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Alright, I have a lot of catching up to do since the last time. But first, Michele is doing just fine. The reason there are no pictures of her is because she’s a girl and not one picture I’ve taken of her is suitable to be posted on the internet (I’m sure that this is all my fault). Anyway, I will have her write soon so she can give you her take on what’s been going on.

So, last time I wrote, we were held over in Nebraska. Our car was finished Thursday around 11PM and we got back on the road by noon. We did however get to make our trip to Cabella’s that morning. But, because of our delay, we were off schedule and ended up driving until midnight to catch up. We went from Nebraska thru Wyoming (another wide state), Utah, and then we stayed the night in Twin Falls Idaho. At about 10:30PM as we were driving through Idaho, we had a quarter tank of gas. We passed a gas station, but we thought we’d wait until we drove a little further. It turns out that the next gas station was 100 miles away. When our gas light came on, we had no idea how much further we had to go. We ended up driving 40 more miles and coasting into the next gas station. Thank you Lord.

The next day we drove from Idaho, through Oregon, and into Washington. It was so surreal driving up to our new home that we’d never been to. I think reality began to finally hit me. I’ve had so many people say that were taking a big “step of faith”, but I never really thought it was a big deal, until yesterday. I guess if I did, I probably wouldn’t have come. It was just so weird coming to a place that looks entirely different (desert w/ rolling hills and not many trees), and realize that we don’t know one person here. We then got to our apartment, which was another bit of change, from house with big yard, but our apartment is very nice. So, to be perfectly honest, I felt a little sick, you know that nervous, anxious, sick in your stomach feeling. You start questioning, was this right?

Encouragement came quickly! First, we took the dogs for a walk (we have to walk them now). Only about 100 yards from out apartment our trails that lead down to the Yakima river (another 100 yards). It’s beautiful, and the dogs love it. We then went out to eat (by the way there’s a Starbucks less than 5 minutes from our place) and found a Sushi restaurant. Turns out that this restaurant just opened this week and it was kind of a neat connection being new here, both us and the restaurant. The owners were really cool. They encouraged us and told us what a great place Tri-Cities is. It’s funny because everyone we’ve talked to here keeps telling us that it’s great here. I’m used to people complaining about where they live, refreshing. So, when we got back to the apartment, one of the managers came over and did our inspection with us. We got to talking and it turns out he’s a believer and that he plans to start a Bible study at the apartments. He was able to tells us about the churches here and just generally encourage us. It was a lot cooler than I’m making sound. Later, we went to Wal-Mart to get some supplies. If you go to Wal-Mart, you know that it is usually a painful experience. This was the nicest Wal-Mart I’ve ever been to. It was big, clean, and the people were friendly and helpful (That’s something I’ve noticed here, everyone seems so nice). When we got back to the apartment, I got an e-mail from the guy I have an interview with on Monday. It basically said, welcome to the Tri-Cities, here’s my home number, if you need anything or if I can help in anyway, let me know. Who does this, it was awesome? Anyway, by the time we went to sleep on our new air mattress, we were encouraged and starting to love our new home.