Our Next Home..

Some news that was long awaited finally arrived on 1 March!! We were impatiently(or, I was anyways) waiting to see where our next home would be after our time here in Turkey ends this summer. We honestly thought we were headed back Stateside since we had not heard anything yet.  Well, were we ever so WRONG!!! The day the orders came out, I thought I was going to die!!!!! And more importantly, I thought my mother would die! Ha ha How in the WORLD were we staying overseas!?! Many,many emotions rushed my mind.  I was excited, but yet crushed. I knew staying overseas would be better for us in the long run but man, I was really looking forward to America again. My prayer was that God (and the USAF, of course) would send us somewhere that both of us would strive. After spending 2 years in a tropical environment, I really needed to go somewhere warm. And boy were those prayers answered!


Wellllll, as most of you already know...we are headed to Okinawa, Japan this summer!!!!!!!!! Holy cow!!!! Since the day we got to Turkey, J-Twice was determined that we would go to Japan next. I told him he was out of his ever-loving mind. Sir, Turkish culture is hard enough, you want to take me to Japan!?! BUT, I have done tons of research, and we are totally excited about Japan! We haven't heard a bad thing about the island, and believe me, we would hear it if it was bad!

courtesy of Google

courtesy of Google

So we are going to enjoy our last few weeks left in Turkey, make a pit stop at home for a few weeks and then start our lives over in Okinawa, Japan.  If someone would have told me just five years ago the places I would go, the things I would have seen and the countries I would live in, I would have told them they were absolutely crazy. But I can admit, we are having a blast with these opportunities and making the most of it. As much as I would love to be back Stateside and being closer to home, we have to take this chance to make lifetime memories and enjoy the things that other people can only dream of.

Prayers for an easy transition will be greatly appreciated and look forward to many more years of our "grand adventures"!!