Sunday

It is 6:22 Monday here. Our computer connection wouldn't stay put last night, so I'll write about yesterday now. Yesterday started very early. I as up at 3:30am and Abby at 5:30. We layed around until time to hit the subway to find church. Mike stumbled across the website for Seoul International Basptist Church, it had English services, so off we went. We thoroughly enjoyed it. It was very much like our church at home: casual, friendly, multicultural. We sang a song that had the verse from Psalm 103 about how the Lord has removed our transgressions as far as the east is from the west. Boy, that phrase hit me like a ton of bricks. We had traveled as far as the east is from the west and man, that is FAR! Thank you Jesus! One thing that struck me as amazing was the prayer the deacon offered. He said "We are so thankful for the freedom we have in this country to worship without persecution." He was US military and that just really caught me off gaurd that in a country other than America, people are thankful for their religious freedomes. Hmmmm, I'm so arrogant in thinking the US is the only free country! After church, we stopped to eat insided a hole in the wall Mexican food place. We had fajitas and some style of tacos and Dr. Pepper. It wasn't Texas style Mexican food, but it was good. We then came to our room to rest. My sinuses are killing me(people smoke in public here, if you have allergies and asthma, bring meds!). Last night we went to the Chongdong Theater right by the Seoul Museum of Art. We watched an opera/dance about traditional Korea in ancient times. It was beautiful! Before the show, they have a costume area set up in the foyer for people to try on traditional Korean costuems. Of course, we had to do this :) We provided the pre-show entertainment for everyone waiting for the show to start. All 3 of us put on traditional wedding costumes and took pictures, thus the ridiculous picture you are looking at! As we were walking down the street after the show, there was a huge Christian youth concert on an outdoor stage. It was so sweet watching that crowd of teens jumping up and down singing!

In a few hours Abby meets her foster mother. She is very excited about this. She made her a scrapbook and that has Korean descriptions under the pictures--thanks to our dear friend Paul. Other than that, she is Korea'd out! She is tired and ready to go home. She says Korea is too croweded and loud ;)

At 2pm(11pm Texas time) we have our 2nd meeting with Hudson. Please keep praying for him to not be terrified of us.