It’s begun!! Just writing to let you know that I arrived here in Harlingen, Texas where the armadillos account for more than half the population. It is a quaint little place and we are getting ready to go down to Mexico. I am so excited about this new year and this new episode of my life. My bag wasn’t as excited to get here as I was and ended up not being on my flight. So it is supposed to be coming in on the next one but who knows with these things? I guess that is what this year is about- being open to experience the full spectrum of things both good and bad. My life is definitely going to change during this next year and I pray that in the hardships and the joys of this wild ride that I find God in a real way. He must increase and I must decrease.