Seven months!

This past week marked 7 months of living in Lynden/Sumas. Time has gone so fast! We have settled in well. We enjoy the country living out on the farm along with the occasional smells that come with it! We experience the communion of saints during the week and on Sundays. All thanks goes to our Father!

We have gotten used the  driving on the right hand side of the road, American banking (they love their checks/cheques!), grocery shopping and in general, it's all becoming normal. Temperature we still like to refer to Celsius, but we know that 32 Fahrenheit is 0 degrees C. And 25 m/h is about 40 k/h. 55 m/h is about 90 k/h. And Australia does have nice paper bills (notes). Here the different denominations are very similar in colors and the $1 is still a bill. The coins come in 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c and 25c. But they are more referred to as the pennies, dimes, and quarters.

We are almost 3/4 into the school year, so the end is in sight! Shantel just celebrated 50 days of kindergarten. They had a little party on Friday with balloons and everyone took something that amounted to 50. Some kids took 50 lego blocks, other took 50 M&Ms and Shantel took 50 pieces of candy.

Last Sunday when we woke up in the morning, it had snowed again. However, because the wind wasn't blowing, church was still on, but the roads were slippery so caution was needed.

This photo below is us going to church in the morning and meeting a snow plow going the other way.

In general, we had an uneventful week. Womens study society met on Tuesday morning, our congregational meeting was on Tuesday evening, followed by a mission presentation by Urban Mission which includes Kelmscott and Mt Nasura churches as well as the churches here in the Valley.

On Saturday we went to Steve's Aunty in Abbotsford for dinner. We went in two cars so that Jaclyn could head back with the kids and put them to bed. We were very relieved to hear that she crossed the border without any problems and arrived home safe and sound. We also caught up with Steve's Uncle and Aunty and John and Veronica. We had a nice time.

Daylight saving is once again in effec so we are now 15 hours behind.

Anthea received her working holidays visa, so now she can put her moving plans into action!

Well, that's last week's update! We hope you have a lovely week! Thanks for stopping past!