"Don't Freak the Foreigner!"

I was at the train station last Lord's Day (a.k.a. "Sunday"), when I saw a man trying to jump down onto the tracks! His wife was trying to stop him, but he seemed disturbingly determined (he had taken off his winter coat, and was only in his suit - his wife was holding his coat). I "jumped in", and said, "Hey! Don't do that, mate! You're freaking me out!" I remember the advertisement for a game, where the jingle went "Don't Wake the Dragon!" I would alter that to, "Don't freak the foreigner!"

When he could see I was not going to let him "do that", he settled down, and pointed to a 100o Won (worth about a dollar) note he had dropped onto the tracks. He still jumped down onto the tracks to get the note, but he immediately then reached for my hand, and his wife's and we pulled him back up. I do not know exactly what he was thinking, but it looked like he had intentionally dropped the 1000 Won note onto the tracks, and was going to "jump down to get it" and never get back up. Either way, he and his wife thanked me, and called me a "sahm-mooh-soh" - or missionary (I have a beard these days, which seems to give me that look).

So, be ye encouraged! Your prayers and praise are saving lives.

Daniel