Once I have settled down in Australia My brother who is 11 years younger than me came to join me. To send their kids to overseas to study was a big dream of many Korean parents. Since it wasn’t my brother’s own decision to go, although he ‘agreed’ to go, there were times he insisted to give up and go back to Korea in the middle of the school year. To pacify his frequent homesickness, I sent him back home twice a year which resulted in me hardly being able to save up.
There was a moment that I was called up by his school principle and being called as an inadequate guardian due to his rebellion in class. His first serious girlfriend was a non-christian to start with. There was a time that I was overwhelmed by having to live a life of a single mom and cried out for a freedom. But there were definitely countless joyful moments, like driving to nearby islands and sleeping over, parties and fellowships, him playing a bass in the band, and him completing the architecture degree in one of the best universities in the world.
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Turning 21, he decided to go back to South Korea to serve in the national army, because his choice was to remain as a Korean. He has just arrived in Seoul yesterday, without any guarantee to go back to Australia any time soon. I feel perplexed, knowing that I will be in Australia alone, again. Knowing it still my decision was to call Australia home. I guess there is no perfect place as long as we live on the imperfect earth..
This Christmas our family will be gathering in one place for a first time in 11 years. We will take a upgraded family picture and we will all look so different. Now sister is married with a 6-year-old girl. One thing that did not changed is the Lord who held us together in his safe hands. Once again, we will gather in our living room, and talk about our journeys in different parts of the world and the Lord’s faithfulness on us, for a long, long time.
