Our light at the end of the tunnel

Because this part of our journey was so special and such a surprise, we thought it deserved its own post. So after a very long journey across the U.S., the Pacific Ocean, Japan, the Sea of Japan, and South Korea.. after having one son throw up in the airplane bathroom and another get a bloody nose during descent into Tokyo, when you're not supposed to unbuckle...after watching Henry get his first glimpse of the lights of Seoul, making our way onto a crowded Korean airport shuttle, going through customs, finding our luggage, going to exchange our money and finding out that they wouldn't exchange our travellers checks but that we would have to find a bank in the city.. after making our way out the doors and seeing all the people waiting for passengers and wishing that we had someone there to take us to the guesthouse... as we were walking over to see about renting a phone, our light at the end of the tunnel came. The boys were following us, and I heard them laugh. When I turned around, Mr. Hwang had Henry, Charles, and Min in a big hug. Wow!! There are no words for that moment. We would have been enormously excited to have seen him at any time, and we didn't think we would see him until the next day, but to have him show up then was an answer to a prayer that I hadn't even prayed. He took a bag, and he and his girlfriend led us... an exhausted, dirty, glazed-eyed group through the airport to the airport subway, helped us get our subway tickets, and brought us all the way to our guesthouse. Thank goodness he was there because finding the airport subway would have been a challenge, not to mention getting out of the subway. Finding our guesthouse was okay since I had been there before, but getting a mattress and extra towels from the man downstairs would have been a little more difficult with my exhausted mind. So would have figuring out that the 7/11 next to the guesthouse sells beer. Thank you just doesn't seem like enough.  

Making our way to the airport subway.

On the subway to the guesthouse.