February in Korea

We volunteered/paid to go with the Regent's School on a school ski trip to Muju, Korea in February. What a trip!!! Exhausting! I have never skied so much in my entire life. 37 kids went from the school, 32 had never skied before, 5 had never even seen snow before. There were only 5 skiing chaperones-thus all the skiing! I had to stay up with some teenager boys, thankfully they were beginners but still dare-devil newbies!

We were excited because our friends the Whitcombe's were also attending, they are our friends from New Zealand who had never skied before as well. Sadly on the second day, Gerard broke his leg very badly. He had a twisting break inside his boot! Muju, Korea probably isn't the best place to break a bone. The clinic was used to seeing broken bones near the ski resort, they reported they see about 12 a day! They were very prepared for a broken bone but Gerard's was more serious than most, not a simple, casting, break:(

After ambulance transfer to Seoul and then a 5 hour commercial flight back to Bangkok he finally had surgery on Friday morning, he broke his leg on Tuesday! Say a prayer for him if you will, the Dr's worry that it won't heal well enough to support his body weight. Dr's orders were 1 month with absolutely no weight bearing on the leg.

We carried on at the resort with all the kids, praying that there wouldn't be any other injuries. Thankfully, the rest of our group returned intact and ready to go again next year!

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