tacos.

i miss tacos.  tortas.  burritos.  horchata.  =(

in non-essentials, liberty.

i just had an hour long discussion with my dad about creation.  it started earlier today while we were eating donkatsu.

he argued that adam and eve were in separate places at the time of the serpent's temptation.  i argued that they were together.  in genesis 3:1-6 (read for yourself and tell me what you think), it states that eve was tempted by the serpent, then she saw the tree was desirable to eat because it looked good and would give wisdom, then she took some and ate it.  then she gave some to her husband who was with her.  now my dad thinks that adam and eve were separate during the temptation period and that the period between temptation and sin was long enough for the serpent to leave and adam to come.  i think that adam was there during the temptation and failed to speak out against the serpents temptation.

anyway, that's not the point... haha.  the point is, after we started talking about this, we began to debate about creation.  my dad is an old earth creationist.  he thinks that the earth is a few billion years old and that creation wasn't a literal 6 day event.  i'm a new earth creationist.  i think that God literally created everything in 6 days.

from that, we were talking about adam and eve being the first man and woman on the earth and blah blah blah... yea, you can imagine how it went from there.

i have to admit, i started getting frustrated with my dad.  coming from a pretty conservative background myself, it's hard for me to hear the more liberal argument without getting frustrated.  i know all of it comes from pride in thinking that only my version is right.  but it got me thinking about this quote from st. augustine.  and it's something that i need to consider when i listen to other people's theology.

"in essentials, unity;  in non-essentials, liberty;  in everything, charity."

- st. augustine

it's so easy to get caught up in arguing my theology that i forget the purpose.  the purpose is to show charity, or love.  man.  that's hard.

1 more thing.

1.  walking is fun.  as tiring as it can be, walking is the best way of observing korea.  things are so close together that you can walk from place to place.  it's the way to observe and interact with the surrounding environment.  i should have known this sooner seeing as i enjoy walking a mile to and from school every day.

3 things i've learned in korea.

1.  my korean sucks.  it really really sucks.  i can't even understand what the taxi cab driver is saying to me.  therefore, i'm going to start learning it.  any recommendations?

2.  it's so easy to get sucked into everyday life here.  it's always busy and there's always something to be done.  i forgot to keep praying and if it wasn't for a good piper sermon then i wouldn't have realized that i need to keep praying even when it's easy not to.

3.  i miss being home.  yea yea, i've only been here for two days and this doesn't really count as learning anything except that i've learned how much these things mean to me.  what can i say?  i miss the fellowship of my church.  i miss my sister.  i miss ghana team.  i miss usc.  i miss ur staff.  i miss YOU!  =D

celebrate the day.

it's been a while since i've posted.  haha.  oh well.

anyway, check out this song by relient k.  if you haven't heard it before, check it out here.

lyrics here...

I Celebrate The Day - Relient k

And with this Christmas wish is missed the point I could convey

If only I could find the words to let You know how much You've touched my life

Because here is where You're finding me, in the exact same place as New Year's Eve

And from a lack of my persistency we're less than half as close as I want to be

And the first time that You opened Your eyes 

Did You realize that You would be my Savior

And the first breath that left Your lips

Did You know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I'll compare

The things I felt in prior years

To what this midnight made so clear

That You have come to meet me here

To look back and think that

This baby would one day save me

In the hope that what You did

That you were born so I might live

To look back and think that

This baby would one day save me

And the first time that You opened Your eyes 

Did You realize that You would be my Savior

And the first breath that left Your lips

Did You know that it would change this world forever

And I, I celebrate the day

That You were born to die

So I could one day pray for You to save my life

Pray for You to save my life...