October 22, 2007 "Orientation Day No. #1"

To bring you up to date on our field experiences...

We finished day one of MMS Orientation. Scott and I spent the entire day at the hangar with Keith going through the SOP and basic training and "what to expect while serving here" books. We were given the "Official" tour of the hangar and all being shown all of the "nooks and crannys" as Keith called them. Scott has to go back tomorrow for more orientation but the couples part if officially complete.

The colors here are just radiant. We have had a few MMS families stop by for a visit while they were on the fall color tour. Our house is on the routed area so all the men who helped us unload are bringing their wives by to see the place. So far the comments from the men have been "WOW, looks different without all the boxes in the house". :-)

We also had a visitor from BCC this weekend...Elmer and Pam Franklin came for a visit and went to our local Rosco Village Apple Butter Festival with us. They came by and had dinner with us at the house and enjoyed meeting Zamu. Thank you guys for including us in your trip. :-)

Scott's eye appt. went very well. He is enjoying seeing without glasses. Healing went very well. Thank you for your prayers.

Our newsletter was approved by Keith so we will be printing them up to send out in the next week or so. Pray for us as we get those ready.

The Lord has blessed Shaughn and Matthew. They were given full scholarships by BCC to attend the Teen Fall Retreat and Robin has agreed to meet me half way to pick them up. What a HUGE blessing as they were REALLY wanting to go. Thank you all for your help in that!!!!

We have visited a couple of different churches in the area. We have a couple more that we want to visit. Nothing has jumped out screaming "HOME" yet so we are still seeking the Lord of HIS will. That is one of our prayer requests.

We have all officially received our library cards. Now we feel almost all official. We go this Wednesday to take the drivers written test to transfer our drivers license to OHIO. Please pray for this too. I picked up the books to study, they don't look to difficult but still the whole concept of testing is strange.

I was told some good news. The ladies here are placing an order from Rainbow Resources book (homeschool stuff) and missionaries get 15% off. Apparently at the homeschool convention missionaries get 15% off from many of the vendors. How cool is that?? Every little bit helps.

Well, the house is looking more and more like home. I finished most of the unpacking upstairs and now have to move to the downstairs. Scott laid the carpet in the homeschool area and has his "garage" area organized. His tools are all ready to take to the hangar and organized (and polished). He is so funny. Chase (from MMS) has a trailer for us to use to bring it into the hangar, so that is a blessing.

We are going to have our photo on the front of this next Groundcrew Newsletter from MMS. Every December they show all the families at MMS on the front cover and we are going to be included this year. Too wierd but exciting. Oh yeah, Scott was given keys to the hangar and gate...and his uniforms came in and were inside his locker today. His locker is right next to the lunch room (first one on the left as you enter the lunch room for those who were able to attend the tour). :-)

Well, dinner is about done and I must go for now. Bless you all and love hearing from you!!!!

Bless you,
Lela and boyz~