Boryeong MudFest and the local orphanage

I won't write a whole lot right now, because I'm at work and need to get a few more things squared away before my next class. Still, I wanted to give a quick update on what we've been doing the last couple of weeks. It's been a full schedule for sure. Andy's in the middle of his first base exercise, as are all the other dudes on base, so us wives are hanging out in our apartments in Gunsan City.

2 weeks ago we went for one day to the Boryeong Mud Festival on Daechon Beach, about 45 minutes from here. You essentially jump in a vat of mud, roll around, climb out and have your picture taken by hundreds of Korean paparazzi. Seriously. And all I wanted was a towel to wipe the mud out of my eyes. Every photographer thought I was winking and they just came closer and stuck the lenses right in my face. FINALLY I got my point across and someone gave me a clean towel. Andy thought that was a riot, seeing as he just stood there laughing at me. :0) It was really fun! And the Hite beer from Korea is sold in big plastic bottles, so we carried those around with us like water bottles. Will add more here later... this is a tease - keep checking.

Now for the good stuff. Sunday Andy and I went with some of the other guys in his squadron to a local orphanage they've "adopted." It's so touching and heartwrenching and I will definitely add more here later, but I just wanted to let everyone know that if you are inclined to help out, we would love to have some American things to give to these kids. They fell in love with our sunglasses and just walked around wearing them the whole time. We're going to check out the local WalMart-esque places for dollar glasses to buy in bulk. If you find a post office you can get an APO box which costs $12 flat rate (approx. cost) no matter the weight. The age group is 5 & 6 to high school age, so I'll leave it at that. That being said, Andy and I have everything we need here for the most part... we'd rather get packages of things we can give to these children. I'll post more later - need to run...

Take care! We miss you all so much!
love,
Becca and Andy