Ohio...

So life, what have you in store for me today?

As I wake up in Ohio these last couple of weeks, and look back, what a rollercoaster we have been on. It has been over 2 weeks since the girls (Brandy and Laura) and I have packed as much as we can into 2 little Mustangs, and drove cross country for this awesome opportunity to work in Ohio. We live 6 miles out of town and have Amish for neighbors. Never would have thought it could end up like this.

I have never eaten so good either. Our landlords are like our own set of Ohio parents. They have given us fresh ground beef from their own cattle, fresh sausage, Amish strawberries, Amish strawberry jam, and of course Amish eggs. The freshness of this food is indescribable. When I write and describe it like that, it's kind of hard to think I came up here for work.

Work is harsh. Not hard or anything, but 7 days a week will probably be the death of me. No, we have even been having fun at work. We work downtown, and have our own office in the old Monroe Bank, and have we heard some creepy stories about this place. Apparently a very wealthy man, Mr Mooney, ran the bank, with his family less than a half mile away in their mansion, but when the depression happened, and his bank went under, Mr Mooney jumped from the 4th story of our very office. When Mr Mooney built the bank building, it is said that he wanted his family at work with him so he built the molding with their portraits in it. So to this day you can look up and see his wife, son, and daughter on the side of the building, which he built in 1903.


So much history in these parts. It's hard to think that God didn't send me here to clear my head, and get things done. He has such a divine way of entering your life, and letting you know what is going to be right for you. O think of not only the good things, but also the trying, the tough, and the down right impossible things he puts in our path. My friend Laura told me this the other day and it has been sticking in my mind "Female... Fe = Iron, and Male = Man... Therefore I must be IronMan!" Oh the things we come up with, hear, or see.

Living with these girls out here really reminds me of camp. Of course camp was always different, because Monterrey is really incomparable. Oh remembering those days and memories is like yesterday. To tell the truth I don't think anyone can understand the beauty and grace the place has without having been there. The friends from all over the world and the companionship you will not find anywhere else!


Well maybe more later. I have enjoyed putting my thoughts down and hope to continue.