Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2014

October: New House, New Jobs

Last I wrote, Nathan had just been told he was being moved to Camp Foster. Well he was, and I transferred to the Foster bank location as well. And we moved! The entire month of October was spent moving all aspect of our lives an hour south. 

We now live in an area called Sunabe, right on the seawall of the East China sea. It's a neat place with the feel of a beach town, except all the building are made of concrete- Okinawa style. There are restaurants from many different cultures and lots of small businesses. We love walking around, as there is always something new to see. 

Check out our new house! 1400 sq ft, so nearly double the size of our apartment. 100 yards from the sea wall, 10 minutes from Camp Foster and Kadena Air Base. If you were here, you would understand this is the best place on island to live for convenience and attractions. 

come inside!

master bedroom. there is a sliding divider that could split it into two rooms if we wanted.

 


game room, with a giant bean bag chair                                                   downstairs bathroom, the shower                                                                                                            separate as usual for Japanese houses

this is the "space room" because of the outer space wall paper.                          our super tree!
there are chairs in here now, or an air mattress


                                        ^^heading upstairs...                                           our pink-ish bathroom...





top of the stairs, looking straigh

our favorite piece of furniture on the right



and my lovely new kitchen with so much cabinet space, some of them are empty

a dedicated utility room

 looking left...


our totally awesome living room, with the giant deck door


look behind you for a moment

and head outside on the amazing deck with a view! the water is literally right there.





We have lots of space, so stay with us if you are ever in the area.













Saturday, October 11, 2014

September: Seminary, TESOL



Hello! The summer has passed and I have barely been able to keep up! Here is a brief update from each month.

September marked the end of a busy summer and the beginning of a new lifestyle for us. Nathan started his Masters of Divinity classes with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which means that he now spend several hours each night in silence, either watching video lectures with headphones, reading stacks of books, or writing forum posts. After one night of needing to keep quiet and having a very difficult time doing it, I knew I needed a project too. I signed up for a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate class. So now we both spend time studying each night. It works out pretty well.

As of November, Nathan will be the ranking RP on island for awhile. As such, his command is moving him from Camp Hansen to Camp Foster, as it is the HQ for the RPs. Since Foster is an hour away without traffic, we have decided to move south. Our lease ends the first week of November, so the timing works out pretty well. I'll either transfer to a bank branch down there, or find a new job. Working on that! We're looking forward to the new atmosphere. Living up north has allowed us to explore places that would otherwise be very far, but now we get a chance to explore the south and live close to everything.

We currently live and work on Camp Hansen (C), and are moving down to Camp Foster (G). For reference, Okinawa is about 70 miles long, half of the height of Pennsylvania.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Moving Day

Moving day!
The entirety of our earthly possessions, packed, loaded, and gone in two hours.


before

during

after

bags for the plane