Greetings from the Miramichi

The past few weeks have been overflowing with transition. Two weeks and more than 5,000 kilometres later, we arrived in Miramichi last week to an empty basement apartment, not quite sure where to begin. We had been on the road for so long, we had gotten into a routine of driving, stopping, eating, getting to our hotel. Now, we had arrived . . . and it felt a little surreal.

Our first few days were the hardest, not just because we were in a new place, but because Coram and I were quite sick - both of us with fevers, and me with chills. It was not a fun way to start our new life in New Brunswick! We also didn't have any furniture, so the first week was like living as college students again, improvising housewares out of boxes and sleeping on a lumpy air mattress. Fortunately, people from our new church were kind enough to gather essential items for us, so we gradually collected enough of the basics to make day-to-day life easier!

Let's just say that living in another dark (and somewhat dingy) basement apartment has gotten us quite motivated on the house-hunting front. The moment I started feeling better, we embarked on a 3-day house-hunting venture that led us to the home that we eventually put an offer on. If all goes well, we will be moving into our first real house by mid-August!

All in all, we are slowly getting settled here in the Miramichi, enjoying walks along Strawberry Marsh, reconnecting with our friends we met here last November, and getting used to Joash preaching every Sunday. There are many things to be thankful for, when we look at how God has taken care of us since we got here, despite having a hard first week. And though I miss my friends in Vancouver, I am glad to already have friends in New Brunswick, and looking forward to getting to know them better.