We found a place!! Yay! It is a GORGEOUS duplex, its two bedroom with a huge finished basement. Ron (our neighbor) lives upstairs but he is so quiet we can't even tell he is there! It is so pretty and really makes us feel like we are home. We are all moved in and have the living room and kitchen set up, we are just waiting on our bed set to come in so we can finish unpacking.
We have been in Cleveland for about 2 weeks. It is extremely different. It isn't as bad as I thought it would but I would much rather be home. I get homesick a lot but I'm sure that will pass after a couple of months. The weather out her is insane. I thought Logan was cold but this place is CRAZY! I think it must be the humidity but I have never been so cold in my life.
The ward out here is extremely different then the wards back in Utah. We are in the Cleveland 1st ward; the ward consists of multiple cities and the boundaries are HUGE! For the first time in my life I had to sit through sacrament with the smell of cigarette smoke lingering around me. A lot of the ward members are converts so they definitely bring a new and sometimes very interesting perspective to the lessons, but I am sure we are gonna love it. One thing that I have learned that I find very interesting and different is that you don't go visiting teacher/home teaching to the active members of the ward. They take you to inactive members so it is like missionary work.
We start work tomorrow, we are both excited yet nervous at the same time. It is going to be extremely weird especially for me to actually have a real job.
We miss everyone at home so much and can't wait till we get to come visit. I don't think we will until Christmas but we are trying to fit a trip home before then.
Pictures of our new place will be up soon!!!!
