What time is it? Work Time!

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. I Corinthians 15:58


You have read a bit about the zany adventures of acclimating to Korea. I get to explore, but here is a little about what the chaplain is doing. His work days begin at 5 and end about 11:30. He has been to the apartment twice in the last two weeks, so the girls and I have been spending alot of time chasing him around Camp Casey and helping out where we can - which is more than we would see him if we were in the states. While it may be long days, it is still fun, especially when we see unchurched soldiers coming to chapel to see what it is all about.

Here is a little of what the chaplain is doing:

• Leading the West Casey Chapel services, and those services are continuing to grow.
• His chapel was selected to be involved in a new Family Ministry being planned, that will involve Sunday School Classes and a children's program. There were already two Sunday School Classes, and now they can be expanded.
  
• Lots of counseling. Not the kind of counseling where folks make an appointment and then come see you. Nope, it is the kind of counseling where folks drop in your office or see you out and about and let you know they need to talk to the chaplain - NOW. That means drop everything, and squeeze in an unscheduled hour - sometimes at 10 PM. Of course, if you come to this chaplain for counseling, you will get nothing but Biblical counseling, no matter what you believe. That is usually an eye opener for folks - mini sermons that are tailor made!
  
• Plays football - okay, this one is work/play, but it gets him in with the soldiers!
• Mentors a soldier that will be attending seminary after his upcoming retirement.
• Leads a Bible Study and oversees the others that are taking place - there are four with another being planned.
• Arranges Battalion volunteers for the USO and orphanage, with a building project in the works for the orphanage.
• Handles Protestant Field Services for other battalions without a Protestant Chaplain.
• (Hopefully) will soon be the fill-in chaplain for the 100 men stationed at the Joint Security Area on the North Korean border.
• He spends his "free time" in the field with soldiers, and someone is always in the field or training.

Throw in a few things like inspections, guests and an evacuation exercise and you get a feel for his time in Korea. Of course, if you know the chaplain at all, then you know that is how he likes it. He heads to the field for three weeks in November, so maybe he can get some rest then.