Exhausted...

Well, I made it through my first day here. It is almost 10pm and I'm exhausted. Just came back from dinner with Pastor Phil and Jeannie. They are wonderful people and they're really taking care of me. Not only is the hotel room incredible, but everything I buy, food etc, I give them the receipts and they reimburse me. Jeannie took me to Target and to a grocery store...there's no Rainbow Foods, Cubs or Publix here :) ...and bought me water, snacks, all kinds of stuff. I did buy a camera today so I'll be posting pictures soon!

I feel so blessed right now. Don't really feel like this is my reality in any sense, but it will be a great place to be during a "break" ... we'll see what happens and how this all unfolds. It sounds positive right now and they all seem to like me so far. In my mind this is definitely temporary, but such a blessing right when I needed to get away! I miss all of you terribly, and I know we'll work together again. In the last few weeks I keep running into families who work together, and I've realized it's just the best thing there is if you're able to do that. So lets figure something out already!! Let's build up something where we all could be involved!

Going to bed now... I really like it here. It was about 80 degrees outside today. Clear blue sky and low humidity. I took a long walk. It's very hilly and I ran out of breath very quickly. Should visit that fitness center down the hall. Found out there's about 13 million people within an hour radius of us here...WOW!! Drove by Saddleback Church tonight. It is HUGE!!

Well...I'm sure there'll be lots more to tell tomorrow! Listened to that message today, mom and dad, that you told me to check out. Amazing!! "What's in a name." Looking forward to getting some good teaching here every Sunday.

Signing out for now. Love you and miss you!