Here we in the gorgeous, concrete filled, sky tower, brisk weathered Seoul, South Korea. The flight here was a little less than superb... If you ever have the choice I would highly advise you to not fly AMC if it can be helped. On the bright side we have arrived and the worst thing was some turbulence, and lost baggage so I can't be too harsh we did after all arrive in one solid piece. we landed and got into here at something like 1 in the morning, honestly I had this grand plan to stay awake and take in the full experience of seeing everything on the bus for the first time; however, my body had other plans. After being awake for nearly two days other than sleeping on the plane with some 200 odd soldiers that seemed to be expelling gaseous substances from their bodies the entire trip, I was pretty stinking exhausted. The grandeur of the city and the lights was spectacular I was so amazed by the beauty and could take my eyes off of everything new, the sights and sounds and smells in itself were enough to feel any ones need for a change a pace... that or something along those lines would have been what I wanted to tell and say about the trip.... In all actuality and honesty it was more like I remember a blur of lights and a crying baby and my mind thinking I need to look at this. HEY! Eyes down there on that face open up, but the reality is that was as much as I could take and I don't think anything could have gotten my eyes to open...
Our first couple days here were pretty uneventful and not a whole lot to say. We can't leave base until we are out of processing and this part of base was not very big and to get to the other half you have to go off post so we are confined to our hotel, but it does have its perks. For example, the courtyard outside with the fountains and gazebos, pretty gorgeous (pictures on facebook). On the downside I would love to have a kitchen and be able to make something other than the Korean take on Mexican food, or pizzahut express downstairs... hopefully soon we will have a new home with a kitchen. =] Until then I will just have to be patient.
Yesterday however was Easter here. It was nice to see that even though we were far away little girls still dresses in frilly pastel colored dresses with their shiny new shoes and twirled around saying He is Risen. Austin and I decided to get some air and go for a walk. Outside the hotel I was taken aback by this young boy who was going on and on about how he didn't like it here, I looked over to see an exasperated mother, who counteracted with "Your not happy anywhere, In Florida we bought the boat and you weren't happy you have a Mac book, Ipad, Nintedo DS, Mac Pro, Kinect, etc... some kids have nothing." Well after hearing that I was really interested in what this little punk had to say for himself... I am a grown woman and I can't think of any of my friends who have those things let alone a nine year old (or what looked to be around that age) boy! I turned and looked at Austin and he said "No" before a word even left my mouth... "I am really biting my tongue here Aust..." The little boys next words FLOORED me "Well I can't feel bad for other kids or people I am sorry I just can't, Its like the starving kids in Africa thing whether I eat all my food or not there will still be starving kids in Africa so what am I supposed to do. I don't feel bad. I looked at Austin gave him that sorry babe gonna do it anyway turned around and let into this kid, I told him of a little boy I knew of that someone very dear to me picked up in Africa on the verge of death and had nothing and started to share about Living Hope Ethiopia and kids and mothers both there would be lucky to have enough food for today, and told the mother about the website and to have him look it up, and maybe suggest giving some what hes been given to the kids that don't have anything. So in all reality the kid will probably still be a little turd and nothing will have changed, but God opens doors in the strangest of situations. A woman turned and said "I help run an orphanage here my husbands platoon just took over sponsoring it and we work with the kids, every weekend we go visit. We are stationed at Camp Humphreys, Where are you?" Well it just so happens that Camp Humphreys is our new duty station and we will be arriving there Wednesday. Her eyes lit up probably about the size that mine were and she gave us the "Best Realtor" for housing and some good advice like whatever you do do not get oil heating, and people will show you Ace Village, Break ins are high don't go there. I immediately asked for information on program she worked with and she was just so gracious and gave me her number told me to call if we need anything when we get over to Humphreys
One more thing... this humidity is doing wonders for my curls! gotta love a girl with some bounce!
