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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Are you sensing a theme here? Well, we were *trying* to post an update at least every week - and Monday seemed to be the day to do it, but I missed yesterday, so you're stuck with a Tuesday update. I hope you don't mind. I was also hoping to post a photo of last week's trip to Connecticut, but I haven't been able to find my cable to hook up my camera to my computer (OK - I haven't looked very hard... yet). Alas, another week with no photo.
Our highlights of last week both happened on the weekend. First, on Saturday we visited with Susan's old time friend Liisa and her husband Josh. Susan and Liisa were in 9th grade together at VCS which Liisa's parents were on furlough. A few months ago Susan learned that Liisa was living in the NYC area, so we decided to visit her once we got settled in.  We had a delightful time and ate fabulous food (homemade filafels - to die for!) and went for a walk to the river where we admired the NYC skyline (they live across the river in Jersey City).Our second outing was lunch with the church secretary, Rayna, and her mother, Alma, and a friend, Katie. We had a delightful time getting to know these ladies and found much in common apart from our bond in Christ. Again, we enjoyed more home cooking (meat balls!) and great conversation. Susan found a fellow tennis lover in Alma and they have a play date for Wednesday - hopefully it won't rain. Monday, September 22, 2008Another Monday has come and gone. Last week we went to a midweek Bible study on Wednesday night. There were a lot of people there! It meets in Pastor Ed's house and it's a good thing he has a big living room, because there were probably 50 people there. We will be studying Don Whitney's book "Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health" but this week was spent introducing everyone and sharing some prayer requests. We decided to get away for the weekend and put our PriceLine skills to the test. We weren't very particular about where we went. Our criteria were basically: not too far away (less than 2 hrs by car) and a good deal (finding a 3-star hotel for less than 50% of what it normally costs). We ended up in Norwalk, Connecticut. At first, we weren't very excited about the town. Since it's on the ocean, we expected more of a touristy town, but we weren't there to see the town, so that didn't bother us. On Saturday we decided to try to visit a few wineries and learned that one of the wineries in the area was having a festival. So, we drove to northwestern Connecticut and had a fabulous time at the festival - there were arts and crafts being displayed, lots of free samples from local vendors (cheese, coffee, infused olive oil, scones, tomato sauce, and the best granola we've ever tasted), and, of course, wine tasting. They had a few local restaurants with booths set up outside selling food, so we had some Filafels and Chicken Kebabs. We had a great time enjoying the surroundings and just hanging out. That left us with a much better impression of Connecticut than just the area surrounding our hotel, so we're really glad we got out to see more of the state.
Labels: NY, Quick Trip Monday, September 15, 2008 Ivan's first week of work has passed. At Ernst & Young, they assign the new employees to shadow a veteran employee for the first few months on the job to learn the ropes. He's excited to learn that the woman he'll be shadowing is actually working on a big deal now, so he'll be doing real work. Of course, that probably means he'll have to work long hours, so we'll see how that pans out. They say that 9am is too late to get to work and leaving at 6pm is considered early, but they don't give many details on the work schedule beyond that. Ivan has been getting to work around 7:30am and leaving between 5:30pm and 6pm. We'll see how long that keeps up.Susan started work today - she's resuming her job at The Master's College as a software engineer, but only working 1 day per week. The rest of her time should be spent conducting research towards her PhD. We'll see how that pans out. The sermon yesterday was about prayer and we were encouraged to go to the midweek prayer meeting at church on Tuesdays, so, since Susan doesn't have any other plans for tomorrow, she'll be going to that. Hopefully that will help her become more disciplined in her own, personal prayer life and she'll be more sensitive to the needs of the congregation. Monday, September 8, 2008 Well, today was Ivan's first day of work. They must be easing him in, because they let him go at 2:30pm today! I suppose he shouldn't get used to that, but it was nice :) Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday are all training days, so he shouldn't have to stay late those days, but after that we really don't know what to expect. Church again was great yesterday. We were invited to lunch at a lady's house with a number of other recent attenders and a few other older timers. We had a great time and enjoyed some rich and cheesy pasta - yum, yum. Not exactly on our list of things we can eat frequently, but so nice every once in awhile.Monday, September 1, 2008 Happy Labor Day! One more week of freedom before Ivan has to start laboring again. It has been so nice to have time together and get back into some sort of routine after the craziness of the last two months. We're settling in here in Queens and are so glad that we don't live in Manhattan: we have a place to park our car, there's normal stores around here (Target, Costco, and supermarkets), and we really like the church we've been attending. It was recommended to us by a fellow CHBC member, Babatunde, who used to live in this area and was a member of the church, North Shore Baptist Church. Things have been going great, but we're preparing for when reality hits next week and Ivan has to become a productive member of society.Labels: NY ArchivesOlder Posts July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 October 2009
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