Posts
Many people have asked us what we do while we are here in the states with seemingly no job. Our stock answer has been kind of vague because it's kind of complicated. I thought I would instead give you a glimpse into each person's to-do list:
First the easy one- Ava:
1. Eat
2. Sleep
3. Poop
4. Chew on anything I can get my hands on
5. Learn to crawl
Then there's Chloe:
1. Annoy my sister
2. Watch Dora
3. Learn colors, shapes, numbers and Alphabet
4. Watch Dora
And of course Heather and Jeff's to-do list is a bit more complex:
1. Complete our Visa application for Taiwan (this consists of mailing each person's birth certificate, our marriage license, college diploma's, transcripts, a letter from our church, a letter from our company, a letter from the company we are going to work for, a notarized medical exam sealed by the secretary of state and a certified non-criminal record also sealed by the secretary of state. We mail all that to the Taiwan Government office in Houston for them to "authenticate". Then, we actually complete our visa application and mail it along with all of the above authenticated documents, copies of the above documents, our passports, pictures and dinero back to the Taiwan government office to get our Visa. Did I mention that Ava's birth certificate has to be sent back to Bangkok because she was born in Thailand? And our medical exam consists of a HIV test, syphilis test, TB chest X-ray, fecal smear for parasites and something else called Hansen's Disease?) We might get this all done sometime this century.
2. speak in churches and various organizations around the state that would like to hear about the work going on overseas. (This has consumed most of our weekends)
3. Crate an entire household of goods overseas. This time, we get to bring a lot of household goods with us to Taiwan including a mattress, washer/dryer, airconditioners, rugs, heaters, extra clothing, etc.. However, you may remember that we got rid of all our wordly possessions the last time we left and so before we can send a bunch of stuff overseas we have to buy it all again.
4. And finally we have to accomplish all of the above amidst traveling for conferences and trainings for the company as well as not neglecting friends and family that we will not see again for possibly four more years.
Doesn't that sound relaxing?
First the easy one- Ava:
1. Eat
2. Sleep
3. Poop
4. Chew on anything I can get my hands on
5. Learn to crawl
Then there's Chloe:
1. Annoy my sister
2. Watch Dora
3. Learn colors, shapes, numbers and Alphabet
4. Watch Dora
And of course Heather and Jeff's to-do list is a bit more complex:
1. Complete our Visa application for Taiwan (this consists of mailing each person's birth certificate, our marriage license, college diploma's, transcripts, a letter from our church, a letter from our company, a letter from the company we are going to work for, a notarized medical exam sealed by the secretary of state and a certified non-criminal record also sealed by the secretary of state. We mail all that to the Taiwan Government office in Houston for them to "authenticate". Then, we actually complete our visa application and mail it along with all of the above authenticated documents, copies of the above documents, our passports, pictures and dinero back to the Taiwan government office to get our Visa. Did I mention that Ava's birth certificate has to be sent back to Bangkok because she was born in Thailand? And our medical exam consists of a HIV test, syphilis test, TB chest X-ray, fecal smear for parasites and something else called Hansen's Disease?) We might get this all done sometime this century.
2. speak in churches and various organizations around the state that would like to hear about the work going on overseas. (This has consumed most of our weekends)
3. Crate an entire household of goods overseas. This time, we get to bring a lot of household goods with us to Taiwan including a mattress, washer/dryer, airconditioners, rugs, heaters, extra clothing, etc.. However, you may remember that we got rid of all our wordly possessions the last time we left and so before we can send a bunch of stuff overseas we have to buy it all again.
4. And finally we have to accomplish all of the above amidst traveling for conferences and trainings for the company as well as not neglecting friends and family that we will not see again for possibly four more years.
Doesn't that sound relaxing?
No comments:
Post a Comment