Acts of Kindness

The last 2 days have been big days in the life of mankind... okay, maybe not mankind, but they have been HUGE in the Wood household.

1. We made it to church!  Hyun was asleep when we arrived, so I was a little afraid of him waking up to hundreds of unknown faces.  But when he awoke, music was playing.  He saw people singing and hands raised, so he joined in.  After church was a fundraiser cookout, so we stuck around since he was doing so well, and, WOW, did he have a great time playing with everyone.  Crowds don't seem to bother him much I'm assuming because he is accustomed to the high population density in Seoul.
   
2. He rode in the jogging stroller! While in Korea, this boy would not even touch the stroller - which I thought was going to put a major damper on my exercise routine, but he jumped right in this morning and had a great time.  He was ticked off when it was over.

Outside of the "Hyun update" - I wanted to spend a few lines just telling of a few acts of kindness that people did that made our trip and our transition so much better.  We have been so blessed!

• Korean Air - Korean Air has amazing customer service!  On both the flight to and from Korea, they made changes so that our family could sit together because our tickets had to be booked separate from one another since we booked so last minute.
• Korean airport security - They allowed us to go through a separate line for families (even though we didn't completely qualify since Reese was >7 years old) - which helped us tremendously!
• Korean Immigration - The gentleman processing Hyun's paperwork actually got out of his booth in order to shake Hyun's hand and wish him well in America (this was an amazing moment!).
• Man in Korean subway system - Long story short, we were stuck and were about to miss our train to the airport - he stopped to help us by having us throw all our luggage and son to him over the turn style.  Yes, it was crazy.  We would have missed the train without him and probably our flight.
• Man on flight from Chicago to Tulsa  - This guy was so incredibly kind when he was trying to help with Hyun on the plane.  He could have said "can you please make that child be quiet", but instead he said, "what can I do to help?"... what a difference.
• Friends and Family - Can't say enough about all the love and support we continue to get.  The Duclos brought us Charlie's Chicken to the airport (Woohoo!!!), Cindy Wade got us home and fed us multiple times, the Sauter's brought us diapers to the airport so we wouldn't have to go shopping immediately, then more dinners from others, gifts for Reese and Hyun, and anonymous $20 donation from someone...

God is so good and has placed many friends and strangers in our lives to help us through this journey.  So thankful for how everyone is continuing to love on Reese during all this.  What a big change for him!

So grateful...