Settling In

Hi everyone,

We're encouraged hearing back from you :). This is just a fairly quick update to let you know that we're settling in, and things are going well. You can click below to see some pictures Shannon took of our apartment:

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I finally finished my colloquium! If you don't know what that word means, neither did I, but it's actually in the dictionary believe it or not. It's basically a fancy word for "conference" if you ask me. It was like information overload, but I had a chance to meet some really big names in my field. It was certainly humbling because I definitely didn't follow a lot of the lecturing.

Monday (really early in the morning), I leave out for yet another conference in Washington DC. So you could definitely pray for travel to go well and even moreso for us (this is the longest we've spent apart). It's been a very busy first three weeks, and things will become a little more regular after next week (so we hope!).

We had an awesome time yesterday when we went hiking down the Mesa trail (probably 2-3 miles up and then the return trip). We've posted some pictures in the album below:

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And finally, earlier today, we took a trip out to Boulder Falls (after a nice late morning sleeping in). Shannon cooked for me now that I think of it. I woke up thinking, "I smell bacon." It was nice :). But we really love this city. They have so much accessible to go and see and so many trails to go down. Boulder Falls is only about 8 miles up Canyon Blvd as you leave the main city. We've posted pictures below:

Boulder Falls

Well, we wish you all an awesome evening. Some encouragement from the word we've read recently:
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God." - 1 Corinthians 2:12

And finally, please keep us up to date with your lives and let us know how we can be praying for and encouraging you. Either e-mail one of us or post a comment to this blog (if you don't mind it being public). We love and miss you.

Goodnight!

-Matt & Shannon