hey new home

so here i am writing to you from racine, wisconsin!

i arrived on thursday afternoon after 2 delayed flights and an extra $50 for luggage. we spent the evening unpacking and getting settled and then had dinner with our community members (minus brother leo who was away for a family wedding). everyone in the community is really great and i think that we are going to have a really good year. so far it seems like we have a good "vibe" and that everyone is getting along just fine.

on friday, desiree and i ventured to target to get some things that we needed to make our move in complete. and target is the same everywhere! which i like :) the area around the target has a lot of stores and restaurants and its not too far from the house so it will probably be an area that we go to often for anything we may need. we also went grocery shopping in the afternoon (which is going to be my community responsibility for the year) with brother mike.

today me, desiree, and evan walked into the "downtown" area just a few minutes from our house. there are a lot of little shops, the racine art museum, restaurants, and bars. apparently there are 26 bars within walking distance from our house and we have decided that each and every one of them is going to be on our wisconsin bucket list for the year! tonight we went to mass and had a little happy hour dinner in the backyard followed by dairy queen for dessert.

tomorrow, desiree and i are helping register students for the education center and then monday we will start working at the center.

so overall things are good. i am still getting settled and need to finish putting up all my pictures before i really feel at home but i am much more at ease now than i was. i really think that things will turn out to be really great here and i am excited to see what the next year will bring!