Pop Chinn Stew. That's what Ken called his circumstantial evidence case he tried in 1983 as a young Deputy DA. I listened as he painted a wonderful word picture of his father putting together various ingredients to make a delicious pot of stew. It's been 30 years but that image of his father making the stew hasn't left my mind. In honor of Ken's dad, Vernon Chinn, we want to make some Chinn Stew of our own. Stop by from time to time and enjoy some Chinn Stew as we share some of our family happenings.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas Eve in Korea

Mark and Elysabeth arrived in the afternoon on Christmas Eve, bringing the entire Chinn family together this year.  Who would have ever imagined this a year ago?  Our family wanted to find a way of serving this university that has brought so many blessings to our family over the past 4 months.  During this winter break from school there are many international students who have no where to go for the holidays.  These also include many Korean missionary children whose parents serve in many foreign lands.  We are constantly surprised by the number of missionary kids here at Handong University.  Susan and I decided to serve all these students by inviting them over for dinner on Christmas Eve.  We made a Costco run and laid in a supply of chickens to roast in the oven along with mashed potatoes, creamed corn, homemade dinner rolls and lots of fresh salad.  We weren't sure how many would come, but were surprised and delighted when close to 60 students crowded into our apartment for dinner.  The food multiplied like fishes and loaves with some additional supplies rapidly defrosted from the freezer and a bit of help from another faculty family.  Everyone got seconds and thirds with students sitting and standing everywhere imaginable in our little apartment.  It seemed like we had a cross section of the world for dinner.  the students were clearly delighted and so were we.  After dinner we all headed over to join in the Christmas Eve service on campus.  Several faculty families were asked to take turns leading the congregation in carols and took turns reading various portions of the Christmas story.  Our family was asked to sing Hark the Herald Angels Sing and then read a passage from Luke.  It was so much fun for our family and the kids did a wonderful job singing and reading their portions of the scriptures.  After a time of worship and scripture reading, Pastor Young Ho gave a wonderful message pointing out that all of scripture is part of the Christmas story.  Although it was icy cold outside, the warmth we all felt at the end of the service made a perfect ending to a very special evening.  It was a Christmas Eve our family will always treasure.

Ken Chinn
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