We were in a service last Sunday and I heard some water splashing on the ground behind me. I looked down at the ground and saw a little stream of urine running downhill right between my feet. The little boy who did it was about 2 years old. The kids here wear split-bottomed pants so they can just go when they need to and the parents dont have to change any diapers.

Remember if you want to email us our address is eastasiabrownies@gmail.com. Love yall.

We found a Snoopy pillow at the store. Apparently Snoopy here is wiser than the one I grew up watching.


Another quote from Snoopy.

It is hard to tell because of the glare, but the computer on top of the Panasonic display is actually a Mac.

We got a new washer. The picture of the kids in diapers is the company enblem- we did not put it there. It looks big in the picture but it really only holds about 2 towels and 1 cycle takes an entire hour.


This is a pictue of L cooking our first meal in our new apartment. It was chicken and spaghetti and it was delicious. The cabinets are lower than American cabinets so we have to lean over to cook or wash the dishes.

This is the entrance into our bahroom. The bathrooms here don't have bathtubs. The shower heads are connected to the wall and water gets on everything in the bathroom when someone showers. Our friends got us 2 shower curtains to try and keep the water from getting everywhere.


This is the floor of our bathroom. The floor is slightly angled to a drain by the toilet so that the water runs toward the drain in the ground during a shower. We have glass bricks lined on the ground to make a barrier to help keep the water from covering the entire floor.


Next to the toilet is the drain that all of the water runs to. It is just a big pipe with a grill on it. Sometimes it smells really bad.

Fabric softner anyone?

New Do & Packing

The day after arriving in Belton from Virginia both K & L cut their hair. L cut her hair 6-8 inches (depending on which section of her hair you are talking about), and K shaved his head (it has already grown out a bit in the photo). We are now in Houston packing. We are going to be taking with us 630 pounds of luggage, crammed into 9 suitcases. L has spent the last 3 days already rolling and rubberbanding each individual piece of clothing, and K is trying to max out the weight on each piece. We will have to let you know how we did. Please remember us as we prepare to say goodbye to our families and begin our journey overseas. K & L