Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Here we are with our "sand" man for Christmas. We have had a great holiday time with Jeremy's parents visiting us and a trip down to Senegal. We hope you had a great holiday season!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Sorry it has been so long since I wrote, every time I started to update this page something came up! Also, it probably seems funny to write this, but I have been wondering what new news we have! Life is going here-sometimes a mile a minute, sometimes a day feels like a million years. Those of you who have moved to a new place-city, state or country, know what I mean. Some days are exciting-observing the people, the culture and the language. And some days, I don't feel like learning one more new thing!! Moving here has definitely stretched us. Especially with a 1 1/2 year old, who is bursting with unlimited amounts of energy. As I write, Ezra is on the desk trying to type on the computer, while getting the camera and CDs out of the drawer!
We had a great Thanksgiving, spending it with our team. We cooked chickens (next best thing to turkey) and even had pumpkin pie courteousy of a team member who had one of those cans from the U.S. And we are now, like most people, anticipating Christmas. We are once again in the land that doesn't celebrate Christmas. No commercials reminding us to SPEND SPEND SPEND, no Christmas lights appearing on our neighbor's houses. No Santa at the store, or special candlelight services. It is an interesting time of year to be in this part of the world. Although I have decorated our house, with a small plastic Christmas tree and some other decorations, it seems so small in comparison to what I am used to. Even a nativity set, which we are so used to seeing, becomes something unique here. And it is with these kind of decorations that we can remember the true meaning of Christmas and share it with others.
We wish you a happy holidays! This is a picture of Jeremy & Ezra with the "tea guy" in Morocco.

Adjusting to life in North Africa!

Welcome to our new website! We have been thinking about setting one up for some time, but are only now getting around to do it! We are excited to be able to post our thoughts, tell some stories about life here and post some pictures. We hope that this brings us a little closer to you and that you can get an idea of our life here in North Africa.

Since I am still learning about all the fun things I can do with a website, it will probably start out simple, but I hope to expand it. Let me know of any ideas you have that you would like to see posted here.

We are beginning to feel "adjusted". It is far different than any other place we have lived. It is hot season right now, but we have surprisingly had some rain recently which has made it more bearable. We have found a great house to live in that even has a yard for Ezra to play in. We are working on language and looking for a good place for our gym.

Ezra is adjusting well. He is moving from baby to toddler fast! He is into everything, saying tons of words, climbing, exploring and learning the word "no" a lot. We love being parents and are enjoying this new challenge in our life!

We look forward to posting more stories and events as they happen. We hope you enjoy this too.

First Posting

Our new website!! More coming soon...