As I mentioned in the previous post, life has not slowed down since we returned from our family vacation in Italy this summer. In addition to moving to a new house AND bidding on our next international post, we have a 3rd major life update to share with you, actually the biggest of them all!… Continue reading The Biggest Update of Them All
Tag: International move
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Okay, so there’s been a lot of rough and rocky days these first couple of months. BUT there are plenty of things we love as well! Here are a few of our favorite things: 1. The fruit! There is a little roadside fruit stand just down the road from our compound. We stroll down there… Continue reading A Few of Our Favorite Things
Learning to Live
Well, after over a month of battling the ants and multiple rounds of pest guys coming to the house, they finally brought the right magic dust to obliterate the colonies…we are ant free!! However, whilst we were still in the throes of our ant war, one of our neighbors texted me a picture of a… Continue reading Learning to Live
Between Two Worlds
The movers will be at our door in less than 2 weeks to pack up our house! In less than 4 weeks, we’ll officially be boots on the ground in West Africa. I get butterflies every day. It’s so thrilling and exciting and sad and gut wrenching all at the same time. Leaving and arriving.… Continue reading Between Two Worlds
Houston. We have a problem.
It was May 17th, 2022, the day I stared in shock at those seven little letters on the screen of my phone. I had indeed been waiting anxiously for days for seven little letters to appear on that screen. But these…these were the wrong ones. H-O-U-S-T-O-N. What? I just stared in silence at… Continue reading Houston. We have a problem.