Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sayonara Louisville


Come August 5, this Jones family will be saying our goodbyes to Louisville for awhile and heading to Yokosuka, Japan! Trips was offered a job with the Department of Defense being a counselor (and doing some teaching) at Kinnick High School on the Naval Base in Yokosuka. It is a 2 year commitment, at least. We considered this a once in a lifetime opportunity for our family and accepted the offer with daring hearts. We are thrilled at the chance for more world travel. Trips has visited several overseas destinations and I really enjoyed my first venture abroad to China. We're elated to have the chance to experience this with our girls and to expose them to a different culture. We may get the best of both worlds with this particular opportunity in that we will get to experience living in a different country/culture, but with American culture available to us through the Naval Base. We are nervous at the thought of all of the changes we will have to adjust to, being that this will be a change of address for us and not just a short vacation, but are hopeful for an exciting adventure. Home will never be too far from our hearts and thoughts, I'm sure. And thankfully, with the awesomeness of technology, we'll be able to keep in touch with our friends and family and vise versa. So, add this blog to your favorites list if you're interested in keeping up with us and our adventure and we're looking forward to getting your emails, skyping, and reading your blogs!

2 comments:

Jill said...

OMG I was just reading about skyping with someone. I have a webcam, maybe we can set up sometimes when Patti, Cheryl, and I can all be here, b/c we sure are going to miss you. My blog is www.journeytokaya.blogspot.com I think it is awesome that you are going.

Jill

Carlye said...

You all will be sooo missed but this is a great way to stay in touch. I am looking forward to reading all about your adventures.