California Trip

(Just realized I never posted this)

Since several friends have asked us how the trip went:

So Nathan and I have been very fortunate to find an apartment in Alameda and hopefully an ob there as well.  Both seem like good fits. We know the Lord has helped us find these places and we are grateful for His help.  Many prayers have been answered.

While in the area we have been staying with my wonderful cousins in redwood city and their lovely grandparents who were kind enough to take us in for an entire week during our apartment search.   They really helped us out and we are so grateful to them.  They have treated us like family and we feel very loved.

We have also had the opportunity to visit friends in both  Palo Alto and Mountain View this week. They are beautiful areas and we are impressed by the gorgeous weather we encounter here.  Nathan's work is providing us with a per diem for our food so we have been eating out every day and the produce is incredible.  Normally when I purchase salads I feel as though I were punishing myself.  Not so, no so, in California.  

We were able to attend our new ward in Alameda (a small island in the east bay area) and our bishop and auxiliary leaders were very helpful and kind.  We have been richly blessed by these new associations already. 

I was nervous about this trip and although the first few days were stressful I feel like everything is coming together very well.  We really could not have asked for a better trip. I would not have chosen to live in this area.  Many of you know that I am suspicious of big cities, nice weather year round, and costly living, but Alameda has such a small town feel to it that sets me very much at ease.  Our landlady says that in the forty two years she has been in our complex, they have never had a break in. 

South Dakota will always be my home and I will always love it best, but for the time being this will be a wonderful opportunity.  We are blessed by God in all things.  He is the potter.  We are the clay and we are the work of His hands.