Wow what a weekend

Friday night FOI hosted a Korean cultural night and dinner. We have a few of the Koreans come to Bible study and other events, but it was really good to see about 20 come for the dinner. The Koreans who organized it cooked for 6 hours to prepare an amazingly large amount of very delicious food from sushi to kimchi, to the pancake things (I forget their names). All the food was so good, and the students did a great job describing their country. I really would like to visit sometime. Hopefully I will post pictures soon. Saturday Night, the Nepali Student Organization organized an International Music Festival. They asked FOI to be a big part of the show, and since I have some experience with sound engineering, I was put in charge of setting up the sound and running the mixing board. Several times during the night we overdrew power (throwing breakers), but overall it was a great success. I sang one song that I wrote Epic with my Japanese friend Chisato, who did a great job on background vocals, and my friend Cale, who plaid drums. Cale was so into the song that half way through he lost one of his sticks, but he recovered nicely. We also heard from some Indians, Vietnamese, a Brazilian girl, a guy from West Africa, Pakistanis, a band from Mobile, and of course several songs by the Nepalis. It was all great fun.

Johnson Beach Trip

I helped take a bunch of students to the beach today. For many of them, it was their first time to see the ocean. Everyone enjoyed the time very much. The water was cold, but the weather was beautiful. We flew the stunt kite, did relays, and played keep away with a soccer ball. Some of my Nepali friends who arrived in January said that without this trip they would have done nothing exciting all spring break.

Habitat Work Day

Saturday, Amanda and I organized a FOI trip to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity. We had a great time mostly working on pre-build stuff like hammering 2x4 studs into corners and Ts. FOI Habitat Work Day

March Newsletter

March - Nepali Night, Providing for Student's Needs... SINCE before my first trip to their country, I have had great heart for the people of Nepal. They are generally very kind, hospitable, and quite fun to be around, so I was very excited when twenty-seven new Nepali students arrived this January to begin studies. (PDF - 230KB)