Update...

Last night marked two weeks that we arrived.
It has been a very good experience so far. The first week we spent a whole lot of time unpacking and shopping for things that we needed- groceries and miscellaneous household items. We explored the area- Christiansburg and some of Roanoke (the city).

Blacksburg, alone, is not a city. Shane found out that the Census B. has combined Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford together to call it a Metropolitan Statistical Area. So, Shane keeps reminding me that we live in a Metropoloitan Statistical Area.

Since (1) we don't know anyone in the area yet, (2)we only have one tv channel (that gets so-so reception), and (3)there isn't much going on in town, late in the evening we have started watching dvds. In the first week we watched the Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring. It took us two nights to watch it. When our Netflix finally caught up with us we watched Motorcycle Diaries (unintentional tribute to Matt! Hey Matt, I can't wait to read your Mattercycle Diaries when you return from Costa Rica! Have fun! I am very jealous, you will have to share all about your trip!) Last night we started watching some cheesy $1 dvds I bought at Target months ago. We watched Abbot & Costello's "Jack and the Beanstalk"! Yeah, we are living the vida loca, alright! :P

Our first Sunday we visited a Foursquare church that we found in the yellow pages. It turned out to be a great place to be. I really enjoyed the worship and the message was good. The people were very friendly; just like our old church in Pasadena. The pastor is originally from Long Beach, CA, and he knew our former pastor from Pasadena. They used to do outreach together in Hollywood!

Sunday night we finally ventured out to explore our immediate neighborhood. We walked a block up our street to the park. The park is amazing! It made me wish to be kid again. It is huge! Lots of open space with little hills- you can see firelies everwhere right as it starts getting dark. There are two jungle gym areas. A regular looking one and one that is totally obstacle course style- tires and everything! It is called Caboose park, so you know what sits in the middle of the park, right? A caboose- a real one. I love this park. I am hoping my nephews will be able to come and visit while they are still little- so that they can enjoy the park!

There are more things to share about our second week here. But I will post that later. My hand is starting to flare up- need to rest it.