Honesty in Forthcoming

Hey, Friends! So I figured out that it's really hard to do a public blog, I realize this because usually I am to myself when it comes to honest emotions and thoughts, such as a personal journal. But I've been challenged to blog in all honesty, so I will do my best!

After a VERY long Monday, and I mean LONG, I finally made it to the base. We'll just say it was one iced caramel machiatto, 45 min drive to SeaTac with mom, 2 large bags for check-in, one (too) quick bye to mom, a 2 hour-crying-baby-in-front plane ride, then 2.5 hours spent going from terminal to terminal in SFO, LONG! haha. Mindy was the first one I saw, and I was so excited! She's a beautiful person. I'm so glad she was there waiting for me, and funny thing, we were having the same feeling of "what the heck am I getting myself into?"

I know I have to post a lot more, but I've got to run off to share my testimony (the other ones have been inspiring...I'm getting nervous). The man in this picture is "SeaWeed" and he really wanted me to take a picture of him and Kaya!

-Savanna

BTW, our address! Just use our personal name at the top, then that address:

357 Ellis Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

Hello! Mindy here (i will post later), I want to try and put a quote on each posting and this is one that definately applies to the past four days that we have been here...

"The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort.

This means that to be a follower of Jesus you must renounce comfort as the

ultimate value of your life." -John Ortberg