Asia Blog by Hayden

<p class="plain">Sorry this is late. Troubles with late nights,internet problems and my dad leaving for Indonesia with us forgetting too kept me from writing this.</p><div class="plain">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Gwangju,Korea<br>&nbsp; The week started out with our tired brains. When we arrived at the SOUL/INCHEON airport we got on a train to another terminal to be picked up by our bus to Gwangju. The train stopped at our stop but that's not what we suspected. We suspected it to keep going like in Atlanta. So we huddled in a corner for the other people to get on at the other side. Little did we know that this train makes only one stop!! Finally the security guard motioned for us to get off.</div><div class="plain">&nbsp; When we got to our bus my dad got confused on which bus to get on so he loaded all, repeat, ALL of our of our luggage on the wrong bus:IF AT FIRST YOU DO NOT SUCCEED TRY TRY AGAIN and that's exactly what we did. But we got it right this time.</div><div class="plain">&nbsp; This week was fun but it was also a learning experience. No teams showed up on Saturday but we learned how to do it next time.</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Rizal, Laguna</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">&nbsp; We went with the High School students from LBBCA to a Christian camp in Rizal, Laguna (Rizal is a town in the province of Laguna). The camp focus was leadership. They had: a very cool water slide, two pools, a long rope bridge, a place to feed fish and AMERICAN FOOD!!</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Manila, Philippines and Jakarta, Indonesia</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">&nbsp; My dad went to Indonesia to speak to pastors from all over the islands there. The response was remarkable, by the power of the Holy Spirit all the pastors (30+) wanted to do a tournament!! In fact they fought over who was to do a tournament first, literally:Pastor Showdown!! That was a bit exaggerated but it was quite the opposite of Korea.</div><div class="plain">&nbsp; We did home school at Lighthouse Bible Believer's Church. One day before my dad left we were invited to our friend's birthday party. We thought we'd walk. WRONG. We rode a trike (a mode of transportation which is a motorcycle combined with a cab) out of the neighborhood. We went to a store to buy ice cream then to his house, just me, my brother, Seth, Lester and Diego (the birthday boy) at Lester's house.</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">&nbsp; Thank you for your prayers. The day this was written was starting the end of a minor typhoon. We leave Sunday evening for China. Thanks again for your prayers!!</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">&nbsp; &nbsp; Your Friend, </div><div class="plain">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hayden M. Washer</div><p class="plain"></p>

<p class="plain">Charlotte,NC &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><div class="plain">Our trip this weekend started out fine.Charlotte was great,we said our goodbyes and then weighed our boxes.Thankfully our boxes and suitcases were 50 lbs. each. Then we hopped on our plane. The flight was <strike>awesome</strike>&nbsp;not. There was a lot of turbulence.</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Chicago,IL</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Let's just say our 50 min. layover became 4 hours. There was something wrong with vacuuming...but they were checking the roof of the plane. We finally got on our plane and we were on our way to the Philippines...well sort of.</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Hong Kong</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Our flight was so delayed that they gave us 4 hotel rooms. But our flight left at 7:30 the next morning. We arrived (after a crazy taxi ride) at the hotel at 1:00am and had to get up at 4:00 or 5:00 the next morning,so we took a little nap.</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">Manila,Philippines</div><div class="plain"><br></div><div class="plain">We are here! We had a safe flight to Manila and are glad to start missionary work! Sorry this is late. Right now we are safely in South Korea. Will write about South Korea trip soon! </div><p class="plain"></p>

<p class="plain">Hello,My name is Hayden Washer. I am 12 years old.My parents are Mike and Nikki Washer. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. I was 2 years old when we started traveling with National Hoops Ministries. When I grow up, I would like to be a missionary or whatever God wants me to be.We have had many adventures in 10 years in the States, but I am so excited to take off on this new adventure in Asia. I am excited to see what God will do. </p>