Update

Wow!  Where does the time go?

Before we left, someone in our church described this period of time (at about 5-6 months of being in-country) as going by the fastest.  They were right!  I can't believe it's been so long since I've updated the blog!  Please forgive me!

June and July kept us hopping for sure!  My cousin Michael and his wife, Stephanie came to visit!  It was an AMAZING time with them!  They also brought a huge bag of goodies and notes from people back home.  It really was like Christmas in June!

I shared with them how overwhelmed I was with such a range of emotions.  God saw fit that just the week before, we suffered another miscarriage, which was, as you can imagine, a big low point of emotion.  Soon after, my cousin (one of my best friends!) came and spent some amazing time with us, as you can imagine - a HUGE high point of emotions!  So the second part of June, I really spent a lot of time processing all these emotions.

One thing that I was reminded of is that we are still the same people in a foreign country as we were in the U.S.  We still have the same struggles and the same family and friends who love us.

We've really settled into life here.  Culture shock (that hit me hard at first! :) ) is over.  Thank goodness!  Then the excitement of everything being new and adventurous has settled.  (although we still get a great chuckle out of a lot of new and fun things here.)   We are in such a comfortable place of feeling at home in our routine, apartment and various tasks we have found.  Jason has found a good rhythm with his job, and I am volunteering once a week at a place I'll share more about stateside.  I've found where to buy delicious produce every single day (we have a market just a couple blocks from our house  - AMAZING! I will definitely miss the market!)  and which stores here and there that carry foods that taste similar to home.

During this rainy season (June - Sept) I have only taken my camera out once due to humidity.  I have a few phone snapshots, but to be honest, I don't like taking many photos here.  When the people see my camera, I feel it really changes the dynamic in which we interact, and I don't like that too much.  I want to just blend (as much as possible!  Haha! :) )  So, I don't have a lot of photos to share as of yet.

Speaking of the rainy season, please be in prayer for the people of Myanmar!  The flooding this year hit the more northern regions very hard!  Please pray as many families lost all they had, and living conditions and food are a big problem.  There is more I can share about that, but if you're interested, please write to me.  I won't take up more blog space.  Just please pray for the situation!

So, overall things are going well for us.  He is faithful, and we are the same people we've always been.  That's not to say this time isn't an amazing experience for us - it is!  We are also growing so much and learning tons.  August is already slipping through our fingers!  Jason will finish up his teaching at the university and will be doing more (than he already has been) travelling outside of the city for some workshops.

If you would, please also pray for Jason, he's been battling an off and on virus and sinus infections basically since May.  It's been rough for him, including a chronic cough.

We love you all!  Thanks for being interested!