Anniversary

Wow, a year ago today we arrived in Amman.  It was such a crazy feeling coming into this new city and this new apartment.  Not knowing a single soul or a single thing about this country.  I can remember the weird and unfamiliar feeling of being in this new apartment, setting up the boys in their beds, our baggage strewn all over the place and just laying in our new bed wondering what in the world we had just done.  Taking in all the new sounds and trying to cope with the heat.  Then waking up in the morning with no food in the house and having to venture out into an unknown city with just about $4 in our pockets.  The family that stayed in the house before us had drawn us some maps, so we knew where a local bakery was and and ATM, so we were off.  When we walked into the bakery, we were surprised to find all the prices written in Arabic, and we didn't know a single word so we were shy to ask anything.  Then we saw a package of muffins with english numbers on it, so we got them.  Ahh.....

It is amazing to look back and see how much God has blessed along the way.  First of all the apartment we moved into was such a huge blessing.  To have everything set up for us already and not have to go and find all of our furniture in a new place.  I cannot imagine how stressful that would have been.  Thank you Lord!  And then the different friends that God has brought along to be a part of our lives.  What a complete blessing!

Now we can say we are doing well in this city and thriving!  The language is coming along, slowly but surely.  We are making more and more relationships, and things are going well.  We thank God for this last year, and pray that the next one will be just as good, if not better.