We are still alive and surviving in America

Hey everybody. Sorry it has been so long. If there is one thing that has been hard to adjust to it is how we have hit the ground running! This is not a bad thing... it is more the nature of life when you try to see and do as much as you can in a little amount of time.
We are currently in the northwest suburb of the windy city feeling the chill of spring weather. We just returned last night from a long visit to Indiana where we spent time with the Sloan's in Kendallville. During our time in IN we drove down to Terre Haute to look for a place to live. We didn't really know what to expect, but we knew that we needed to look. We don't have a lot of free time between now and the time we want to move so at least we wanted to see our options and what the housing market is like. We quickly decided on finding a rental house because of the nature of owning a home (I, Chris, would have to fix anything wrong with it) such as trying to sell it when we move from Terre Haute. After visiting 30 places in two days we found a great little cottage that we decided to lease for two years. God answered our prayers. We are very excited to move in early July and to finally be able to open and use our wedding gifts in our new home.
A great part about being in Terre Haute was that we got a chance to see a college suitemate of mine, Steven Hartman, and stay with his grandparents. It was great to see old friends and to be made to feel so welcome! Thanks Hartmans.
We had the opportunity to speak at Main Street Wesleyan Church in Jonesboro, IN last Sunday. We felt like we had stepped back into college days when we attended there. We were in charge of the speaking for the morning so we did our best. We don't know exactly what we said but we hope that someone was blessed by it. I don't know how or when but God will continue to use this experience in Haiti to change us.
I do not feel as changed as I thought I would. I thought I might come back and want to live in a cardboard box or something equally as extreme. Yet, I don't think that is why we went to Haiti or what God had in store for us to learn in Fauche. We went out of obedience and we went to grow up a little. Kathleen and I have grown so much in every area of our lives. Some of this growth could have taken place here in the USA but not all. We are settling back into American culture and doing things that most Americans do with a little difference in us that we cannot pinpoint. We will continue to see what this looks like as our lives unfold.