Our Korean Friends from Beijing
Three weeks ago a small group of Tourists came from Beijing to visit Canada and particularly Peterborough. A group of our families were involved in hosting them and showing them our great Canada.
The folk that came were actually Koreans that live in Beijing, China.
They were able to do many different things while they were here. They saw Niagara Falls, Ottawa and its Peace Tower and a number of restaurants like Wendys, A&W, and McDonalds. The boys in the group were an average age of 9 & 10. They loved food.
Last evening when we met for our church’s backyard fellowship we asked them what they liked most. Two of them, Todd and Austin, stated that above all that they saw and took part in – the most memorable thing they did was to ride in two canoes on Little Lake in Peterborough. The exciting part was to ride in the two canoes that were “Made in Canada”.
Comical moments…
At one stage in the course of the canoe ride one canoe travelled close to the shore where a Crab Apple tree hung over the water. With a hit of the paddle on the tree branches a load of crab apples filled the canoe. Then with a typical boy’s imagination one of the Korean boys, Todd, picked up the new “ammunition” and began throwing the Crab Apples at the other canoe. With his first toss he yelled out in English – “We are Korean, YOU are Japanese!” That began a throwing contest at each other – then some splashing and lots of laughter!
I guess you had to be in one of the canoes to really get it… I was one of the Japanese in the Japanese vessel.
The second amusing setting was at Home Depot – the Canadian man’s dream store that sells tools and all kind of man’s things. What better place to take two boys from China to get a feel of a “Canadian man’s world”. Every second Saturday, the staff of Home Depot holds different project classes for kids and parents to take part in.
Todd and Austin joined in with glee to make a real Canadian wooden pencil box. The sound of hammers of 20 some children pounding were almost deafening.
A few bent nails later and few fingers hit upon… a solid pencil box stood on the table top. Each of the boys grinned from ear to ear with their completed task.
At the very end one of the boys was reading over the instructions that came with the box in its plastic wrapping. There in plain English were the words, “Made in China”. He grabbed the sheet to show us with another big grin on his face. He had travelled all the way to Canada and to Peterborough and to the Home Depot to make a pencil box Made in China.
Again… I guess you had to be there to get the humour. I was there hitting my fingers too.
To sum it up … it was a delight to have the group from China become a part of our lives in Peterborough.
A big Thank You goes out to the parents of the children for allowing us the privilege to take care of their kids. And also a big THANK YOU to Pastor and Mrs. Jung for arranging this for everyone to come to our city.
Pastor Murray Lincoln
(Grandpa Lincoln)
The folk that came were actually Koreans that live in Beijing, China.
They were able to do many different things while they were here. They saw Niagara Falls, Ottawa and its Peace Tower and a number of restaurants like Wendys, A&W, and McDonalds. The boys in the group were an average age of 9 & 10. They loved food.
Last evening when we met for our church’s backyard fellowship we asked them what they liked most. Two of them, Todd and Austin, stated that above all that they saw and took part in – the most memorable thing they did was to ride in two canoes on Little Lake in Peterborough. The exciting part was to ride in the two canoes that were “Made in Canada”.
Comical moments…At one stage in the course of the canoe ride one canoe travelled close to the shore where a Crab Apple tree hung over the water. With a hit of the paddle on the tree branches a load of crab apples filled the canoe. Then with a typical boy’s imagination one of the Korean boys, Todd, picked up the new “ammunition” and began throwing the Crab Apples at the other canoe. With his first toss he yelled out in English – “We are Korean, YOU are Japanese!” That began a throwing contest at each other – then some splashing and lots of laughter!
I guess you had to be in one of the canoes to really get it… I was one of the Japanese in the Japanese vessel.
The second amusing setting was at Home Depot – the Canadian man’s dream store that sells tools and all kind of man’s things. What better place to take two boys from China to get a feel of a “Canadian man’s world”. Every second Saturday, the staff of Home Depot holds different project classes for kids and parents to take part in.Todd and Austin joined in with glee to make a real Canadian wooden pencil box. The sound of hammers of 20 some children pounding were almost deafening.
A few bent nails later and few fingers hit upon… a solid pencil box stood on the table top. Each of the boys grinned from ear to ear with their completed task.
At the very end one of the boys was reading over the instructions that came with the box in its plastic wrapping. There in plain English were the words, “Made in China”. He grabbed the sheet to show us with another big grin on his face. He had travelled all the way to Canada and to Peterborough and to the Home Depot to make a pencil box Made in China.Again… I guess you had to be there to get the humour. I was there hitting my fingers too.
To sum it up … it was a delight to have the group from China become a part of our lives in Peterborough.
A big Thank You goes out to the parents of the children for allowing us the privilege to take care of their kids. And also a big THANK YOU to Pastor and Mrs. Jung for arranging this for everyone to come to our city.
Pastor Murray Lincoln
(Grandpa Lincoln)
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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