Hola! This is Matt again (assume it's me if there is no name and if the post contains misplaced humor). So, I know I wrote a ton already, but today was just so incredible (as you can see from Kelsey and Rachel's posts) that I have to tell about it.

So, about 15 minutes after I published my last blog post I was treated to one of the most spectacularly humbling meals. Mr. Kim's mother spent about an hour and a half in the morning preparing us a breakfast that was clearly very expensive and special. It was absolutely delicious. I have no idea what the stuff was, but man, it sure tasted good. After we'd finished she came in and was bowing profusely saying that she was sorry her food was so bad and how we must be hungry still because her food was no good. We told her we could be full for a week off of her meal. Her smile made everything so much better. We then left with our host and translator to go to the tallest building in Seoul, but it was too expensive so we ended up just walking around for a bit.

At noon our host had to leave us, so Gabe, Olivier and I went downtown to just hang out and experience Seoul culture. This brings me to perhaps the greatest part of today: getting to know Olivier. He revealed himself to be a deeply (com)passionate person who was absolutely a blast to talk with. His love of North Koreans is so evident and inspiring...he first heard of the North Korean plight in December 2002, and by April 2003 he was actually in Pyongyang. What a wonderful example of being willing to simply GO when called. As we sat in a Starbucks, the issue of faith and religion came up. He's a Catholic who is becoming disillusioned with the church and pope, but who claims to love God and wants to serve Him. Gabe and I were able to talk with him for about an hour and a half about our faith and the joy and peace and hardships we experience daily...as well as correcting some misperceptions he had about Protestans (he thought we didn't believe in the virgin birth). He was so willing to listen and dialogue with us...it was such a blessing from God (with some great comments like, when I showed him my Bible, "wait...where are all the books in between Old and New Testament?...this makes no sense!"). We got to encourage him to seek God more, and he kept saying how we made him want to go back and try reading his Bible again...so hopefully God will do some amazing things in his life because he is on a mission to change the lives of others. We plan to meet again on Sunday.

I can't really express just how phenomenal today was. Gabe and I would frequently (like, every 3 minutes) look at eachother and giggle like middleschool girls...seeing God work so up close is a beautiful thing. He is moving in powerful ways in Korea, and even these brief two days have revealed so much. Please keep praying! Ok, yea, I'm long-winded...good night everyone! I'm gonna go fail at sleeping until we get up in 4 hours. Bye!