Well, as I sit down to update our blog, we are right smack dab in the middle of Typhoon Chaba! I have been in some crazy storms before in Arizona and mostly Nebraska, but none of those compare to this! The entire base was shut down and gates locked and we all have to stay inside until further notice! Thankfully, we still have power and water! This is the longest the TV has been on since we got here. We have cleaned, colored, napped and surfed...the internet (hehe) and still have the rest of the night to go! In some ways, it's a little scary, but mostly it's exciting!
Aside from this crazy weather, we are really getting into our own groove here. This past week, a friend from high school and her husband moved here. He is in the Air Force. It has been so fun catching up and we are planning on attending another new church together on Sunday! She has two kids, 1 is close to Paige's age and they have the best time together.
Jason had his first FTX (field training exercise) this week, which wound up being cancelled due to the typhoon! :) This was his first week of 'real' work since we've been here. Last we he was in his mandatory Japanese class (40 hrs) where he learned about the culture and even some of the language. He got to go on two field trips that we plan on visiting as a family when this weather clears.
I am getting more involved in our PWOC and loving it! I have met so many amazing women and some of them remind me of alot of my mom's friends back home. I love it! I have also taken on the role of FRG (family readiness group) Leader for Jason's battery. I am getting more and more comfortable here and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first shipment on Monday (Nov. 1)! I cannot wait to make this house a home!
Paige is, well, Paige. She is doing amazing and loving everyone she meets! She is learning how to write her letters and identify words, some of the harder letters and her numbers. I love watching her mind grow! We have been learning more and more scriptures (some thanks to the Cubbies cd we bought with her weekly verses on it) and she loves to hear stories of Jesus. She has even taken on praying and dinner and bedtime. It melts my heart (even though she thanks God for all the birthdays and all the outfits hehe)!
We love our new life here and thank God for all he has done for us here! Thank you for all of your prayers! Hopefully the next post we will have some more pictures to share! Till then...Konichiwa!!
Just wanted to say hi:) It's really fun seeing all you guys are up to. And I have to say you're excitement about such a big move is very inspiring :)
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