And now...

I have been home almost 5 months. Really? 5 months?? Gosh, that flew by! I was home for 2 days and then left on a trip to Port Aransas with my mama, Jay, brother, Erin and Philip. I pretty much just sat around reading, watching TV and sleeping. It was lovely!


We did go to the Corpus Christi aquarium. We also go to hang out with the dolphins (there are pictures, just not on my computer)!!

I started working 2 weeks after arriving in America. You would think that it would cause some major culture shock, but I think that it actually prevented it. I didn't have time to be shocked, I just had to dive right in. I am the Spanish I teacher at Hill Country Christian School of Austin. And I love it! The Lord, indeed, had so much more to give me than that.


I am slowly starting to catch up with old friends and starting to be social (quite an accomplishment considering how little rest I had after moving home and how out of place I can feel here!). This is Rachel (aka T-Slice) and myself on Halloween. She's Luigi (as if it weren't obvious) and I'm a smurf (which isn't obvious at all).


Here's Angela with Evangeline Piper! So much has changed in her life since I left. She had 2 kids and is pregnant with their 3rd! Life keeps moving while you're away and you just have to jump in to the new world that presents itself when you get back!!


These are some of my students. This is, in fact, my smile class! They bring much joy in my life. I like to say that Jesus gave them to me at the end of each day to remind me how much He loves me!


An international cooking class! I have been waiting for the time when I got to join Anna's international cooking collective! For my first time we "traveled" to Afghanistan to eat some delicious food.

More to come, I'm sure, on life back in the States. Thanks for reading, those of you who having continued reading!!