Cooking is not easy without your mom and no college meal plan!

Psalm 40:5 (ESV)

You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.

Since I began my time in Korea and long before that, I could see God working his "wondrous deeds" in and around my life. It really is a matter of perspective and when our perspective is the same as His (or as close as we can get) then life is much more beautiful. Maybe beautiful is not the perfect word for it, but it's the best I can think of at the moment.

One way He has been working in my life is through the friends He has placed around me. I am not that great in the kitchen. I'm a guy. Go figure. But, God knows that much better than I do. Two weeks ago I visited an English service in Uijeongbu (that I mentioned in an earlier post) and had a wonderful experience. Granted, it is a different style of worship than I am used to--they are Pentecostal and I have normally attended a Baptist church--but the people are incredibly welcoming there. So, in spite of the differences I certainly felt God's love and presence. One of the "wondrous deeds" that I noticed from that experience was in a friend who I met there, Matt. Matt is a Korean who has studied English for a long time now (Matt is just the name he uses to make pronunciation easier for westerners). He also spent 4 years studying marketing in China, so he speaks Chinese as well. Aside from the fact that we both are students of language (which in itself is awesome in my opinion!), he also graduated from culinary school so he knows his way around the kitchen much better than I do. When I told him yesterday that I'd been eating quite a bit of ramen lately, he was a bit worried about my health. He's going to give me a few Korean recipes to make my life a bit healthier. In short, God has shown Himself to be strong in my weakness once more. I can't cook, but Matt can!

Although, I still really love ramen. And if you're interested in trying out a good ramen recipe... just watch this video!