Even though today is the two week mark officially, this Friday marks the end of our first week of work. It's gone by incredibly quick. It's nice to get into some semblance of a routine though. Last week we were all over the place, in different buildings, meeting new people, trying to figure things out, etc. But now I can see a face and pick a name to go with it and I've finally stopped turning the wrong way out of my office!
So, a typical week at OM Canada looks like this: Monday mornings we begin with a general meeting where we talk about what we're going to do for the week then we head to work for the rest of the day. Tuesday and Thursday mornings we have a team devotional and then get back to work. This week we've been learning about Muslims. Friday mornings we write encouragement cards to the members of OM Canada and then you guessed it, it's back to work!
Today was the first day that we really made any headway. In Joomla, the Content Management System we're using, the best place to start is with a pre-made template. So, the past two or three days we've spent trying to clear out the sample information that was built into the site, get our navigation in, and play around with free templates. There's a reason most of those templates were free...and we spent many hours being frustrated by them. Luckily for us, OM has a membership with one of the best template vendors out there, but we didn't get that information until today. So now we have a template! This is a huge step in the right direction (provided we get the director's approval on this template next week). We've got a homepage worked out(!!!) and we're beginning work on the other pages. I'm excited to go back to work next week :D
Evenings have been wonderful. This is the first week where I haven't "had" to do anything in the evenings like homework or be somewhere. I can do what I want and I've really been enjoying that. I'm so thankful that I'm getting to have chill time like this. God has been so good. He's provided us with so many new friends who have been incredibly welcoming to us. CJ and Stephanie, who live across the hall from Paul, have invited us out to the movies, play soccer, dinner, etc. I haven't done this many "fun" things in a long time.
I think my roommate is slightly perplexed by me, but I think it's because I'm still trying to figure things out in Canada. We went grocery shopping Monday night and she asked me what kind of yogurt I wanted. Grocery stores look pretty much the same here, except none of the brands are the same! So I probably stood in front of the yogurt aisle for three minutes or so trying to decipher the brand. She asked me what was wrong and I told her that I had no idea what to do since I didn't recognize any of the brands. I finally just picked one at random and it tasted pretty good at lunch.
Have you ever walked in a house, condo, or duplex that has a floor plan that is the same of another house, condo, or duplex that you've been in before? The rooms are all in the same place but the furniture is completely different. You're comfortable because you know you're going to walk into the living room, but the couch shocks you because it's a different color than the one in the other place you've visited, or it's in a different place. That's how I feel about Canada. I'm comfortable here, yet it's all still unfamiliar to me. And Google keeps trying to tell me that I've spelled favorite and color wrong. By the end of the summer though it's going to be a place that I don't want to leave; I can tell already, just like when I was in England last January. No matter what though; God is good!
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