I'm so happy right now because I just read this interview with Madonna. (Read the interview) I'm so happy for her. She's really come to so far in her emotional well being. It's interesting to read these interviews with stars and see some of them go through this cycle. Because they get to a point in their life where they have everything they could possibly want and yet they are still empty and their life is still chaotic. I think they get the unique opportunity to have a "Solomon experience" where they realize everything is meaningless without real love, truth and ultimately God. The interviewer asked her about her past and to summarize she said, "I was a buffoon until the age 40" and the reason was that everything was about her being the center of attention. The interviewer said, "What's wrong with that?" And she said, "Because that's not what were put on this earth for." She and her family have gotten really into Kabala, which is a mystical form of Judaism. Interesting, very interesting. So anyway I'm happy she's gained some stability in her life and I'm also happy about the kind of cultural impact this can have on people. Interestingly, I've happened to watch some enlightening interviews with stars lately. For example, I saw an interview with Bono from the band U2 on Larry King Live and wow-I was impressed. It was a similar thing, these are old stars and they've been there, seen that and done that. And it's not what everyone thinks it's going to be. So Bono is really into fighting AIDS in Africa and he gave a very persuasive argument for the issues surrounding that in Africa.

So I'm in my office because as you know this one of the only places I can get Internet access. The sound of students singing praise songs in Korean is drifting into my open office window. They often pray and sing praise songs in the plaza outside my window. I just got back a couple hours ago from Seoul. I was there with Sandy, Ro and Joanne. We had a good time. Right now it all seems like a blur. We went up there Friday night by bus, which was actually really fun. We got into really interesting conversations on the way there. Then the whole weekend we mostly shopped and ate Western food that we normally don't have access to. It's so nice to go to Seoul because in comparison to Pohang it seems like you can get and do anything. Oh yeah, we went to this cool college district and sipped drinks in the cool night air as we sat on the patio of a restaurant that looked like an old-style mansion. That area was "hopping". It reminded me a little bit of Spain because it was late at night and there were people everywhere eating at these outside cafes. I also bought a couple books, which I'm really excited about. I bought a book called, "What went wrong?" a book discussing and analyzing the historical relationship between the Middle East and Europe. It should be interesting. I also got a book by National Geographic called, "Islam" which has a lot of stunning pictures and stories from the 1900's till now. So I'm excited. Ro, Sandy, Joanne and I also had Bible reading and prayer times at night, which we never have had before (we've prayed together but never in this organized of a manner) so it was really great to pray for each other. I also love to hear the Word read out loud, it's beautiful just to hear doctrine and truth wash over you.

Also I was surfing the web earlier and I came across the website of the ministry I used to work for a long time ago, Teen Mania. It was so amazing to visit the world that for one year was my entire world. I also visited the website of the program I was a part of once called "The Internship" now called "Honor Academy". I'm going to get an ID soon as an alumni and see if I can chat with some old friends. Here's the website http://www.honoracademy.com