Day 1

We survived! I knew we would but it feels good to not be too sad or scared or overwhelmed. Sam got off to the airport, not without some drama! We realized once we were there that he forgot his lap top and needs it to put his pictures on. I RACED back home to get it while he checked in and made it back with plenty of time to spare.

Max and I had a walk with a friend, a free Starbucks! (seriously those girls are great! In the last week I have paid for ONE drink!! A great talk with one of the girls at Starbucks who is Canadian and gets a lot of the frustration here (ie paying $50 for 6 gallons of gas, $18 for mascara that is $4 at Target, etc...) plus my Starbucks friend Amy adores Max (as do all the girls in there, they all race to get him out of his stroller) tomorrow I think we are hanging out with Amy on her day off. We also had another fun walk with a friend around the Mount where Max snoozed most of the time, a quick bath, a feed, a WAY TOO awake boy because of his said earlier nap around the Mount, a skype with daddy, a screaming fit at bed time, a cuddle, a quiet laying down while listening to Jesus Culture and then Momma had a quick dinner is sitting down to read her Oprah magazine that came in the mail (THANK YOU AUNT DENISE!!!)

Sam is safe and sound in Christchurch. We know he is supposed to be there and we are praying that he sees what God brought him down there for, that he sees stories and emotion that will tell the people of Christchurch story even this long after the quake, and open doors that only God can open. Pray with us and we trust God for the results.