The Roberts in Korea

Guests!

Last weekend we enjoyed a visit from the Gestrin family from Eagle, Idaho.  Bruce and Barb Gestrin and their son Tyler were visiting South Korea and they came down to Daejeon for a couple of days to visit us.  It was fun seeing them.  We took them to Jaeyoung's for some "authentic" Korean food and showed them around Daejeon a bit.

They spent half a day visiting TCIS and enjoyed taking in the sights and the story of our school.  It was great to have the Gestrins as our "guests."

Bball Has Begun

The volleyball season ended on a Saturday and basketball tryouts started on the next Monday.  Becca made the TCIS girls' varsity basketball team and Sarah made the girls' junior varsity basketball team.  Less than two weeks after tryouts the regular season games began.

The two teams travel together to games all over South Korea.  So far there have been more wins than losses and both Sarah and Becca are playing well.  Sarah fell and hurt her right arm in the second game of the season, but after some ice, acupuncture and a week's rest she is back on the court.  Stayed tuned for more basketball action.

Research Man from Jerome

This is a picture of St. Jerome.  In some places on the Internet this picture is titled, "Research Man."  For four days last week I was the "Research Man from Jerome". . . Jerome, Idaho that is.

I (Ryan) took some personal days away from work and the family and did some work on my Doctor of Ministry project thesis.  I spent four days holed up in a hotel in Seoul.  I spent the better part of the time sitting at the desk in my hotel room writing and wrestling with my paper.  I only left my room for two reasons:  Starbucks coffee and food.

Speaking of food, I ventured into a little place near my hotel for lunch one day and was pleasantly surprised by the Korean cuisine.  It was some of the best Korean food that I have eaten in the five years that I have lived in this county.  Needless to say, I visited the restaurant a "few" more times during my four days of writing.

Oh, the paper?  I made some serious gains.  I wrote and submitted an entire chapter as a result of the time away and I only have two more chapters to go.  I feel good about where I am going in the paper and feel confident that I can submit a completed rough draft to my professor by mid-December.

Daughter Days

The first nine weeks of the school year is behind us.  Sarah is well into her Freshman year of high school and Becca's Junior year is nearly half gone.  The days have been full of volleyball games, grumpy mornings, laughter, friends, sleepovers, chick-flick movies, homework, Facebook and family.

As the days speed by, a wake of joy remains as I share them with my daughters.

 

Sarah Volleyball Tourney

Sarah had a great season of girls' junior varsity volleyball.  She enjoyed playing the sport and traveling around Korea to games at the various schools in the league. 

The junior varsity tournament was last weekend at Osan American High School.  Sarah's team finished the tournament in fifth place and felt good about their season.  We are proud of Sarah.

KAIAC!!

The girl's varsity volleyball season wrapped up this past weekend with the Korean-American Interscholastic Activities Conference (KAIAC) tournament.  The Lady Dragons of TCIS finished the regular season in third place.  The KAIAC tournament was held at Korea International School in Seoul.  The Dragons played well and ended up taking third place in the tournament.  Becca had a great tournament and ended up being named to the All Conference Team and to the all KAIAC team.  It is fun for her to win these awards and to add new patches to her letterman's jacket and trophies to her shelf.  It was a great season and we are proud of Becca.

Fall Photos

The Fall photos in my camera hold so many good memories.

Ms In, our TCIS personnel manager, got married on the first Saturday of October.  It was a beautiful wedding and she was a beautiful bride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girls' volleyball season kept us busy and smiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture of our friend Jaeyoung making kimbap.  The food at his restaurant is good in any season of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fall choir and band concert was refreshing.  It was fun to see and hear both Sarah and Becca in the high school choir.  The celebration after the concert with friends was fun too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beauty of fall is showing its colors in Daejeon.

All APAC

This is a brief follow-up on Becca's trip to Japan for the Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC) volleyball tournament.  While in Japan she enjoyed some Japanese noodles and they must have been good for her because she had a good tournament and  was given the All APAC Award which was given to twelve girls that participated in the tournament.