Haley's new friends in the quad:I wanted to get a modest picture with Darcy and the squatty, but Colby forbid it (His nickname in college was the fun-hater).   Read More

Before we totally wrap up the Richmond box, I wanted to reflect on five fun things that we experienced at Orientation/training. 1. Cultural worship.  Every Sunday night we had a worship experience from a different part of the world.  Highlights of this event include starting 20 minutes late for South America night, having to wear head coverings and bring a prayer mat for Middle East night, dancing and making tribal calls during worship for Africa night,  leading worship in Icelandic with Colby Read More

Thoughts from my husband: I stole the title from a friend, but it describes life for the Garmans these past few months. I am making a rare appearance on the blogosphere as I have not been active during our time at Field Personnel Orientation getting ready for Iceland. As times are a changin' I find myself thankful for the way that I learn so much through it. Some of it has been stressful, but the majority of it is challenging me to trust God with a deeper sense of resolve. The reality is we Read More

We are officially done with training and are relaxing on Antietam Loop in Stafford with the Fauth family. Looking forward to the commissioning service this weekend and heading north to Lancaster, PA where we will be living shortly (with my sister in law) until the VISAs ARRIVE! Read More

I wrote this on Monday, but blogger was down for some reason: Well, we made it through last week and all the responsibilities thereof. Last week we met with our regional office of W. Europe all week and enjoyed a more intimate setting than usual (usually we are in a group of 250). One of our assignments for the week was to research our country and people group and do a presentation to our supervisor and colleagues. It was interesting to learn so much about Icelandic history and the history of Read More

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We only have 1 1/2 weeks left of FPO. Some serious fatigue has been setting in here. We went through "stress-innoculation" training, which was....(what else) stressful. The worst part about it was that it went through the weekend, and we didn't get much of a rest. Back at it Monday with more sessions. I have been feeling like I can't absorb ANY MORE INFORMATION. My brain literally hurts at the end of the day. Learning Icelandic on top of everything else is just a lot. To top it off, the Read More

It is taking a really long to upload these from our dorm room...more to come later. Read More