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Early tomorrow morning, we’ll drive to Dulles International Airport (Washington D.C.) for a 1:25 p.m. takeoff. Fourteen and a half hours later, we are scheduled to land in Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, Korea. This has been an interesting week with, as I’ve said before, mixed emotions. On the one hand, we leave behind the … Read more
We plan to blog in Korea like we did last time. We will have a computer in our room at the SWS Guest House where we’ll be staying (which will save us lugging a laptop, especially important for the return trip!), so should be able to blog while we’re there. Blogging in Korea was one … Read more
Much of our focus in recent days, especially since we got the call that our baby girl is ready for travel, has been on the trip and the second adoption. But as I wrote earlier, we are filled with mixed emotions because we will be separated from Ethan for several days and 7,000 miles. On … Read more
It’s a bit of a mouthful, but these four words help get at the benefits of blogging about our journey, especially as it relates to the adoption of Ethan and his sister (by the way, our goal is settle on a new name for her by the time we land in Korea! 😉 ). Blogging … Read more
As you “travel” with us to and from Korea, we ask you to also keep us in prayer. Here are some thoughts as we prepare to return to Korea. Please pray … That God will work out all the details and that we will get everything done that we need to before Monday. That God … Read more
As I posted earlier, we’ll spend four nights in Korea when we fly out Monday. We are in he process of making reservations to stay at the SWS Guest House again this time, hopefully in one of the family units that includes a computer (which should allow us to blog from Korea this time, too). … Read more
Our travel plans are coming together. We’ve booked our flight for next week and are in the process of securing a place to stay. Then we’ll work on planning some things to do while we’re there. Yesterday, we made our travel arrangements through Korean Air. We will fly to Korea Monday from Dulles (Washington D.C.) … Read more
As we prepare to go to Korea, we are experiencing mixed emotions. Our emotions are mostly good — they’re a mix of anticipating the arrival of the newest member of our family, gearing up for a long 7,000 mile trip, and enduring a long separation from Ethan. On the one hand, we look forward to … Read more
Today at 12:55 pm, we got *the* call informing us that our baby girl in Korea is ready for travel! Our heads are still spinning, but we’re looking at our calendars and to-do lists to figure out when we’ll be able go. We’ll post the details on our itinerary as they become available. The process … Read more
Several weeks ago, we bought a toddler bed for Ethan so that we could use the crib for our baby girl. We set up the bed in Ethan’s room and also left the crib in his room, thinking we’d have a couple months for him to make the transition from one to the other. However, … Read more