Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, Oi, Oi!

It's wonderful! An awesome family of New Zealand Kiwis live on campus at Southern. And they're passionate about real sport! After some Tim Tams last Fri night (they sell them at World Market in the USA now!) we headed to the gym for some indoor cricket. Nate and I sported the green and gold against the NZ All Blacks...

Thanks for the face paint, Jt and Jen!

We had Aaron and Kyle over for stir fry tonight. Aaron, Kyle and Nate were all 'Journeymen' with the IMB (International Mission Board). They met during preparation time before each went on their separate 2 year overseas mission. We ran into them (and quite a few other Journeymen) on campus at Southern . It was tops to share stories and hang out.

All smiles - the result from exceptional company and excellent food at the Schoen household!

Taboganning

We just had 4 inches of puffy, fat flaked snow. Beautiful. After hearing the forcast this avo, Nate and his buddy, David, went to Target and bought $4 sleighs. Random people from all over campus got together to try them out tonight. It didn't take long for security to send us off campus, which was tops because we found an even bigger/steeper hill just down the road. Sleighing is awesome!
We didn't take the camera with us for action shocks but here are the after results...

sorry, we've discovered that it's impossible for me to keep my eyes open for photos with the flash... I don't understand how everyone else can keep them open!

That white blemish in the above photo is an example of one of the fat, puffy flakes! Beautiful. Snow flakes really look like a 3D minature version of the cut out snow flakes we make in preschool. (I apologise for my ignorance and amazement to all you snow-experienced friends)

We're in Kentucky and I'm a perminant resident...

Thanks to a kick up the bum, from both Macca and Amy, here is a quick update...

We're living on campus at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

We love our big windowed apartment:

Nate loves what he's learning at bible college:

My immigration (or alien, as the government fondly refers to me as) case has been approved! Praise God!

I'm now a permanent resident and I have a job as a preschool teacher... but I can't work until that permanent resident card arrives in the mail!

I'll update this blog much more regularly from now on... or did I promise that last time???