My travels so far..

Thought it might be about time for a quick update :)

It has been a very full, wonderful week since leaving Kamloops(not that I don't miss all you great people there!). There are days that I wake up and can't believe I am in the time that I have been planning for so long.

This past Saturday the first year students of Newlife gathered just outside of Portland for a couple days of orientation. It was so fun to get to know everyone! We had a relaxing time of hiking, seeing the ocean(or skipping it for Costco instead), relaxing by a pool, and eating a lot of delicious food. It was a much needed time of rest after the very busy lead-up to leaving that most of us had experienced.
Edolbina(the other student that I will be with in Tabuk) and I clicked right away and it already feels like I have known her for ages. It's going to be an exciting and hilarious couple years with her and her husband Andrew. I am so thankful that I will already have a friend there.
The other students are all wonderful in their own right and I had such a blast with them. It was hard to send them off at the airport knowing it will be months before I see most of them, but I am so excited to walk through this with them from afar.

I am now happily spending a week and a bit in my hometown of Sault Ste Marie. It's always a joy to come 'home'. I'm thankful that I can be here to spend time with my friends, family, and to celebrate my sisters wedding before heading overseas. After this, I will be going to St. Catharines to spend time with some wonderful people there and then flying to the Philippines on Aug 25th.

My next post will probably be from my new home in Tabuk, so until then, be blessed!

Kamloops friends - I miss you a ton! Please visit RedBeard LOTS for me.. someone needs to drink my share of coffee ;)

Much love,
Alex

 - Prayer requests -
*That traveling would go smoothly when I head overseas
*For the students already there - that they would settle in well and stay in good health

NISM class of 2015 (minus a few) hiking on the Oregon coast.

The Tabuk Crew! 

Myself, Edolbina, and her husband Andrew.