It's been way too long, and we're back!

In Duluth this Spring

So we haven't posted in quite some time....so here goes! 

Texas was great for us. We enjoyed being close to friends, had some great company and tried to enjoy ourselves as much as we could! I met a lot of great people through work and ended up having a lot of fun there. My work was super fast paced and I learned a ton. My co-workers had fun together and were great at making each other feel like they mattered. It's great working at facilities with a therapy team that has a variety of specialties. You can take a piece from every one of them, it's so helpful.

At Splitrock Lighthouse this Spring

Andy ended up leaving his job that he got in Idaho and started volunteering for World Relief. They offer a ton of services, but Andy helped with the immigration services they offer. They assist immigrants with moving from their countries to the US and connect you with families and you come alongside them as they transition. Andy was asked to pick up a family from the airport coming from Nepal: husband, wife, and cute baby daughter. They had been living in a refugee camp for years, and previously were both working as English teachers. Some of his family is already living in the US so they was able to move into an apartment with his parents, as that is very common in their culture. He also had siblings in nearby apartments, so it was great for Andy to see them all connected again. He spent quite a bit of time with them as they began to acclimate to life in the US and life in TX. I was able to see them twice, and we were sent off from Texas with an incredible night hosted by them. We've been able to keep in touch since we left and they have been doing well. We hope to be involved with World Relief in the future.


Splitrock Lighthouse north of Duluth

In Texas, we decided to try and find a job closer to home. A travel job opening in Northern MN came up, and that was our next step! We were there for about three months, and while we were there, Andy began looking for a new job. He applied in ND, SD, and MN. After quite the search, he found a job with a company in the cities. He started working for them as I finished up the travel assignment and looked for a job myself. I ended up finding one and started my job in August. So far things have been good for both of us. We're getting acclimated to MN/city life, as well as us both having full-time, permanent jobs. We'll fill you in later about more.....just wanted to first let you know that we didn't fall off the face of the earth!!! :)