Long Overdue

It's been a while. I don't blame anyone for not reading this blog anymore, because I have pretty much been the worst at keeping it up. I do have several excuses though if you're willing to read them.

We moved to Europe from Canada on one of the smoothest flights we've had. We had really prayed about when the best time to move would be, and were convinced that it was mid May. We weren't really able to explain why, but it just seemed the direction God wanted us to take. So we had faith, and left without having closed the sale on our apartment. The airline was awesome and gave us all of our extra luggage for free (we literally had 4 extra bags all over-weight) and Julien got his visa within 15 minutes on the other end. My mom and brother were waiting for us, and brought us to our new temporary home at my mom's.

The next day we spent our time running around getting Julien's social insurance number, applying for medical insurance and baby bonuses, and of course looking after my growing little baby, who is into absolutely everything and needs to be watched like a hawk.

So the last 3 weeks have been spent trying to get settled, picking our things up at the cargo hold, catching up with friends and family, and desperately looking for a job, especially for Julien. After about a week and a half of applying all over the place, we were starting to get a little nervous as no one was getting back to Julien. Then the incredible happened: he was offered 2 interviews in 2 days. During the last interview, he discovered that this particular company not only worked with the same supplier that he worked with in India, but also the exact same contact person. Seriously, it is a small world. After the interview on Friday, he had only been home about 5 minutes before he got a call saying that he was to start on Monday. Se exactly 3 weeks to the day we arrived, he started his new job. What an incredible answer to prayer.

In the mean time, we celebrated my 30th birthday, Charlotte's first birthday, and my mom's 60th birthday. I got my hair fixed from that horrible tang orange colour, and even though it is the darkest it had ever been in my life, I don't think it looks horrible. I just need to get used to it.

Now in 3 weeks we will be moving to the town where Julien's working, and I'm pretty excited about that. We found a great condo for rent, and I'm excited to go furniture shopping and stuff. So those are pretty much my excuses for the last while. I hope you think they're valid, but I will be coming with more soon.

Becky