Home

It is hard to believe that we have been here in Guam for over a month. While we have had to make many adjustments, from everything to the new time zone, to a running AC because of the humidity, to getting used to working in the clinic, to being able to walk to work (just to name a few)...we have come through the month excited to be here, and blessed by this new experience. We have come to embrace our half of our duplex as "home" - and it has undergone transformation from the initial very white, empty, hollow sounding concrete establishment to a home. What is it that has made it so? I think the process of moving in and cleaning is rather a bonding experience - get to know the bad & dirty of the place, chase the gigantic, horrible roaches out - sort of gets you to feel attached to a place. Then, we sat upon our loaner-couches that stood alone in our very white-walled, tile living room, staring at the very white blank wall and this led to our inspiration to paint - ah, yet another step in the transformation - color! Next our crate that we had to move our stuff in arrived - a little surreal to see this 20' crate come up, and aside from a slight tumble of boxes in its trans-pacific journey, everything was as we had last seen it when we packed 6 months prior in California. I felt rather sickened by the quantity, as we had towers of boxes lining our living room. What IS all this stuff?? box after box - and somehow, we realize that our simple lives, really are far from it. We still somehow pledge to sort through things and simplify. But, the boxes did hold familiar objects, and they have assumed their new places in this house...and this also, has helped this place feel like home. So we sit in our living room and there is a meeting of old & new, and even pictures hang (quite the feat on concrete walls), but I think most all, it is having each other here, being here together and building our lives here together, regardless of all the stuff, that has made this feel like home....so happy 1 month!
here are some pictures of our home:

Living room (yes, a red wall!)

Dining area

The kitchen

Our bedroom (found the furniture - from German

lady who imports from Bali)
here we are, enjoying a sunset view
(come visit!)