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Daily Life Excerpt

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Here’s an excerpt from an email I recently sent out. I think it just about sums up daily life (at least at first).

As for daily life, things have been surprising. London, for being a world power and the seat of Europe’s academic and financial business, can seem like basically a third world country when it comes to customer service (none), processing paperwork (weeks and it may have to be restarted), finding a place to live (a fanatical, fear-driven “get-what-you-can-when-you-can” supply/ demand), and standard of living (crazy expensive plus the unfavorable exchange rate).

There have been plenty of frustrations–many of which, yes, would be the case no matter where in the world we were living because moving is a huge and incredible headache; some of which are completely unique to London life.

But really and truly, that is to be expected and God has been gracious with us and the transition: we didn’t lose any luggage, we found a flat and moved in within one week of landing, we have bank accounts set up with access to our money in pounds, our flat is cheery with lots of light, our flat included all kitchen accessories (cutlery, plates, glasses, and basic cookware), we ended up living less than 1/2 a mile from our friends Claude and Mary Elizabeth (KD with me at UGA!)… the list goes on and on and on.

Great is His faithfulness.

Flat 2: First Night

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So here’s a quick vid of our new flat. It is a very rough cut of a very rough “before” apartment, but I just didn’t want to forget what moving REALLY looks like 😉 And I have no shame, so I decided to share it with you all, too. Move-in date: 24 August 2011. Tomorrow marks one week.
A few things about this video:
1. Notice the Coke–in our hearts, no, we have not left Atlanta 😉
2. Notice the music. We’re an eclectic pair (Counting Crows and Brad Paisley. Impressive, I know).
3. Notice the “neutral” color palate {read: apparently, completely white-washing everything makes it “neutral”}
4. Notice the incredibly attractive tall man. I kinda love him a lot.
5. To answer your question: No, I have not yet figured out the washing machine. Nor have I attempted another load of laundry since. Pity the kind and very patient tall man.
There will be pics of the “after” coming soon. Bear with me and my slow/ spotty internet connection.

Tomorrow: London

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In the words of The Gypsy Mama:

“And tomorrow I take flight with this team to go and be guests in someone else’s country, community and home. To learn what makes them laugh and where they live and what stories they treasure in their hearts. To share food and faith and look deep into each other’s eyes and discover through the grime and accents and distances that we are all beautiful.”

That’s why we’re going.

We are captivated by the people of this earth. We want to experience and embrace the reality that we are all made in God’s image. We want to visit and live – to taste and see that it is good and that we are all beautiful.