Overdue Blog Post

We have been in Haiti a full week tomorrow and this is the first time I have updated my blog. I have THOUGHT about updating every day but have been lacking in either energy or internet connection each time it crossed my mind.

Now there's so much to write about, that I don't even know where to start: Our Last Goodbyes, Our Time in Florida, Our Flight In, and now Getting Settled.  Each of those blog posts needs to be written if for no other reason than to give expression to dozens of big THANK YOUs. 

The internet, however, seems to be fading in and out here tonight, so I am doubting that I can post too much text or too many  of the pictures I'd like to show you, but here's one of our new home:

That pic took quite a while to upload, so here's the Reader's Digest version of our last few weeks (I'll flesh these events out with details and pictures - and thank yous - in future posts):

Our final days in Indiana were marked by farewell parties and some great summertime eating.  Goodbyes were tough for every member of the family.  Packing took much longer than expected - we delayed our departure by one full day ... and half of the day after, which made the drive to Florida quite rough.  We left Columbus at 1:30 PM and had to stop at midnight, three hours short of our goal.

Uh-oh.  Getting too much into details.  Gotta get back on the surface.  I am sitting in the dark as I type this and more and more insects are landing on the computer screen... I need to wrap up.

We had a relaxing 48 hours or so in Valparaiso, Florida before driving to Fort Pierce and unloading our cargo.  The flight itself, last Tuesday, was uneventful - just the way we had hoped.

Bringing 4,000 pounds of boxes through customs was not fun.  The officers opened every box.  By the time they were checked, loaded on trucks, driven to Vaudreuil and unloaded in the house, the house boxes and school boxes were all jumbled together ... and looked quite intimidating.  But we made it.

A little glitch caused us to land in one house, start unpacking and cleaning, only to move to another house two days later.  The second house is in much better shape and is really starting to feel like home at this point. The house was together enough for us to host a movie night here last night for some of our neighbors.

Our days have been marked by setting up rooms, dinner invitations from the other missionaries, and lots and lots of LEARNING.  And our kids have helped a bit, but they tend to spend most of their waking hours playing with the Bundy kids.  They spend the days playing soccer, chatting, swinging, making up games and climbing trees.

And ... oh yeah ... one of our kids fell out of a tree today and we had to get her back X-rayed.  (But she's OK, praise the Lord.)  Don't tell the Grandmas!