How It All Began

August 4th my husband, K, was approached at work about taking over a short term work assignment in Belgium for approximately 2 years. After many days of praying and thinking, we actually decided to move there in the middle of December so he could fulfill the job assignment. Our children are at a wonderful age, not fully rooted yet in their circle of friends, and it would be an opportunity of a lifetime to be so close to some amazing tourist destinations.
When the opportunity first arrived, I sat the kids down (ages 4 and 6) and asked them what they thought about leaving our home to move all the way to the other side of the world. I reminded them that we would be leaving our family and friends behind, not seeing them for a long time. (We live 5 minutes away from my parents right now and I knew that would be a huge change.) My son, R, immediately replied, “Let’s go!” So…we’re going! He has since then acted as a pillar of strength just like his daddy through the crazy stressful moments.
I personally have mixed emotions – obviously I’m scared to death to leave my own little Indianapolis, Indiana world. I do believe the opportunities to experience another culture first hand will far outweigh my desire for my comfort zone, so in that sense I am extremely excited.
We are going to miss our family and friends, but can’t wait to see what kind of adventures are coming our way!

Learning French

So K and I started yesterday on our French lessons for an hour and a half. Let me just say one word...HUMBLING! We both took Spanish in high school and are completely lost, especially with the gurgling sound. Our teacher would stop us on each word containing the gurgling sound and make us say it 5 more times, shaking her head each time we would repeat her as if to say, "No, listen again and repeat me." Finally, after realizing we weren't going to get it, we would provoke a smile from her and a "bien", which was just a pity compliment because we both knew we were failing French! Thankfully many Belgians speak fluent English.