New Beginings

Well, we are finally in touch with the real world again. We moved a couple of weeks ago to Collinsville, Va. It is so beautiful here, the trees almost make you feel that you are living in the country. So far we love it. We arrived about 3 weeks ago. It took us about 5 days to find a place and only because 2 of those days fell on a Saturday and Sunday. And this place shuts down tight on the weekends. Once we were moved in we left for No. Virginia to visit Luis' family for about 5 days. It was a wonderful visit. Q'Orianka had a blast, and his family had so much fun playing with her. All the little things we've gotten used her doing, they were in awe of. It was really cute.

Once we returned we had some trouble getting our water turned on. They are kind of weird about the water. Everyone, including rentals must pay for water/garbage and sewer. And they require you to go in person, pay a cash deposit, and bring your SSN card with you. Needless to say we were without water for about 4 days. Yuck!!! Good thing we do not know anyone here. Because we stunk!!! Once the water was turned on it was easier, it was another day before someone could come and fix the hot water heater. But cold water is better than no water, that's for sure.

Q'Orianka is doing good. She really misses her friends in Provo, especially, Caleb, Lola (the dog across the street) and Marren. Except for nursery there are not many little kids for her to play with. Luckily the weather has cooled enough for us to take morning and evening walks. I'd love to find a park for her but as of yet, I haven't seen one.

Luis started his orientation this week. He really likes the faculty, which is wonderful, since he has heard on numerous occasions that the middle school, he will be teaching at is a tough one. Which makes sense, since this is very poor area. The students start school on Thursday.

We are members of a wonderful branch. Everyone has be so wonderful and friendly to us. On Sunday, they gave us our first calling, Luis will be teaching the 14-18 year olds. and I will be teaching R.S.