We wanted to enjoy some of our favorite Florida activities before we left so here Jared, Gabe, Judah, and our cousin Josh are mountain biking through Florida swamps.

Our last day on the lake before we left. Some things will be missed a lot more than others. This is one of them.

The weekend before departure was the MasterCraft U.S. Open at Disney's House of Blues. Jared, Gabe, and Judah went to watch the slalom and long jump.

Wednesday morning came fast, and ready or not, the time came to head to Orlando International Airport. We crammed nearly 40 suitcases into the van and arrived at the airport at 5:30am. All of our checked baggage was over the 50 lb limit and nearly over the "pay extra" 70 pound limit. The first bag on the scale was 69.5 lbs which made this process slightly tense. The flight from Orlando was to Toronto, Canada.

Arriving in Toronto we had several hours layover in which we ate and attempted sleeping under the airport chairs. The flight to Seoul was uneventful - too uneventful for 14 hours. The girls were able to find floor space on the plane to play with their dolls. Judah found nowhere to play with anything and nearly went insane.

We arrived safely in Seoul and were quite happy to set foot on solid ground. Surprisingly, all of our bags arrived with us, unlike Tim and Boni's previous trip. Judah and Gabe were anxious to find Mountain Dew after a long flight and were excited to find it in the Korean store - it even promised to have genuine American taste!! - all excitement dissipated when they gulped a very un-genuine taste. Our partner here, Randy Sumrall and his son, along with two members from Global Mission Church arrived with a van to bring us to our new home.

Below are pictures of our apartment which is on the fifth floor of this building. There are few houses in Korea. Most living space is in giant, 22 story apartment buildings. Ours is a very spacious four bedroom apartment which we are very thankful to have. There are also several views from our front and back balconies which overlook the courtyard in the front and the mountain range in the back.

First day here consisted of going to E-mart and the bank in preparation for living here. Notice the escalator designed to carry shopping carts.

Lunch with employees of the Joshua school we will work with.

Pictures of Seoul country which is mountains, rice fields, and thousands of huge apartments.

Saturday, Timothy and Judah went with friends to a car dealership to purchase a van. We found a Hyundai Starex which is Korea's version of an 11 passenger van. It is slightly bigger than a Chevrolet 7 passenger van. The silver van pictured is the one we bought. By the way, those of you in America - gas here is more than $5 a gallon.

The kind folks who helped us find a car took us out to lunch at a well-known Korean restaurant known for serving only Korean beef which is 3 times the cost of imported.

Timothy and most of the kids went on a hike with the Sumralls up the mountain behind our apartment. Below are shots from the top of the mountain which provided great views of the areas surrounding Seoul. Most of the buildings pictured are apartments.

Monday, Judah took Evangeline and Julianna to a nearby park where they met some little Korean girls who live in our apartment complex. They were fascinated with Judah's camera and were also excited to teach him how to ride a bike which they figured he had never done. They were shocked at how fast he learned.

Sunday, we attended Church of Joy and afterwords went to their sports day at a nearby school. Below are pictures of the games we tried to play without understanding a word of instruction. Notice digruntled confusion on Gabe's face.