On Wednesday the 23rd of June- Pat Day and I met up in Los Angeles International with Dr. Torres after taking our flights from Louisville and Dallas Ft. Worth. After long check in lines, long baggage screening lines and even longer lines to enter the terminal and waiting to board our Asiana 747 flight- we lifted off the ground to begin our 13 hour non-stop flight to Seoul.
We had a wonderful time of fellowship on the flight. We had a time of prayer before we departed and Dr. Torres led us in an on-flight devotional based on Psalm 120:1 starting with-
"I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from?" We prayed to the source of our power- our heavenly Father- to continue to prepare the way as the RTCA was coming to South Korea for ministry support and opportunity to establish a ministry to the horse racing community.
Over 7,000 miles later we shot across Japan, made our way over the East Sea and thirty minutes later we dove through a blinding rain storm to land on Incehon Island at the new international airport that serves Seoul.
We were met by three Christian brothers led by our team organizer and head of the Korean Jockey Guild- Brother Kim. We loaded all our bags in the van and drove nearly two hours in the rain to Seoul.
We were extremely tired- being up for over 24 hours. But we enjoyed their company at a Korean cafe and sampled Korean grilled meat mixed with vegetables that you placed in lettuce- it was delicious.
We slept in a while on Friday morning and will begin an extensive travel schedule that will carry us all over Seoul, up to the DMZ where we will look over into North Korea, then to the southern tip to the port city of Pusan and then out to the island of Jenju and then back up to Seoul before leaving on the 3rd.
We will be visiting 3 race tracks, speaking a numerous churches, appearing on tv stations and holding a conference with 600 people that are the industry and press leaders for the Korean racing community.
I will be blogging as often as possible, so stay tuned!
Pray that we will be used by the Lord to help in the establishment of a race track ministry with our Korean brothers and sisters and be given the opportunity to proclaim the Good News of Christ wherever we go!
From the Soul of the South Korean Capital city of Seoul.
Edward Smith
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