Thursday, August 28, 2008

Swearing In and Hurricane Gustov!

Just wanted to drop a couple of quick notes as we wait out this wonderful hurricane! Today we were officially sworn in as peace corps volunteers!

This is how we look when we bling out and dandy up for swearing in- Pretty snazzy if I may say so myself!
We've now been here for 8 weeks and it has gone by quicker than you can imagine! We stay very busy but always miss our family and friends. We enjoy the contact we are able to have with everyone though and love the pictures we see of our godchildren and family.

I have to admit I've never been in a hurricane- it is exciting and scary at the same time. Please don't be alarmed as we will get through it just fine- it's only a category 1 for crying out loud :)
For now we look ahead and truly wonder what this two years will bring- the saying is so true, Life is calling...how far will you go! The adventure begins now and we couldn't be more excited.


Little shout out to the Overstreets- We received your package- enjoyed the wonderful reminders of our St. Joe trip which actually happened about a year ago. This was also the time we submitted our peace corps application- crazy how time changes in just a year. We just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful things you sent us- We love and miss you both! Also thank you to my grandparents and Will's parents for their thought fullness in writing sincere letters to us. You have no idea how much we really do cherish those! As always we miss you all and look forward to hearing from you!

P.S. We added a ton of pictures to the flickr website so take a look and feel free to leave comments! (remember the link is on the left of your computer screen- 'Schumaker photos')

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congradulations guys, that is fabulous and you both look fabulous too!!! I'm glad that you are okay. Your Grandpa Bicks called yesterday to see if we had heard on how you were fairing through the hurricane. I told him that you were probably doing okay. Sorry we missed your call today, but I will be home now for a while so if you want to try in the afternoon sometime, I should be home. We are all proud of the both of you and can't wait till we can see you again. Love from all of the family to both of you.

Unknown said...

Hey! You look so pretty! Both you and Will look awesome! And good to know people psst to ya! Heehee! Yea Ive been reading about the Gustav and it sounds awesome that you're experiencing it but then scary at the same time! I hope everything is going well and hope to hear from the both of you sometime! Love you guys both so much! Have fun and enjoy while it lasts! :)
~Love to you from Arika!! :) ♥♥♥

loverstreet said...

we are so happy you got the package pre-hurricane. i've been picturing the two of you huddled around a small camping stove cooking up the thai kitchen. hehe, probably not the real situation, but i like to think that i helped somehow!
wow, you two look smokin' hot in the photo. i only have one thing that i am bummed about and that is that i don't think will is wearing his old man ag professor tweed sport coat. (the one he got with us in spokane)
steven says that little lily now introduces herself like this, "hi, i'm lily, i'm three, and i can run fast!" can't you just hear that cute face saying that? oh i miss those kids and you two a whole lot.
we send lots of love and prayers daily, ms. lindsey & brandon

Anonymous said...

Hello you two, You both look pretty snazzy.. 8 weeks have already flown bye, that went quick. Well I just wanted to let you know Your in my Thoughts and Prayers. Hugs to you.... Love Aunt Tracie