What an incredible year it’s been.
As most of you know, we spent the first quarter of 2007 volunteering in Guyana, South America. It was a challenging but amazing time for us, and we were able to grow and learn from the Guyanese, other volunteers, and each other.
In April, we said a tearful goodbye to the friends that we met and started on our travels, which took us to Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (where we met both sets of our parents – what an adventure!!), Peru, Ecuador, and a final weekend in Chicago.
On day three of returning home, we jumped back into Canadian life by purchasing our first home! Our new condo is very small, but perfect for us. We’ve enjoyed decorating and making it our own.
I spent a month in the summer learning to be a yoga instructor, which has been a dream of mine. I’m now teaching two classes per week and enjoy sharing my passion with my students. My mom is my number one student in my Saturday morning class!
Rob is working as a transportation technician at the Medicine Hat School District. He does his fair share of fielding phone calls from parents who are angry about bus routes (who knew there was a job for this), but also is involved with computerized route planning.
The bulk of my week is spent working at the hospital, where I have been learning how to treat people with hand injuries. I also get to travel to a small community one day per week, which I find refreshing.
Other than that, we’ve settled into the community with a variety of extra curricular activities: hockey, ball hockey, volleyball, running, film nights, and game nights.
So far the winter has been a bit of a shock to our systems so hopefully the groundhog pulls through for an early spring!
We’re getting the travel bug again, so maybe we’ll make it to your neck of the woods in the coming year.
Hope you have a safe and happy holiday season.
Love DawnO and RobO
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