This is a picture of a Korean Presbyterian church in Eugene. This church is on Taney Street, near Malabon Elementary School. I think the sign is written in both Korean and English to make visitors of different cultures welcome. Even if you are not Korean, you could feel comfortable entering this church knowing that it is not exclusive. On the other hand, if you are a Korean person in Eugene, you could take comfort in knowing that there is a place of worship that welcomes you. Because the church was not open, I wasn’t able to go inside, but I looked at the church online to see if there were any more pictures.

This one depicts a beautiful arrangement of fruits, vegetables, and flowers laying at the alter inside the church. While I am not completely sure the occasion that this arrangement was made for, Presbyterians will place flowers in honor of a person or for special occasions like Easter.

So far, I have only been taking notes in a notebook in class instead of on a laptop. I think this has helped me focus and remember the class content. The only times that lecture is not clear is when Professor Idemaru goes really fast and I’m not able to write down everything on the slides. This is hard because with some of the more difficult content I need to write down all of the details and bullet points, but they go by too fast.

-Audrey Andrews