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belize >> >> Plymouth, UK James Mulvihill (18) GuhnSan, Korea Hui-won Park (23) “My favorite thing about Camp Tejas is all the new people I met. America is hotter than Korea. I expected to see tons of skyscrapers but I ended up in Giddings, where there’s just a lot of land and one-story buildings.” >> >> Punta Gorda, Belize Nerys James (20) “When I was living in Belmopan, it was even hotter than Texas. At Tejas, one of the biggest lessons that Christ taught me was to focus my eyes on Him in my relationships.” “In the states, faith is shouted from rooftops,. in the UK, it’s seen as ‘uncool’ to be Christian so no one talks about it. From Tejas I have learned that I am more confident than I thought.” world wonders GwangJu, Korea Mee-ri Kim (24) “I miss my family and eating kimchi, but there are so many lovely, kind people here. Also in America, the men always open the doors. A lesson that I learned at camp that I want to share back home is to be humble.” korea >> Suwon, Korea Kyung-Bo Min (25) “A culture difference that I’ve discovered is that Koreans respect their elders more than they do in America. The most important lesson I have learned so far from Tejas is how to serve.” >> GwangJu, Korea Dam Cheong (28) “I want to teach people to open up and share their testimonies. In Korea, they only want to talk about the good things, not their weaknesses. Here in America people really like to hug.” >> Chiang Mai, Thailand Maew Chaiwiang (27) “The biggest lesson that I have learned here is that money can crush people. Also, I’ve learned a lot about patience. The one thing that I didn’t expect is that there are really no transportation systems here.” 32 pages 2009 Magazine.indd 32 11/12/2009 1:20:35 PM