Been a while....

I know it have been just about forever since we have posted anything. I started my job at the end of April and it is sure keeping me busy! Hence the not writing in a while. :) Micah has been working quite a bit and and getting ready for traing. We had a great summer. Jacob and Simon came out to visit and we had a blast. Unfortunately, Jake had a tooth issue, but we didn't let that stop us from having fun!


Here are some pictures of when we went to the Aquarium with Jacob and Simon....

We are trying to talk them into coming again. We really had a great time and we miss them!

Beaches of Oki

Since Micah is out of town, I had to find something to do on my Saturday. I decided to drive around the part of the island we live on and look at some scenery. Here are some pictures that I took. The first few are from the east side of the island.

That is what our beaches consist of- rocks. The "sand" that we do have is normally crushed coral, so it's not very comfortable to lay or walk on.

I drove over to the west side of the island and a storm was coming in.

Their sign of rules for the beach. I'm just going to guess that they are similar to ours because I have no clue what that sign says!!

Update

I'm sorry we haven't written on here much lately. As boring as things have been around here, we seem to be very busy and time seems to be flying by! Not too much has been happening. 27 APR is my start date for the job. We are very excited about that!! I have been volunteering every day at the clinic to keep me busy while Micah is gone. That has definitely helped the time go faster than it would otherwise. I really like the clinic and everyone I work with. Unfortunately, in the military, the turnover rate is so high, but for now everyone I work with is great! Other than that, there isn't too much going on. Once Micah gets home, I know we'll be out and about doing more so there should be more pictures to share!

Job Update

Thank you for all of your prayers. I got a call today from HR offering me the job! I had gotten hints from people around the office leading me to believe that I was the applicant they chose, but it is nice to have it finally be official. My official start date is April 13. I have been volunteering there though, so it should be a smooth transition. God has blessed us so much since we've stepped foot on this island. The day after I start is our 4 month anniversary of being on this island. The rumor I kept here when I got here was don't expect to get a job until you've been here for at least 6 months. There is only one reason that I got this job this quickly....God's perfect plan for me! His timing is perfect and He is always faithful. That is something He has definitely been teaching me while Micah is away training, that He is ever faithful!! Thank you again for all of your prayers!

Creatures of Okinawa

We have definitely come across some interesting animals since we've gotten on the island. Here are a couple that we see all the time around here.

Spiders...HUGE spiders.... are all over. I kill probably one a week. This is by far my least favorite part of the island. I know, Mom, this is really making you want to come visit, right?

Snails are EVERYWHERE!! Every time it rains we have a ton of them crawling up our windows and the walls outside on the house. You can't really tell how big this one is, but it was probably just a tab bit smaller than my fist.

We have seen a couple of praying mantises around, as well. I have only seen them in science books, so it was pretty cool to see one on our fence!

We can't take credit for these two. A friend of ours took them while he was diving a while ago. Micah did get an underwater digital camera for his birthday and has been dying to get out and use it. The weather hasn't been super great lately, but as soon as it is I know he'll be out getting some pictures like this!

I wanted to show you the view when you walk out of where Micah works. It must be really terrible to go to work with a view like this!!

Phone Number

Our phone number is...(727) 394-4968. We just got it up and running! We are so excited to be able to call the states. We would love to hear from all of you, too. Just remember, your day is our night! :) Trust me, we have a really hard time remembering that here too!! We will definitely be making phone calls to everyone!, but with only a couple hours a day to get it done with the time difference it's going to take a while to get around to everyone. We miss you guys like crazy though!!!

Internet

Just wanted everyone to know that we finally got internet in our house today. We will do much better with keeping you all up to date on things. Also, we will have a stateside number very shortly to give you. We got a magic jack and it should allow us to get a 727 number with unlimited calls to the US. We are so excited about that! I'll make sure to get it on here as soon as we get the number!!