We are Back!

After a month of internet cafe hopping and borrowing friends internet, I am so please to say that we are back. We have internet in our home again. woohoo!!

I'm a little overwhelmed about how to catch this blog up with everything that has gone on in the last month. We'll get there eventually, but for today I will blog about today.

Tonight we've been able to briefly see some of our family, including both our sweet nephews! Oh how we have missed seeing their faces. Owen read us books and wouldn't let his mommy and daddy come in the room while we played together. He only got a little disappointed when he couldn't take us outside. What fun memories we are making with them, even from the other side of the world.

so much more to say and show, but I'll save it for another post.
soon.

North

After months of planning, weeks of looking, and a couple days of hauling stuff... we are officially in our new flat.

(Joe carrying me over the threshold)

I mentioned in my last post that our good friend, Scott, was coming to visit. We had an incredible 2 weeks with him being here. It was a very refreshing, encouraging, and fun 2 weeks despite the fact that a lot of stuff went "wrong"

We've had no water. 

The official move day and first night to be in our new home. We spent the afternoon loading the car with the last of our stuff and heading North. Then we spent an hour walking our 55 stairs to get things in place. We then discovered that we didn't have any water! 

No water= No showers

We ended up getting 3+ hours of sleep before heading to the train station. We were so thankful for the hotel showers!!

We've had no electricity!

We enjoyed our first day in Jaipur, but came back to no electricity in our hotel room. Everyone else had electricity but us. Go figure. We called the front desk multiple times and finally got bumped to a better room after 4 hours of no success with the power. We didn't complain too much :)

After our trip we came home to no electricity at the new house. We had guessed we wouldn't have water, but the power was definitely a surprise. We ended up getting a few lights to work, but no fans. Did I mention it's already in the 100's here?!

We've got no internet!

We have the water worked out (sort of). We've got the electricity working now. But we are still without internet. It's been hard to not be able to hear from all our family and friends in the states. We are praying that our lease comes soon so we can get internet in our home and catch up with everyone. Plus we have a sweet baby niece, Olivia, who will be making her grand entrance this next month!

We also found out this week that our new partners are having a few complications in their pregnancy. Due to the complications they are not getting to come back to India until after the baby is born. So the earliest they will be here is mid July.  Please pray for this sweet family. For a safe delivery and quick journey home!

So even though the timing of Scott's trip was filled with transitions and obstacles (did I mention I shattered his birthday dessert on the kitchen counter?), we couldn't be more thankful for the timing of it. Joe and I both think that God knew we needed him here during this time. He distracted us from all the stuff that would normally be a little discouraging.

Praising Him in All Things!

Quick Update

Sadly, I regret to say that I have no pictures to post today, not because I don't have so incredible pictures to post, I just don't have time.

I wanted to post some quick updates:
-we are without internet at our temporary house. Although I feel out of touch, I've been enjoying reading a good friend's book!
-we have almost completed our lease agreement, and hope to move to our new flat by the end of next week. (hopeful)
-we got to spend the Indian holiday, Holi, with one of my best friends here. I promise a full post of pics will come.
-our good friend, Scott, is going to be landing in 4 hours! He's going to be spending a couple weeks with us.
-we are already making some really great contacts and new friends up by our new house.
-my NeeNaw (mom's mom) had a heart attack a couple days ago. They found only 30% blockage meaning she wont have to have surgery, just more medication. We are so thankful for the Father's protection. Please continue to pray for wisdom for the Doctor's and a quick recovery. (This is when it's really hard to be on the other side of the planet!)