Welcome!

I've been wanting to start blogging for a few months now, but for this reason or that I kept talking myself out of it. Anyway, here it is at last. My hope is that this will be a convenient way for our families back in Pennsylvania and Maryland and our friends all over the U.S. to keep up with what's going on in our lives. My plan is to update you on our general activities now that we are in Mississippi and, specifically, on Joel's progress through pilot training.

So, here's your first update! Joel is just over two weeks from leaving for IFS (Initial Flight Screening) in Colorado, where he'll be for four weeks. He's excited and a little nervous at the same time - it's scary to think that everything he's been dreaming of and counting on for years could all fall through, but we are trusting God to protect him and help him at IFS. And I know he will do just fine. I can't wait to be married to a pilot. :)

My school situation is, unfortunately, up in the air. I've applied to three online universities and am prayerfully waiting to hear back from them. I am also waiting and praying for a job! I've put in about a dozen applications around Columbus, but no luck yet.

In other news, it SNOWED in Mississippi... I wasn't too excited about it, but everyone down here thinks it's a big deal so I'm attempting enthusiasm. It's a little funny to me to see how much everyone panics when it snows in MS; at least Joel didn't have to go in to work til 9:30!