Packing, packing, and more packing!

We keep thinking that we're in the final stages of packing, but there are a lot of final stages to packing! We are enjoying time in Dallas and Arlington, TX spending time with our families. We leave for Krakow on Mon, Jan 9th.

Polish Apartment

We are fortunate to have pictures of our apartment in Krakow. We will have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms -- a luxury in Poland. It is furnished, but we will be able to replace any of the furniture if we want to purchase something different. Notice the washing machine in the bathroom??

Top 10 Lessons From FPO Training

10. Spaghetti sauce can be renamed as chili if you add beans
9. Your brain cannot absorb more than your bottom can endure(your teachers need to think on this one)
8. Chili can be rerenamed as beef noodle soup if you add spaghetti noodles and gravy
7. It is physically impossible for a human being to drink a gallon of milk in one hour without throwing it all back up
6. Beef noodle soup can be rererenamed as oreintal soup if you add leftover pulled pork barbeque from last night's dinner and a little terryaki sauce
5. Natural gas can and will be used against you in an FPO training class
4. Oriental soup can be rerererenamed as vegatable soup if you add corn
3. When in country our CEE SC from the IMB in RVA will always have an SP for the JMs and ISCs aided by the PMs's resulting in CPMs full of GCCs
2. Ground beef, rice, coconut, raisins, sunflower seeds, green onions, and bananas all mixed together is actually better than #4, #6, #8, and #10
1. Women who wear jumpers are hot! (see picture below)

One Big Cold Family!

The snow was fun and all, but the reality of cold, wet, jeans, socks, and gloves for 6 months out of the year is a bit overwhelming for this Texas family.

Practice for Poland.

Liz loved the snow. She looked like a pink marshmellow most of the day.

Early Morning Frost

This was the morning of the snow last week. Imagine what it will be like in Krakow!

It's Working!

Howdy from the compound! I think this training stuff is finally starting to work on us. I can't wait for some sauer kraut and kielbasa!

1st Entry

Hey Everybody!

We have just entered the last week of training. We've finished our shots, safety training, and all the other hard stuff. Now we are just waiting for this thing to be finished. This has been a great experience for our family. The hardest thing will be leaving our friends who are going to serve in places far, far away. The Lord has been good, as always, and we expect new friends will come our way once we reach the field.