A very cold day.

Today is perhaps the coldest the day of this year. It is odd as it is still Fall. Winter is not for another month. We bought heated jackets that are battery powered. These things are amazing. It is so nice as not only does it have heating, it has wnd blocking as well. The inner lining has heat reflection built in so it helps to keep body heat and the generated heat from the vest contained in a hot air bubble under your clothes. I have multiple batteries to power these jackets. I am thinking about getting 2 more, perhaps 3 more. But I need more battery packs. 

This weekend I will meet with another academy owner. Maybe we will stay in South Korea, or maybe we will not. For me the result of the meeting will tell me if we will "dump" or prepare to move to another accomadation. We will see what will happen. We will be prepping week after week till we have to move. 

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A move date finally

So finally we have date for our move. Now the stress is really on my boss and his wife to find cheap housing. It seems to me that they just bided thier time while not being constantly on the look for cheaper housing. Yogita might have found a nice option in area she works at. That location is still the heart of education sector in Iksan. There are hundreds of academies in that area. 

So we will prepare for the move at a steady pace. I want to find a storage warehouse so as to help us with items that I do not want in the car, or clogging up our new location. Likely, it will not be very large so space management will be very important. It will be very nice to know that so and so item is in storage. Then the next day we can head over there and get what we need. It is time to cut down on needless items. In the warehouse I can basically hire someone to throw away unwanted items. 

I hope the location that Yogita told me about pans out. I might be changing my work location as well. There are many things up in the air. For example I might work part time here, while filling the other slots with privates. That senario comes with one condition from my side. That is they can not just add a class hour outside of the part time block. I WILL NOT accept that. If I do that I would have to rearrange private more profitable classes (less stressful too), while still bieng "partime". 

Also it gives me time for more spiritual pursuits. Like attending meetings, participating in the preaching work, activities that we are told to be doing today! 

So lets see what will come to pass. Who knows Jehovahs day might come before the move! Jesus tells us not to be overly concerned with the concerns of each day. The kew word is overly concerned, this leads to stress and so many other issues. We need to worry but not too much. I think the keyis make a plan. do not be lazy, pray for help and then work towards what you prayed about. For us it is move to another place in a easy non stressful way. So we will make a plan follow it up, and ask for help via prayer. I have found that we are successful when we do this. When we have moved the movers are always shocked by how few things we have. Ok time to get this work part of the day started.

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Staying active

Yesterday I had a wonderful walk with my wife. We walked about 6.3kms. It felt normal. Yet two years ago we could not have done that with out multiple breaks. I feel more energized the mornings and early evenings. These days I am getting up earlier than before. I usually wake up at around 11 am and I can not go back to sleep. Due to our work schedule and home activities we got to bed late. Usually, around 4 or even 6am. Yogita sleeps soundly yet she is ready to walk again the next evening. During our walks we talk about things that are important to us. 

So we stay active burning calories and keeping fit or rather getting into better shape. Years ago I let my self go so to speak and my wieght went up to 107 kg. Last, check up it was down to 99kg. That was over two years ago. So next year we will see what my progress has been. 

I mght go back to gym with my wife. I want to build strong muscles, and improve my cardiovascular health. This is so important seeing as though we are not benifiting yet from Jehovah's healing which will be coming soon in the future. Ok time to get this work part of the day started.

This post took two days to finish.

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Time to ourselves

I have been staying away from other people in the local neighborhood. I am much happier than when I was. When we would wake on Sunday we would have to review to see what went wrong the night before. We had to do this EVERY time we met up with others. Or if we hung out with others we would go through the same process. I find that people tend to be very self-centered and selfish. If fact, we met a couple of people from the community just about 5 weeks ago or so. I left that interaction feeling annoyed. Feeling as if we had to focus on another person's issues even if the said situation had nothing to do with us.

Why spend time with such ones? What does such an association do to build each other up? Nothing! People are unreasonable, prone to argue, and belittle one another, while at the same time saying "we are friends". Huh? How is that true friendship? 

Often times when we meet others we get invited to other functions that tend to lock us into social interactions that can span weeks. We go out only to get invited to another event. Yet the mood at that event is the same largely negative. Or rather a seemingly positive atmosphere with negative undertones. The end result? We wake up the next day discussing events and finding areas where we did things that I am sure Jehovah and Jesus would not approve of. Then this nonsense because it spans weeks at a time we become engrossed in those negative social interactions. This is not to say that we will not go to those places we enjoy. However, we will not associate with them. It is just not healthy. I just canceled one of my weekend classes due to a disrespectful student and by proxy a disrespectful parent. The result? More time I will have for my family. We had a simple time and Yogi and I saw Black Panther 2 and enjoyed it a lot. Now, we are still relaxing at home fully charged for Monday. 

time for more YouTube Disney plus and Netflix!

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Another foodie post Grilled Pork!

As I look at myself I realize that I spend a lot of time with family. One thing we enjoy is to eat! My wife and I have a date night once a week. Depending on our budget in the past we would choose various places. At that time price was a big factor the reasons why well that is another story. 

Now we enjoy all kinds of places to eat at. We then become regular costomers. There is a place that we were introduced to two years ago. That meeting was under strange circumstances. Once again a story for another time. But, we could not really enjoy the food as the company we were with caused us stress.

We would walk past this restaurant many times, but we never went inside. Well we did two weeks ago. WOW! This place is a grilled pork restaurant. Lets see some images

Thick succulent pieces of pork. Usually it can get dry. Not this place it is juicy and soft yet firm at the same time.

Such fresh quality pork.

The owner helped us by showing which dips to use for the meat. 

This is a spicy savory dip. I will be returning next as this week I have an appointment with a friend who owns and runs a local fried chicken restaurant.

Ok one more picture of me enjoying the food.

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There will be food shortages...

 Another sign that the bible is not mere stories. The scale of food shortages here on Earth is unprecedented. The scale and the global scope. In the past, it would be regional shortages. At times many of these shortages could be blamed on weather patterns. Or war here or there. Today? There is war EVERYWHERE. Every continent is engaged in a warlike activity that robs people of a sense of peace and security. In the United States of America, I grew up hearing gunshots. I grew up to news reports of drive-by shootings. It became so commonplace to hear such warlike news yet not attribute the reports to actual after-action reports that are filed after military action. I studied the bible without being able to clearly see. I did not rely on Jehovah. I can see that clearly now. Mexico and many South American regions have warfare over the control of drugs. The middle east also has after warzones Yemen, and Syria come to mind. In, Africa it was stated by one report that the war going on in Ethiopia is a conflict that is larger than the one we are all glued to in Ukraine. 

Then there are different types of wars. Economic wars all have the same result food shortages! Yes, just like wars fought with guns and explosive shells, economic wars deprive regions of needed war. The United States of America is guilty of this. Waging an economic war with China hurts everyone who is not among top 2% of worlds weathy. Instead, many across the USA have lost jobs, many of them also go hungry as they lose homes and end up homeless. Yes, in the so called most powerfuly and richest country on Earth many people go to bed hungry. I was blessed in that I had parents of them one was God fearing provided us with what we needed. 

Here in South Korea poverty and food shortages are harder to see. However, recenly there was a flood and it was exposed that there are people living in underground apartments. These also suffer from being in poverty. 

Right now grain exports from Ukraine and being blockaded by Russia, while Russian grain being sanctioned by most of the world. This is effecting 25% of global wheat production and distribution. The main buyers of this grain? African Nations! So yes bible prophecy is being fullfilled right in front of our eyes! 

Ok it is time to get this work day of my day started!

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