John 3:16

Or something like that. As long as it looks like English, no one will know, since most of the parishioners don’t speak English.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall net perish but have etemat life.

That’s the motto on the church bags of the kids hanging around the park near the church on Sunday mornings.

I’m telling you, this country needs an official English editing bureau to keep the product manufacturers from goofing up the language.

This is What Passes for Entertainment for the Kids

I guess there’s not a lot to do in the ‘burbs here in Korea. When I was in high school, we had drugs to keep up occupied. These kids don’t have that, nor do they have nearby movie theaters, or bowling alleys. They do have numerous parks, however, and usually there’s no shortage of kids playing there. Late at night when no one can see them this is what they do there.

The lone trash bag in the park, opened and it's contents strewn about the soccer pitch
The lone trash bag in the park, opened and it's contents strewn about the soccer pitch
The last remaining picnic table, already missing two benches, is upended
The last remaining picnic table, already missing two benches, is upended