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Well this past week I had the privilege of having my very first surgery. Not only was it my first, but it was in Korea. I can say that it was really nerve racking... I woke up a little over a week ago with a really bad toothache. I never have toothaches so I decided to head to the dentist last Monday. Of course the dentist did not speak and English except for a couple words, so that made me a little nervous. They took X-rays and found out that the wisdom tooth on the bottom right was causing some damage. It had entwined itself into the nerves of another tooth and that was causing all my pain. They quickly told me that I needed surgery and we scheduled it for Friday, the 12th. I had to wait for 4 1/2 days, and that made me even more nervous. The part that bothered me the most is that it was hard to ask questions. I wanted to know if they were just going to numb my mouth or if they were going to sedate me. I did not get this answer until walking into the office on Friday. There I saw two huge needles that would make my mouth numb... The whole process took about 15 minutes and I only paid about $220. That was for everything including my appointment on Monday. I believe that is a pretty good deal right there. Korea's healthcare system is awesome. Well I got home on Friday and just went to bed. I woke up on Saturday with barely any swelling at all. Today there is little pain, which is great! I still have about 2 days until the pain is completely gone, but I am okay with that. This was definitely an experience that I will not be forgetting any time soon. I have to go back this Friday to get my stitches taken out, but other than that, I am okay with never having to have another tooth cut out.

Also on Friday, the summer intensive courses ended!!!! That may have been the greatest thing to happen since I got here... haha. BUT, I still have one more full week before we return to regular work schedule. This week is going to include about 4 hours of VBS every morning before going to work and then not getting off until about 12 hours after we started the day. I'm not really looking forward to the long hours, but I am looking forward to seeing God work in the lives of some children. I am the spokesperson the Movie room. I am kind of worried because I don't know how it all will go. I will have a translator, but that just worries me more. I know that it is all going to be fine, but it still makes me nervous.

So basically, this next Friday will top this past Friday.. which will be AMAZING! I cannot wait until I actually have time to do other things besides work here. I will have time to actually blog about things, which I know that I have been slacking on lately.