Old Mailman and daughter leave for Korea tomorrow!

At 5:20 AM tomorrow, Holly & I will be at the La Crosse airport- flying to Chicago at 6:50.

Then, we fly from OHare airport to Seoul, S. Korea, leaving at about 4:30 PM- a 15 hour flight!

I bought an electric transformer for the 220 Volt Korean electric system, and with it came some travel tips... one in particular is memorable:

"One of the safest liquids to drink in developing countries is beer. It is too acidic for microbes to live in. Also, it has very little fat and lots of liquid carbohydrates. In fact, it is liquid bread.
To be safe, drink beer constantly."

I think I will enjoy this trip...

Mystery mailman

The Kimtones

Here is a photo of the Kimtones. From left: Mark Bertrang, Pastor Hyun Suk Kim, and my other side view...

We are planning on doing Gospel, barbershop, and Western style singing, both here and especially in Korea!

Jay

Old Mailman goes to Korea!

It is now official: in July, the old mailman will be going with a church group from Onalaska United Methodist Church to Korea! The above photo shows a group of Koreans who visited us here this past winter. (They sang us a goodbye song at the church).

The old mailman will be accompanied by his daughter, Holly, who will be home from her freshman year of college. Our Pastor Kim in Onalaska is from Korea- he is the reason and inspiration for this cross-cultural exchange. It should be very, very interesting, to say the least!

I am NOT one who loves travel, and so, anticipating a trip to the other side of the world! seems quite extreme... but, I know it will be a wonderful thing! Overwhelming, but wonderful.

Hopefully, Mark Bertrang, my singing compadre, and Pastor Kim can also do some singing over in Korea- Koreans are new to barbershop and gospel music! I'd really like to sing them The Star Spangled Banner !