Our Arrival

We drove like crazy from Ohio to Idaho so we could attend a gathering of former Ecuador co-workers.  We sure wish we could've had more time.

Peter, Robbie, Josiah, Olivia, Rebecca, Lydia & Josiah

Ecuador Family

Tracey, Me, Shari & Lynette

Charlie and Josiah enjoying the vast amount of furniture we started with!  Josiah proceeded to get very sick as soon as we arrived.  He didn't get out of bed for about 3 days. 

Andi accepted a job at MAF as a Ministry Partnership Coach (more on that later) and was asked to attend the bi-annual seminar as a refresher as soon as we arrived.as

The kids sanded and painted this great Craigslist find!  It's hard to start our house from scratch again!  

Our first house guests arrived a few days after we did!  Steve and Lindsay are friends who were completing security training before heading to Indonesia with MAF.

Kinda looks like home.

Olivia got braces shortly after we arrived.

The Grants were here for a short visit.  We hadn't seen them since they left Ecuador.

The kid's first day of school.  Josiah is a Junior and Olivia is in 8th grade.

Josiah strained his knee during football and was able to go to a clinic at Boise State.  Even though he was in pain, it was a very cool experience.

Olivia saved this on her phone and I thought it was perfect for the theme of our transition so far.  Thanks for praying for us!