Hi All,
We’ve made it to the hot, muggy land of Mary. It was a 3,000+ mile trip that included a two day stop at Yellowstone. “Amazing!” “Wow!” “That’s incredible!” Seth couldn’t stop exclaiming over the beauty and mystery of hanging out on an active volcano. Angela was just speechless. We’ll put some pictures on here once we get them developed on Seth’s computer.
Speaking of which, it will be almost a week until we get internet out at the house. Seems it takes longer to get service things happening out here, maybe because there are way more people. Power didn’t get turned on at the house until four days after we’d moved in. Jenna was probably the most miserable of the three of us during that time. She is enjoying the air-conditioning flowing through the house now.
So much is different from what we’re used to seeing. Grocery stores are all different, as well as the products and brands they carry. It’s been difficult finding brands Seth can eat, especially with bread. They also drive more aggressively, which is a bit frightening to Angela, who’s also re-learning to drive a standard. There are no drive up coffee kiosks anywhere and guys Seth’s age keep their hair short (no surfer boy styles).
But we’ve met a lot of really great people. Most of the academy staff are our age and fun, our principals are fantastic and approachable. We have great neighbors and a helpful maintenance man (yay!). And our banker is on her way to finding God. It’s incredible, she was so excited to find out we were Christians and, even though she’s not supposed to talk about it at work, she just bubbled over with enthusiasm for what’s she’s learning.
We plan to post on here regularly, don’t give up on us. We’d like to take this past a wed-site. And we’d love to hear from all of you.