I feel like we learned just enough to get the basics while still deeply depending on Google Translate. Good enough! Nothing like being thrown in the deep end and being mentally ok with it!
But besides language, we needed a motto. Be open minded, be respectful, try new things.
It's not gonna be smooth sailing the entire time. We will have trials. We will miss home. We will miss food from home. Humour from home. And at times, the English language. But if we stick to this motto, we will hopefully carry the trials better.
I don't think it was a coincidence that for the last 18 months, the three of us have been in each other's faces constantly. Nathan and I were called as Hadrian's primary teachers and Faith in God leaders at Church. We were in each other's spaces every single day, including Sunday. It wasn't easy at first because... obvious... but things became easier and we didn't divorce (or murder... or muckduck) so... bonus! Had we left two years ago directly to Europe, I feel like we would have had more struggles than what I think we will have now.
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