So because Danny "went to town" at Walmart and Sam's Club before he left Texas, we didn't receive our air shipment containers until we'd been here for almost a month. The containers had to be examined more thoroughly once they reached South Korea because they contained food. I didn't realize how "bumpy" the first month had been until those boxes started coming through our apartment door.
If you'd like a glimpse into what our lives were like, try ridding your house of all toys except for a coloring book or two, no books or movies (except in a foreign language), and no printer. Try cooking with only very basic ingredients (and no beans!), and salt and pepper as your only spices. No cookie sheets or 9x13 pans and no plastic dishes for your kids! It's a small miracle that we only broke one glass--and amazingly it was Amelia while setting the table!
You've never seen kids so excited to see a toy and a jar of peanut butter. It was definitely a lesson in gratitude! And did I mention that we were only "deprived" for less than a month! It seemed like much longer. We were praying daily for those containers to arrive speedily.
Let's just say we're much more at home in South Korea now that we have our "stuff".
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