Welcome to Cali!

We finally have everything up and running I think. This last month has been a very trying month. It has definetly tested our faith and our realtionship. But like the old saying says "that does not kill you only makes you stronger" I am a strong believer in that because this experience has drawn us closer together not only to each other but the spirit too. The first couple of weeks we learned how the pioneers must have felt no a.c., no phone service, no television, and no internet. We have experienced our first earthquake I don't know if it qualifys as an actual earthquake but it was the shudder of one that happened about a hundred miles away. We have experienced missionary work, we have experienced the denial after finding out that we are LDS. We have experienced going on a crazy boat ride with crazy drunk neighbors. It takes us 20 to 30 minutes to go to church each week and poor Amrika normally gets car sick on the way, I think we have finally found something that will not make her sick. Despite all this Sunday has become our favorite day. Our ward is about the size of our old ward the big difference is that half of the members are converts. Every week since we have been here there has been a baptism. Their goal for the year was 3 and they have already had 6. There is a family that is getting baptized in a couple of weeks. There is a missionary that is apparently really gun ho and really good at missionary work. He is a super nice guy we have met him a couple of times they are coming to our house on Friday for dinner the kids are super excited about it. Ryan has started telling Davin that missionaries are super heroes so Davin of course is excited that a super hero is coming to dinner. We still have no calling which we are so excited about it we have been enjoying are time off. Every time the bishop or any of his councelors come around us in church we always get nervous and try to avoid eye contact. The last few weeks I have been substituting in primary which of course I absoultley love. I'll be all time sub anytime. All in all it has been a great experience.