpo, our presence here is slightly less in limbo, which makes it just a little less stressful moving forward. (Just a little.) Some of the friends we made brought snacks which were shared with all, as well as traditional Korean drums (I’m sure there is an actual name for them, but being the American that I am…)

The performance from this handful of girls looked and sounded amazing – and this tiny, adorable girl whaling (no pun intended) on a drum half her size, was quite impressive.

Jan had this idea for a sort of mini-golf thing, which turned out to be a huge success…and as it was/is still a work in progress, some of the children got involved in building it themselves, hammering away…Our volunteer English teachers from Ulsan and Seoul arrived in the most dedicated fashion, and even helped with cooking and cleaning, so a huge THANK YOU to you guys!! We appreciate your presence more than you know.

Much more preparations are in order as Ocean’s Day is three days away, and it will be an enormous opportunity to reach countless people about protecting Korea’s whales and oceans; our whales and oceans. So keep your eye on us and watch what beautiful things unfold.

Kelly