The Island Life

We've been living on Japan's lovely island of Okinawa for three full months now. This summer has been hot and humid, especially for a Colorado girl like myself. Mark and I have been taking plenty of trips to the beach and it seems the sun never sets with out a show.

I tend to barrel through my life at full speed, on and on to the next thing, cuz that's how I like it! And God has been trying to get me to slow down for a minute so I can see all the wonderful things he has planned. It's been a rather comical 3 months for me :) I'm psyched to be here and feel like the world is at our feet even though we still have an overflow of obligations. The military is teaching us new things we didn't even know existed and is challenging us to really be the best we can be. I'm feeling more focused than ever (although that doesn't say much). I sure do miss all the wonderful people back home though. What happened to the days when whole families just moved around together? Honestly! I must admit that we newlyweds have been keeping to ourselves these days instead of charging off to find more great people. So that's our new mission.


I think we look lovable... don't you? Anyways, Mark's gotten the whole driving on the left side of the road thing down, but I still constantly walk to the wrong side of the car thinking the steering wheel is still on the left. I even took a right turn into the right lane once... very bad. You should have seen the dude heading toward me in his car, he totally freaked. Well, needless to say, that was the last time I did that :) So here we are, in the midst of signs we can't read, a language we can't speak, people & places we don't know and I'm feeling like a million dollars. Anything to enrich life's experiences right?