Feet on the ground

Yesterday we arrived in France. Here is us at the airport with all our stuff (the rest of our things will be arriving by boat in 4–5 weeks).

It was a surreal 24 hours or so as we tearfully said good-bye to loved ones on the American side and then were warmly welcomed on the French side by many of our teammates. It has been an emotional rollercoaster the last couple of weeks, and my emotions were unpredictable at times, sometimes I was cool and collected, other times tears rolled uncontrollably down my cheeks. Even though Ryan processes his emotions differently, I know he’s been experiencing much of that same rollercoaster. But now we are here and ready to take our first steps. I wanted to say we were ready to "jump in" but now that we're here, I'm thinking one step at a time is probably best. We start school on Tuesday and in the meantime we’re trying to explore a bit each day. Our goal today… find the Carrefour supermarket which should be within walking distance (a good thing since we don’t have a car, a bike, or a skateboard). Tomorrow, the goal is to visit the church in Magny, which is about 30 minutes away. Thanks for reading and thank you so much for all the support and encouragement you provide to us.