First Impressions

Our first post from Korea marked the first 30 Hours of our trip to Korea, from the time we got up at home till the time we arrived in our room at the guest house. So, after our first 30 hours in Seoul, here are some of my first impressions … Seoul is a modern … Read more

30 Hours

We’re in Korea! In fact, we’ve just finished a marathon day, so the following thumbnail sketch may not be as good as it could be. This long post is really a series of short posts in one. 🙂 State College → Detroit On Tuesday morning, we got up at 2:45 (Eastern Time) on about 3 … Read more

Blogging in Korea

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 … Read more

An Emotional Roller Coaster

This week has been quite an emotional roller coaster! On Monday we experienced great relief when we emailed drafts of our final two chapters to our mentor. On Tuesday we were elated when we received the call informing us that our baby was ready for travel. Wednesday through Friday, though, were spent tying up loose … Read more

Our Itinerary

Our itinerary is finally coming together. We will fly to Korea on Tuesday (2/5) and will return on Thursday of the following week (2/14). That’s a day earlier than we were planning to go, but due to the holidays, we were not able to book a flight on 2/6 — we either had to go … Read more

Sleepless in Pennsylvania

A few weeks ago, someone asked me if we were able to sleep due to thinking about our upcoming adoption. I said we weren’t having any trouble sleeping. Thankfully, we’ve not really had too much of a problem sleeping. Even when I was going through the worst of the merger process with Alexandria, Barree, and … Read more

Cross-Cultural Experience

As part of our Doctor of Ministry program at Asbury, we are required to complete a cross-cultural experience. We plan to complete our cross-cultural experience in Korea (when we go to pick up our baby). Thanks to our bishop, Bishop Jane Allen Middleton, for putting us in contact with Bishop Jeremiah Park (bishop of NY … Read more

South Korea

Gathering information on South Korea, the place from where we’re adopting a child. As we posted earlier, We’re on the waiting list for adoption from South Korea. We thought we’d share some links of sites with information about South Korea. Information: NationalGeographic.com US Department of State CIA BBC Travel Guides: Lonely Planet Tour2Korea Also, check … Read more

Dudley’s Chapel

We spent a few days of vacation at the Chesapeake Bay last week. The Chesapeake Bay was our third choice of places to go. We had planned to go elsewhere but changed our minds due to the mid-April snowstorm. Our second choice (the Delaware coast) was also a no-go due to coastal flooding warnings. We … Read more

Little

Sometime last year I talked how small we humans are in the universe. That was driven home to me last October on vacation in Nova Scotia, Canada. One of the most incredible sites on our trip was the 24 hours we spent in the tiny fishing village of Peggy’s Cove. Even though it was a … Read more