Checking In

 I haven't written in a while. I've found enjoyment in listening to the Bible via audio recently. I've listened to the rest of the New Testament (Matthew, though I never wrote about it here). I've been listening to the "Book of Common Prayer" via the Bible app. I've also been thinking about Bible Baptist of Belzview and how cool it would be if they had an audio version. I doubt it would be that hard to set up. I'd ask them myself but we're currently not on the best of terms.

Why we're not on the best of terms goes way back but recently it's related to my Uncle Leland Dirks who passed away in February. There was a lot involved with it. If you want to get a snippet, you can start by reading his obituary here. He was gay and I guess you could say his brothers never really got over that. It's really a sad story that goes back a long way to when my uncle told my grandma, his mom, about it. She never told me about it but I'm sure her youngest who lived with her for many years heard and saw the pain. 

So, I still think about both my deceased uncle and the one uncle that remains on my dad's side of the family. In fact I've thought of writing blog posts to him as if I were emailing him. No, I wouldn't gravel in the pain I feel about his separation from me. I'd write things I'd tell him or ask him about. We have had some good chats (literally, via Facebook Messenger). 

Recently, I've finished my grades for the semester. I've been more meticulous about this than any other time and as a result, I'm behind on preparing for my winter semester class which starts next Monday. That gives me the weekend to work that out. 

I'm meeting some friends at IKEA over the weekend so that will take away some of my preparation time. I'm not sure how it'll work out. These are friends from God's Will Haneul Church, which we used to attend. We left because we had some problems with the leader of our cell group. We were involved for some time but had some differences mostly related to me trying to help him with his English company that never quite got off the ground and then that led to putting all of our cards on the proverbial table about dissatisfaction about the cell group. But the reality was it was a meaningful time for both my wife and I. 

I guess that brings me to the end of my procrastination for now. Off I go to prepare the PowerPoint to introduce my new class to students. We're using World English which is a relatively new series. We'll see how it goes. I've been doing this kind of work now for 16 years. I started at Korea Nazarene University (Scroll to the bottom to find the link to the English page). Now I'm at Myongji University Science Campus, where I've been since 2012.

Alas, I digress. See you next time.