Adventures . Korea . Travel
Travel Story pt 3
On January 9, 2021 by Keturah HaferkampInCOVID: All things New Work life The onboarding and learning how systems work has been challenging. Everything is new and most of the time in a different language. Having to translate makes for an even more challenging time of learning. I imagine international students and faculty feel overwhelmed by English in America for the same
Adventures . Korea . Travel
Travel Story pt 2
On January 6, 2021 by Keturah HaferkampImmigration 1 Directly following the uploading of the app we stopped at another immigration station where we were questioned again about symptoms and whether we were traveling together. The official examined our passports and K’s visa grant notice. He promptly noted that we must be separated in order to quarantine because only K had obtained
Adventures . Korea
Travel Story pt 1
On January 4, 2021 by Keturah HaferkampTraveling during 2020 required LOTS of prayers. We are so grateful for the committed individuals who 1. knew we were taking a trip fraught with challenges and 2. who prayed for our health, safety and endurance! God bless you! These next few posts contain the travel story–just a recounting of some of our experiences.
Adventures . Korea
Protected: The inexpressible quality of Joy
On January 1, 2021 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Adventures
Like grace for 麻烦
On March 8, 2020 by Keturah HaferkampInevitably, one picks up vocabulary. This word: 麻烦 is said m-ah-f-ah-n. We write it mafan for romanization purposes. Mafan means trouble as in unnecessary difficulty or extra complication. And I don’t know any words in English that quite match what I mean when I say mafan. So mafan will have to do. For so many reasons, last
Adventures . Family . Uncategorized
To stay; to go
On January 22, 2020 by Keturah HaferkampFor all my traveling, I have only once or twice talked about coping with the continuous shifting that comes with Being a Self in multiple cultural contexts. I’m surprised at how un-curious people are about this. Not as surprised as I used to be though. These days it is easier to take things in stride
Adventures . America . Family
Protected: Missing
On January 19, 2020 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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The element of Surprise
On January 17, 2020 by Keturah HaferkampIs surprise about timing? Periodically surprise happens. But the element one is surprised about cannot be something expected. And if hope is expectancy then how do hopeful people get surprised? Recently someone discussed this idea with me: That Western Christian Evangelicals ought to be surprised by the Incarnation, but usually aren’t. So I asked her
Adventures . Family
Feline friend
On January 14, 2020 by Keturah HaferkampMy daughter got a new cat. She has wanted a cat for a very long time. No, she has longed for a cat. She has yearned for a cat. But she is also wise. She is not a demanding person and she is quiet, patient and thoughtful. She is the kind of person who considers
Adventures . America . China
Protected: The face of Danger
On December 29, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.