Week 1 of Korea!

Dear Friends and Family,

      The first week (and first portion) of our trip is drawing near to a close, but before giving you a rundown of the week, I would like to thank you all for the dedication you have put into praying for our trip.
       Now, despite a cafeteria version of food that we are not accustomed to, sleepless nights over a lack of A/C, and long nights spent working on our presentation, we are so thankful for everything that has happened on this trip. Although these things may come across as uncomfortable and unpleasant for us, I can honestly say I would not want it any other way. The hardships (if they can even be called that) that we have experienced on this trip have been blessings. For as much we enjoy looking at the light of a picture, without the contrasting darkness, there would be no picture. 
     We were fortunate enough to have proceeded to the final round of the forum, and to have come out with the Championship title! As much as we would like to think that this win came of our brilliance, it didn't.  It's really that simple. So often do we as humans try to take credit for amazing things that occur in our lives, but this placement of hope and awe is misguided and dangerous. We would like you, as devoted readers and fellow Christians, to not think highly of us, but of the God who put us where we are today. Without his hand guiding us the entire way, none of this would be possible. 
    With the tour approaching, new things lie ahead. New journeys. New beginnings. With every room we leave to enter another, we pray we will never become so narrow-minded as to forget the doors and rooms we've left behind. Moreover, we pray we shall never forget whose house we are in in the first place. May we never forget our true calling and purpose in this world. 

With Love from Korea,
   JHF
     
     Deuteronomy 8:3-4 
 3. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 
4. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.