Building Character

We had an opportunity last weekend to visit a local orphanage and offer our services through doing some spring cleaning. This was a great opportunity to spend some time with Harper, and give something back at the same time. So Harper and I spent our Saturday morning traveling through the rain to the orphanage and getting down and dirty, whilst inhaling some of Korea’s finest cleaning chemicals.

I was extremely impressed with the way that Harper got in and went about his work. He didn’t complain once, and he didn’t even wait around to be told what to do – he grabbed his cloth and got straight into it. He said that he really enjoyed it and that he had a great time playing with the kids after our chores were done. We took a bag of his toys that he didn’t really play with anymore, and he felt very good about actually handing these to the kids and seeing the smiles on their faces.

This was a great day and we got some real quality father/son time in. It can’t have been too bad because he said he would like to go there again. Hopefully next time the girls will be able to come too.