Koller Clan Update!

So We are finally in our apartment in Shinjo which we moved into on Monday.It seems like it would be huge for Japan. It is 2 level with 3 bedrooms and actually very spacious. We are pretty much settled in except we don't have any furniture except futons and some tables a friend gave us. We finally got our tiny washer and dryer working, thank God for clean clothes:) We've been storing our food outside on the porch because it has been so cold here and we don't have the fridge yet. We get our Fridge Sunday and our car on Thursday. So excited for that because we will finally be able to get out of the house and do some exploring! I am very excited to have a nice family size car (a nissan presage), none of this tiny asian car business! Aaron has been taking the train back and forth between Shinjo and Higashine the past week to get to work. He is still mainly observing and will start teaching full time by April 1st. Though he has taught some classes and even went to a very nice home for a private lesson for 2 siblings learning english. He is so glad to be getting paid to have fun with kids. What a great job! We really like the people he works with. There are only 3 other teachers and only 2 of them are full time. Only his boss Ryan is a Christian, but he is forming a relationship with the other teachers and hopes that will lead to deeper conversations in the future. I have been trying to adjust to domestic life here in Japan which is alittle different than the states. People pretty much go to the grocery store every day here to buy the food for that day for lack of space, and for us...lack of refrigerator! But we are a 4 minute walk from the store and only a 20 minute walk from the train station. The ground is covered in snow here and it practically was a blizzard last night! Here we are walking in windy, thick snow all bundled up with our 3 month old to go the grocery store. In the states that would be looked down on, but here it seems pretty normal. Rain nor snow doesn't really stop people from living their life here. I was planning to go to work with Aaron today to observe his teaching, but it is so cold we figured it best not to get gabe out in it. So until we get the car I'm stuck here at the house in Limbo! We appreciate your prayers, email us anytime, we would love to hear from you! it's nice to talk to people from back home!

Candace