Fisherville!!!

Wowee so I don't even know where to begin. It feels like so much has happened since I got here...it's hard to believe it hasn't even been 2 weeks.

First, I feel as though I should relay to you some of my first impressions of Fisherville.
I absolutely love all of the farms. It kind of felt like we were driving into the middle of nowhere, and then bam, there's fisherville in all the glory of its one and only intersection. But honestly, there's just something about this place. It's got a charm all its own.

The sunsets are soo beautiful; nearly every night the sky is at least somewhat clear, and the sun peaks through in gorgeous pinks, oranges and yellows. And looking at that with a view of green, gently rolling fields with hay bails catching the sunset light and a line of dark green lush trees in the background. Truly breathtaking.
The sky gets so dark at night and the stars are so clear and there are sooo many more of them!
The crickets are actually the loudest thing you hear at night. They seem almost obnoxiously loud. It's unreal.
My dear friend and travel buddy Nicole will tell you that I cannot say enough about the brick houses. I'm sure she's wanted to slap me on several occasions for my constant "oooing" and "ahhing." But honestly, the houses here are so beautiful. There are a TON of older brick houses that just remind me so much of Europe; they're so quaint and pretty. And the best part is, I live in one of them!!! It was built in the 20s and it definitely has its quirks...but I don't think I could be happier (unless I had friends and family to come and fill up the 3 spare rooms on occasion..wink wink :p)

So here's a quick list of some of the super awesome things I've been up to in my free time in Fisherville so far:

Adventuring through soy bean fields, during which I was swallowed past my ankles by a rather stealthy puddle of mud

Shooting clay pigeons over a corn field....by the way, I've decided I'd like a 12 gauge for my birthday...

Living with and learning about the adventures of water cisterns...

Climbing my internet tower to clean the gutters of my house

Sitting in the parking lot drinking milk following a strenuous gym workout (this wasn't even my idea!! it's actually a well established tradition with certain folks in these parts :D)

Picking beans and tomatoes from a friend's garden in the pitch black...we decided it was like experiencing how a blind gardener did things...I definitely got a few green tomatoes...but couldn't wait to go home and fry them. They actually weren't bad.

Running to the end of a concession (country road :D)...they're supposed to only be a mile long. Yeah, this one was more than 2. But dang it, I couldn't give up. And I had to make it all the way back. And it was muggy. Which made it feel like I was running a flipping marathon in a sticky shower room. Siiiiick.

Took in several excellent wind/thunder/lightning storms. Apparently a tornado touched down in Cheapside (great name, eh?), which is about 20 minutes west of us. You can see the lightning forever because there are no mountains in the way of the sky!

Saw a meteor shower.

Yesterday: Driving to a city I've never been to, visiting an elderly man I've never met in a hospital I've never been to (I only mention this because even the hospitals I've been to multiple times, I still always feel like I'm lost in them). Oh, and this man has pneumonia and Alzheimers, so he had no clue who I was either. I was definitely nervous. But it was great and God is so good and the man, Vic, was a total sweetheart. Why do I always worry?

Today: Adventured in the Niagara Valley. Seriously, parts of this province look completely topical!! There are palm tree looking things and we were in a gorge with a rocky path and huge boulders and trees overhanging and we climbed waaay down to the water and saw a huge whirlpool thingy on the niagara river and went down the side of the escartment (like a huge cliff that goes for miles...it's actually on a fault line, and is what niagara falls runs off of...in case that's new news for you like it was for me, I thought I'd explain). Anyway, this place looked like what I thought a South American rainforest would look like. It was gorgeous. Then we went to see the falls themselves more inside the city of Niagara on the Lake, and to see the fireworks show!

So these have been my fun adventures. Tomorrow night we're having a bbq bonfire thingy and I'll get to meet some more young adults from around here. I'm pretty stoked for that. And I'll also be visiting Port Dover because apparently they have an "art in the park" thing going on. So yeah, that'll be something to check out.

I'm having such fun here so far. God's grace is amazing, thank you so much to all of you who have been praying. Of course I miss you all, but despite that, God's given me such joy and excitement for the year ahead.
The job is definitely a lot of work and some moments I think my brain can't hold all of the information I need to know, and that I'm just not qualified for all of it. But then the next moment I hear my Father saying that the task ahead is a huge adventure, and something in which all the credit for success should go to him, and it's good that i know that from the start! Praise God for being so amazing! Yeah, I can't do this on my own, but I'm not expected to!

Alright, I believe I've jabbered a sufficient amount for now. I'm off to bed at long last...

Greetings and hugs and God's blessings from the bonny bonny land of Fisherville, Ontario!!!

Kaitlyn :)

Little thing: a dear friend picked me blueberries and brought them to me at work