Wow, I have been anticipating writing this blog for months now. I have thought about all the witty ways I would tell about how great our first year on the field has been, how God has sustained us through some very big challenges, and how we are more excited now than when we first got here about what God is doing in our lives. Now the best way I can think to get it all down and not write a book is to simply list the many things we experienced in shortened versions.
Our year of firsts:
1. We lived in an apt for the first time with 3 kids
2. We experienced and conquered public transportation in the capital city
3. We traveled by train.
4. We found ourselves able to only communicate with a small handful of people
5. We enrolled our children into Bulgarian schools
6. We learned to lower our voices in public so we didn't stand out as the obvious Americans
7. We have gone without decent beef for 1 whole year
8. Stacie learned many creative ways to cook just pork and chicken.
9. Steven learned that in the winter the ice is very, very slick
10. We experienced our first white Christmas, as well as the lowest temps and most snow Bulgaria has had in decades.
11. The kids got to go sledding
12. Audrey built her first snowman (it was as tall as she was)
13. Steven preached for the first time
14. The kids flew on a commercial airline
15. We worship as a family in a foreign language
16. Stacie visited a doctor, who told her not to ask any more questions
17. We will be having baby #4 not on Texas soil
Through it all we have experienced God's grace and guidance and give Him all the glory for a great first year here.
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