It's been a long time...

Yesterday, I went to a reception in my hometown for Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). I wanted to talk to him about my decade-long effort to have a historic flag returned to Korea. The senator is a very friendly and personable fellow.

HGU Christmas Party

Me, along with law prof Mike Sandez, and my wife and son


Mike Sandez with the Kims, the people who run the Hyoam Restaurant at HGU


Me, together with my wife and son


My son, Yohan, with HGU president Kim Young-gil


Dean of the law school, Lynn Buzzard


Prof. Peter Fama and Prof. Mike Sandez saying good-bye to HGU


Pastor Brian Park, visiting HGU from Los Angeles


Pastor Hwang Young-ho


Prof. Alex Bishop with his fiancee


The HGU "Missionary Kids" (MKs) who put on our Christmas dinner


Prof. Scott Lincoln (standing), with his daughter and wife (seated)


MKs doing a sign language dance


MKs with President Kim


Foreign faculty, family, and friends


My wife, Moon-ok, and son, Yohan

Long Time, No See...

It's been quite awhile since I last wrote (a couple months). This has been a very busy semester, so I haven't had much time. I don't see future semesters becoming any less busy. Let's see--it's been a nice fall, even if busy. In late October, we had university people out to our Korean traditional house in Heunghae. First there was a law prof, Patrick Talbot, along with his wife and six children.



The Talbots, along with my wife and son



Talbot girls with kimchi pots




Playing with the well


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A short time later, we had the foreign faculty from Handong International Church, and other HGU guests, over for a BBQ.







Pastor Hwang Young-ho playing my son's Fender Jaguar




The BBQ crew





Great food



Kids singing some songs



The "Von Talbot Family Singers" :-)



Thick, juicy steaks



Jessica Matchett and friend demostrating Latin-style dancing



My wife having fun with some of her students and Talbot girls

Mom's 80th

Today was my mom's 80th birthday. Although I couldn't physically be at her party, I was there virtually and in spirit. I took part in it through Skype, an over-the-internet way to talk. I even got to join in the singing of "Happy Birthday" :-)

Time to blow out the candles

My mom and sister, Lee Ann, with Sadie, Lee's granddaughter, and the newest member of the family

Four generations

Nice smile!

Mom with her great-granddaughter

Sadie Andrus Planck

My niece, holding Sadie. My parents, Pat and John Duvernay, Sadie's great-grandparents, together with them.

My parents with Sadie.

My niece, Rachel (Graham) Planck had a beautiful little girl.

Sadie Andrus Planck was born Sunday, September 4th at 6:11pm (ET)
she weighs 7lbs and 5.5ounces and is 20 inches long

Team Student MT (Membership Training)

Well, last night was MT for our university student teams. I combined my team with that of my colleague, Jessica Matchett; we had nearly three dozen students. Our MT was held at the traditional Korean house my wife and I own, about eleven km from the university. We all had a great time, with many students staying up all night, or nearly so (personally, I was in bed by 2:30 a.m.).