Switching Blog Address

I am switching blog address for two reasons:

1) Its a new season and direction in our lives and so I'll create a new/different blog in a new location.

2) The user ID that I created the adoption/missionary journey under is one that I rarely use, so I had to log in and out often - it was very inconvenient. This is the primary reason for the new blog. I will, no doubt, be updating it less frequently - we just don't have multiple significant things going on as we did in Haiti.

The new blog will be at:

http://schlorf.blogspot.com

See you there... (all the old posts are there too so if you want to see what we did, you don't have to switch between the two).

General Update

Some highlights of our trip back and so far of our life back in the States:

• Lou liked the plane rides and got to sit with the co-pilot (his hat says "Future Pilot").

• Immigration for Lou was a little bit of a pain, but we got through without any major issues. A customs lady behind the desk was giving me as much attitude as she could - welcoming me back to the States.


• My parents have warmly welcomed us into their home. They moved things around so that we could settle in better and it seems to be working well.


• We went to the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells and had a very good time. Lou liked going down the big water slides and he would move his hands in a pinching motion the whole way down. I'd hold his hands so he wouldn't scratch himself. When we got to the end, he wanted to do it again. (He pooped his pants once in the waterpark...look out! Fortunately it was contained and not left floating.)


• Tina and I went to Duluth for a much needed break. We stayed at Superior Shores (in Two Harbors) and had lots of time to think, analyze, and plan. We are looking at houses and I am looking at jobs, so we got a lot done to help us in these directions.

We have nothing planned but the usual Thanksgiving and Christmas things that we were not home for last year - we're looking for to seeing all of our family again!

Kayla misses her friends at the mission and has been emailing them back and forth. She found a friend at church that she missed and they exchanged information. It was fun to watch the reaction because her friend seemed to think that she would be gone forever!

We Are Here...

Duluth (taken this morning from our room)

We will get back to the Twin Cities tomorrow afternoon. Many thanks to my mom and dad for watching the kids!!

I didn't get to post pictures and updates before the weekend like I thought... I should be able to get to it soon (I hope). We are enjoying seeing people we haven't seen in over a year and trying to get settled in.

Still Here

It is not my intent to be gone from this blog, but we took a little trip the early part of this week and got back yesterday. My computer also decided to stop connecting to the internet after I installed my free upgrade to Windows 7....so that throws a little monkey wrench in it (I have to get CDs for Vista to downgrade to that OS then try to reinstall Windows 7 again).

I'll get some pictures and some information on here by the end of the weekend (at the latest). Thank you for your comments, thoughts, and prayers! Things are going very well! Praise God!

God is Good - We Made it Back!

We left yesterday at 7AM. After we prayed for our travel with the BHM missionaries for good travel, we had very, very good travel (thank you all!).

We were expecting to get to Minneapolis at 11:45PM, but barely caught the earlier flight that allowed us to get home at 8PM instead - a great blessing. Tina was feeling pretty ill and I was a little ill, too. We didn't eat enough I think. Anyway...

We are here and getting settled in. Lou liked the plane rides and I'll post some pictures in a little while.

PRAISE GOD!! Whoo-Hooo!! We are HOME!!

Dog

Our nice lap dog, Oreo, is going to go to a new home Monday (Lord willing). The Livesay's hooked us up with someone who wanted her. She isn't really a lap dog, but I love making big dogs lap dogs (even our old great dane). I often have Oreo (full bred Lab) on my lap. She will make a good pet for someone - I have no doubts! We will miss her!

Just a Few

Only a few days left. We are mostly packed up and are anxious to leave. Lord willing, in a few days we'll be on our home turf. It'll be a long day, but worth it!