a quote from Brandon in New Jersey

There is comfort in the fact that I don't need to know anything other than the fact that God knows what's going on.

The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

I'm not going to say that getting PCS'd to Puerto Rico has been easy. In fact there has been nothing easy about it. In fact..it's been down right difficult and emotionally draining. I never wanted to blog about the bad and ugly. Just wanted to cover it up with the good. Well here goes....Kaiden starts Kindergarten next Tuesday, August 16th. An early start compared to the states standards. Not to mention he is going full day and his bus picks him up at 6:30am. Is he ready for this? I don't know..I hope so. Am I? No way! I offer to drive him to school but he insists he wants to ride the bus. So I will let him and see how it goes. I have never heard of a 5 year olds getting on a bus a 6:30am. If we were in New Jersey his bus would pick him up at 9am. Frustrating. Number 2..we are still living..LIVING..in a hotel. I'm thankful that we have a roof over our heads and this is a selfish complaint compared to 3rd world country standards. So this I'm ashamed I'm even complaining about. Is it too much to ask though that we can move into our house soon? Can't they have them ready for the families that are PCS'ing to Puerto Rico instead of keeping them in hotels for months? My kids are emotionally drained. Keegan claims, "this is not Puerto Rico." Kaid crys to move back to New Jersey or Michigan. It has been hard. Our homestudy was done. Finalized and complete in the state of New Jersey. We were almost over the first large hump in our adoption. Now we are back to almost square one. We need a homestudy update. We have a meeting with a social worker here in Puerto Rico on August 14th. I hope we are in our house before then. Number 3 thing that has been emotionally draining. We left friends that were like family to us. And an awesome loving church family. How will we find those things here in Puerto Rico? I don't know. I don't know at all. I'm sick of being stressed. I'm sick of not knowing Spanish. I'm sick of being in a hotel. It feels like a long drawn out vacation since we've been here, and we're not going home. Not for three years. I hope someday I figure out the reason we were moved here. Oh wait..my husband signed the Coast Guard's dotted line...maybe there is a greater reason then that though that I can't see right now. I pray I see it soon. So there you go..the bad and the ugly. Also my brother is in Afhganistan right now with the marines in a bad area. Please keep my brother Spencer Kubiak in your prayers. There has been some guys in his unit injured and lost. Please keep his company and their families in your prayers. Thank you.

How He loves us....spanish version..check it out! amazing!

El Yunque

We are here!!

We landed in our new home, Puerto Rico, on Thursday July 14th. We have been living in a hotel since then over the weekend. Gotta love a mini vay-k on the Coast Guard's dime as we wait to get into our official house. We are having a lot of fun (with some stress and anxieities thrown in) exploring the island and being in a totally new culture. The people are so nice and the boys seem to be a big hit with the locals with their "blanco" hair...a dear older lady even had to take a picture of them. Keano loves the attention and has learned to wave to everyone we pass. Puerto Rico is totally nothing like I've seen before. It totally feels like we are living in a different country..well which we are. We have been immersed into a new culture. The main language is Spanish...everything in Spanish. We are learning some basics but right now it's even hard to order at Mcdonalds or subway. The driving is nothing like I've ever seen before. I have seen cars go places I never thought they could go. Everyone is in a hurry when they are driving, but take there time everywhere else. This I will probably never figure out. We've also seen a lot of satos (stray dogs) running around. I want to take them home. We also saw a pickup truck with a horse in the back. That was interesting. So far it has been an emotional but fun expierience. We just can't wait to get into a house and feel settled down. I'm posting some pictures and will post more tomorrow of our trip to El Yunque today.

Happy Father's Day!!!!!

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