As you can see, everyone AND THEIR DOG (and "cow" and "rabbit"?) is enjoying the Mission Festival at Handong Global University!!!

The ladies showing us a little bit of Uzbek culture through their dancing!

Catherine with one of the Talbot girls selling Uzbekistan food during the International Food Festival portion of the festival on Thursday, May 18th.

"Korean pizza" ("ya-chae-jun") anyone?!

Come on Victor! Show us what you Toronto guys are made of!! (Supposed to punch and snap the entire pile of tiles)

Victor does his best to break all the tiles at the Taekwondo Club booth but leaves about 4 still standing. The person who breaks all tiles get presented with a big bunch of roses (which you can see a part of on the left of the picture).

This picture is from the "Canvas Cafe" where students could enjoy a beverage, support a good cause and enjoy Handong students' works of art all at the same time.

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Yes! Why not pray for Israel?! ("Or" Club-""Or" means "gold" in Hebrew and I believe they study Old Testament passages related to the promised Messiah or Christ.)

I'm not actually sure what this sign with a gothic looking Korean woman with toilet paper is supposed to mean but I think they might want to rethink the whole thing...

This was the "Classic Acoustic Guitar Cafe" which was on the 2nd floor of the Student Union Building. We have some VERY talented students on campus!

This band is "Neo" and the guy in the "fat-Albert-and-the-gang-looking-gangster-clothes" did a pretty good job singing "Wonderwall".

One of the many live bands that can be found in different "live cafes" during the festival this week.

Ezra from Cambodia! Ezra was working one of the festival booths selling food when I spotted this awesome shirt he was wearing. Ezra is part of the "Ezra Bible Study Group" but the group is not named after him...This is Ezra's 2nd semester at Handong and he is a real blessing!

A closer look at the wording on the "Ezra t-shirt".

The back of the "Ezra Bible Reading Group" t-shirt. Amen!

Great picture of Prophete presenting Professor Abraham Lee with a basket of roses and a card signed by all members of the Wednesday English Hashim Bible Study.

Hae-Min and Egbert feasting on some spicy chicken kabab!

Yes, let's not forget WHO we should really be celebrating at this Mission Festival! Victor and Andy on Wednesday, May 17th.

Kellibeck taking careful aim at one of the "activity booths".

Eric and Bonnie having a great time at the festival. There are booths (stalls) with food from all over the world here. The money made by each team goes to their individual club or towards a worthy cause.

Eun-Hae (one of my composition students) at the "Bible Writing" sign-up sheet. During the festival, different students sign up to write out chapters of the Bible. Later, the entire Bible is printed in a book like the one she is holding.

Who wants to be a millionnaire?

"Legally Blonde X2" - Lucy (from Scotland) and Carrie (from America) spreading a little joy around campus!

Happy Birthday, Jim!!!

James DeVries is so loved on campus that he had SEVERAL birthday parties this year. This is him blowing out candles on a 1-week-belated-party we had this Wednesday.

Momin Kim and Mark Buzby!

Handong Global University President, Kim Young-Gil, with ladies of the Parents' Prayer Group on Wednesday morning after faculty chapel. They served us all breakfast! What a blessing!!!

The Doctrine of Christ - Day of Atonement

"For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD." (Leviticus 16:30)
More than half of the occurences of the word atonement in Scripture are found in Leviticus 16, which describes the most important day on the Hebrew calendar; Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). This annual holy day celebrated the covering of national sins by the offering of two goats to God, one killed and the other driven into the wilderness. In the ceremony, the priest entered the Holy of Holies to present the blood of the slain goat to God. When he came out, the nation knew their sins had been covered for another year. Christ fulfilled this "type" in that He offered His own blood to God (Heb. 9:14).
Illustration: The type of the priest returning from the Holy Place to those whose sins were covered will be fulfilled when Christ returns for those who have been redeemed by His blood.
Application: For the Christian, this is a blessed and purifying hope (Titus 2:12-13, 1 John 3:3).