Wrote this after waking up four hours ago, posting from Seoul airport.

Location: Over the Sea of Okhotsk, about 1,700 mi or 3.5 hrs out of Seoul

I think it’s still day one - just barely. That is, I should update the time zone on my computer to launch me well into day two.

I do not give to you as the world gives. ~Jesus (John 14:27)

He was talking about peace. And love - or at least troubled hearts.

MethaHouse, job, salary requirements, disposable income, a full stomach, multiple advanced degrees… Peace the world gives, eh?

I can also tell you, the world takes away. I could relate the story here of my unemployment. You know, the circumstance that’s given me the freedom to make this trip. But my story’s got nothing on the orphans I’m about to meet.

I’ve been helping Asia’s Hope with a new sponsorship program. For the last couple of years, different churches and other organizations have sponsored the construction and operation of orphanages. Now, individuals can sponsor the kids in these homes. So, I’ve been helping organize the bios.

Wow. Rough.

But, to see their pictures now… That eases a troubled heart.