Brr... Rabbit

It's cold here...We arrived safely in Taiwan two days ago and wow is it cold. It's not just cold but it's rainy so we came at the perfect time! Actually we are so thankful to be here and we have really felt God's presence and grace as He is affirming that this is where He wants us right now. We are so excited and anticipating what He wants us to do as we wait on Him to speak to us. We are excited and free to wait on Him to give us direction. This next week will be a time for us to seek the Lord's guidance together on a number of things so please pray for us!

Taiwan of course is a LITTLE different than the U.S. as many of you would figure:) There are some things that I need to get used to again and Allison is learning to adjust to used to! Here are some of the differences that we have already seen in our two days of being here:

• The last two nights Allison has woken up at odd times in the middle of the night and has told me," I'm hungry." It seems that our baby,Hannah Grace, is still on U.S. time and get's hungry in the middle of the night. We are hoping she adjusts to the time change soooon!


• We are staying in a 3 room apt. that the base let us stay in for free until we find our own. Actually we like to think of it as a 5 room apt. for the bathrooms/showers are all the same room. So we have two "bathrooms" but the bathrooms are the toilet, sink, and shower combined in one space. It's awesome, very convenient...


• We love to eat healthy so of course we like to check out the labels on food that we buy to check and see what we are eating. Well here the labels are all in chinese, so in that case we can't read it and just tell ourselves that it's gotta be good:)


• Dallas you thought you were all alone with all the crazy drivers...WRONG! It seems that that some of them migrated with us. I(Collin) knew about the driving here, but Allison didn't...she was surprised! Of course it's safe, and they don't go near as fast as drivers in Dallas, but there's not really any sidewalks and moped's and cars just drive where and how fast they want to...I think Allison might be exagerrating a little bit...I think it's fine:)


• Not only is it cold here, but there's no central heating system. So ALLISON layers up and walks around with blankets while she is inside. If we go for a walk(which we do when we go anywhere) it feels good when we get back to our apt.


• Anyone who travels to Taiwan: toilet paper goes in the trash can, not toilet, unless you want to be doing some fishing...


• Allison had a great experience when we went to the grocery store: we walked to check out and immediately the grocer started speaking chinese to her, which of course she looked to me because apparently she thinks I'm fluent...We made it and we're learning!


• Also before you go into any house or apt. you take your shoes off. This keeps things clean and it's viewed as being respectful. Plus you get to wear some really great slippers inside:)

Those are the things that we are adjusting to. Please know these are not at all complaints but just funny things that we are getting used to. Allison is brave. Today we went to my favorite place to eat and she tried everything! It was amazing and made me so happy:) We had dumplings. They are a little than dumplings in America so there's really not any great to explain it. This was Allison's first experience with Taiwanese food and she loved it! PRAISE the Lord! We hope each of you are doing well and savoring the goodness of our God, He is worthy! Bless you all.

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