Timeline and Excuses ;)
I know I have been negligent with this blog space- please forgive me, I'll try to remedy that situation. First, let me give you a quick timeline of what we have been up to for clarity:
*Sept '08-Nov '08 Susan and I came off the field to attend MVI Orientation and for our furlough time. At that point Susan made plans for graduate school and I planned Mr. Motorcycle and my wedding and spoke at several churches, etc. Mr. Motorcycle and I were advised at that point to take 6-12 months away from foreign ministry to establish our marriage. With counsel we also decided that it was time to move on from the ministry in Zambia and specifically look for a ministry that would allow us to grow in our potentials (and give an outlet for Mr. Motorcycle to move more into vocational teaching).
*Dec '08 Mr. Motorcycle returned from Zambia
*Jan 3, '09 Mr. Motorcycle and I were wed. We left on the 5th to Kansas in order to attend our second reception with much of Mr. Motorcycle's extended family in attendance on the 10th.
*Jan 13, '09 We headed to our honeymoon in Malindi, Kenya (which we had planned previous to the very wise counsel to take a furlough once we were married). Then we spent five days resigning in person and moving off the mission base and boxing our stuff in storage at a friend's house in Lusaka. We had been seriously thinking about Uganda after MVI's recommendation to go there, so we took a week and a half to visit the team there and traveled from the capital north to the refugee camps, 40 km south of Sudan.
*Feb (end- I can't remember, it was the 27th-ish) '09 We were back in Denver, CO for a Debriefing for missionaries at Missionary Training Institute- which was really good. At that time I contracted and was treated for Malaria (it came with me from Africa, but only affected me once back in the US). I attended a Midwifery Conference to help me renew my license for a few days without Mr. Motorcycle, then we headed to his grandparent's cabin in Western Colorado for a couple of days.
*Mar (near the end) '09 We travelled to Washington for a month with my family. We had decided to use this furlough time to spend a good chunk of time with each side of the family since our whole relationship was overseas before the wedding. We had a wonderful time with my family and visiting some friends as well.
*Apr (near the end) '09 We flew down to Denver and drove to Western Kansas where Mr. Motorcycle's family lives. We spent another lovely month living at his grandparent's house and spending time with his family.
*May 30, '09 We drove over to Lakewood, CO in a car Mr. Motorcycle's parents are lending us and set up home in the basement of one of Mr. Motorcycle's former housemates. We plan to be here for several months and hope to be back overseas early Fall.
*Sept '08-Nov '08 Susan and I came off the field to attend MVI Orientation and for our furlough time. At that point Susan made plans for graduate school and I planned Mr. Motorcycle and my wedding and spoke at several churches, etc. Mr. Motorcycle and I were advised at that point to take 6-12 months away from foreign ministry to establish our marriage. With counsel we also decided that it was time to move on from the ministry in Zambia and specifically look for a ministry that would allow us to grow in our potentials (and give an outlet for Mr. Motorcycle to move more into vocational teaching).
*Dec '08 Mr. Motorcycle returned from Zambia
*Jan 3, '09 Mr. Motorcycle and I were wed. We left on the 5th to Kansas in order to attend our second reception with much of Mr. Motorcycle's extended family in attendance on the 10th.
*Jan 13, '09 We headed to our honeymoon in Malindi, Kenya (which we had planned previous to the very wise counsel to take a furlough once we were married). Then we spent five days resigning in person and moving off the mission base and boxing our stuff in storage at a friend's house in Lusaka. We had been seriously thinking about Uganda after MVI's recommendation to go there, so we took a week and a half to visit the team there and traveled from the capital north to the refugee camps, 40 km south of Sudan.
*Feb (end- I can't remember, it was the 27th-ish) '09 We were back in Denver, CO for a Debriefing for missionaries at Missionary Training Institute- which was really good. At that time I contracted and was treated for Malaria (it came with me from Africa, but only affected me once back in the US). I attended a Midwifery Conference to help me renew my license for a few days without Mr. Motorcycle, then we headed to his grandparent's cabin in Western Colorado for a couple of days.
*Mar (near the end) '09 We travelled to Washington for a month with my family. We had decided to use this furlough time to spend a good chunk of time with each side of the family since our whole relationship was overseas before the wedding. We had a wonderful time with my family and visiting some friends as well.
*Apr (near the end) '09 We flew down to Denver and drove to Western Kansas where Mr. Motorcycle's family lives. We spent another lovely month living at his grandparent's house and spending time with his family.
*May 30, '09 We drove over to Lakewood, CO in a car Mr. Motorcycle's parents are lending us and set up home in the basement of one of Mr. Motorcycle's former housemates. We plan to be here for several months and hope to be back overseas early Fall.
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