...We are off to Portland.
Our first task upon arrival in-country will be language and culture learning. But why wait? In the past 3 days we've learned that Portland is home to a community of folks from the islands of southeastern Asia. So we have made a few contacts with people who grew up over there, are native speakers of the language, and would love to spend time with us daily. We plan to invest several hours each day acquiring as much of the language and culture as possible, in Portland.
We hope our delay is only 1 more week, but for as long as we're in the States, we'll utilize the resources we've been given. And WHAT resources! Get this: Tomorrow we have dinner plans with a man (and his family) who was born and raised in the town we'll inhabit for our first two years abroad, and he is very excited to share everything he knows. What an amazing development, right?
