Wednesday, May 28, 2014

New State, New Town, New Home

The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind of activity! Finished up finals and several papers, took a trip to PA for Dr. Payn's final Rooke Chapel Choir Concert, Red Sox game with Watertown Stonesifers, Gordon-Conwell graduation, packed up our apartment, bid farewell to so many wonderful friends, moved to a new state, and unpacked! Its been insane, however, thankfully not overwhelming due to our amazing family and friends! And my wonderful father who put up with us for two weeks to help us pack, move and unpack :)


Gordon-Conwell Senior Banquet
May 7th Red Sox game with Tim, Joanna and David. 

It was my first Major League sporting event. Glad we got to do it before we left!

Baccalaureate service at Gordon College Chapel. It was so wonderful to have both Mom and Dad Narus and Mom and Dad Stonesifer, PapPap and my dear friend Marie there to celebrate graduation weekend with us!

Shaking Dr. Hollinger's hand. (my diploma is not really in there since I have two classes to finish up this summer)

Congratulations Meghan! Love you and miss ya tons!

What a wonderful husband! Thanks for all your help and encouragement during this journey!

Our amazing church friends praying for us as we head off to this new adventure. We miss you all so much!

And finally our new home!
More pictures to come once we finish setting up the apartment! Thankfully though I can say that all the boxes are unpacked and all that is left is decorating to make this place feel like home. So far despite the heat and humidity we are enjoying exploring the town and campus. Drew got his Purdue Student ID and we trying to navigate the ginormous campus.  We also visited a church on Sunday and really liked it.  Several people gave us their contact information and we felt so welcomed! We actually ended up calling one of the couples later that day to help us move a desk we bought at Goodwill into our apartment.

We are both in full swing starting to work on classes and finishing up all those obnoxious things you have to do when you move (ie. change of address, driver's license, insurance, etc.)  Once all of this settles down I know that it will truly sink in that we live here and it is not just a vacation. I must admit that I miss the Gordon-Conwell community and the immediate, strong bonds among neighbors.  Thank you all so much for your love and support! We will never forget that season of our lives. And, we do plan to come visit!!!

Feel free to call, text, email, etc.!