Hi from La Paz!!

We are in La Paz! The second leg of our journey went much smoother than the first! Our flight left Miami around 11:30pm and we arrived in La Paz around 5:30am Monday morning. Ella tossed and turned on me for most of the flight so we were all pretty tired when we arrived. Ed and Sarah Moulding, FH missionaries from the UK, are our hosts while we are in La Paz. They picked us up from the airport and fed us some breakfast. They are taking great care of us. Then we all took a nap, finally waking up around 1pm! Ed and Sarah have an almost 3-year-old daughter, so after lunch we took the kids to a park that is just a few blocks from their apartment. As you can see, Ella is enjoying herself!

Today, (Tuesday) we went to the FH office here in La Paz and met several of the staff there. We will also do some more general FH and cultural orientation later this afternoon after we rest a bit. We are all adjusting pretty well to the altitude, although we are moving pretty slowly! John has been dealing with some headaches but overall we are doing well. Our biggest prayer request at the moment is that we will continue to stay healthy and feeling well, while we are at such a high altitude. On Thursday we will fly to Sucre, down to 9000 feet, which will hopefully alleviate some of John’s headaches.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers! It was so fun check our e-mails and see so many messages and notes of encouragement. We will try to update as much as we can while we are here in La Paz as we have good Internet access. We aren’t sure what our access will be like in Sucre so we will play it by ear.