You are invited to experience our adventure to Korea with us through this blog!

We *should* be able to blog while we’re in Korea. If we get to stay at the SWS Guest House, we’re hoping to stay in one of the rooms that has a computer. If we’re limited to a room without a computer, we’ll probably take a laptop and hope that we can find a free Wi-Fi spot in the city. If the guest house is booked up (we should find out on Monday, just in time for our Tuesday departure), we will have to find a hotel, preferably one that offers free wireless internet access.

We’ll both try to regularly post reports, reflections, and possibly even some photos from our adventure. Actually, we’re both required to keep a journal of our cross-cultural experience, so the blog may be our primary place to journal.

Also, at some point after we return from Korea and get settled into our new way of life, we will post a new photo gallery of photos from our Korean trip on our photos page (link at top of page).

So, we invite you to experience this adventure with us! And please leave comments on our posts, too. Ask questions about what we report/reflect on and/or photos we’ve posted. Share something that impacts you, intrigues you, or surprises you, or just to keep us company. Remember, we will be nearly 6,900 miles from home — we would love to hear from you!

We are excited about going to see, meet, and receive our baby boy in Korea. However, there’s one part of this adventure that’s going to be difficult — the takeaway.

You see, Ethan (who doesn’t even know that his name is going to be “Ethan”) doesn’t know that in a couple days, two people on the other side of the world are going to board a plane, come to his country, and take him away from his home!

We are grateful that the baby we’re adopting has been well-taken care of by a caring foster mother/family. In a loving environment, he has grown attached to them. As far as he is concerned, they are his family, and he is home. That will all change in several days when we carry him off and board a plane in Seoul to bring him home with us.

While we believe he will adjust and come to love us, too, the ugly part of this experience will be the period of time it takes Ethan to go from viewing us as kidnappers to viewing us as parents.

We would appreciate your prayers for this part of the journey. Please join us in praying that God will create a special place in Ethan’s heart for us, and that we will bond quickly, even during our first 18 hours together in airports and airplanes!