Below is a picture of my office (which also doubles as Davi\u2019s playroom!). The wall art has changed recently, as a coworker wanted the piece that used to be there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another change has been in transportation. My original plan was to bike to and from work, but after arriving I quickly realized that wasn\u2019t practical. The route to the office is literally uphill both ways (I promise!), and it runs along a busy four-lane road. I\u2019m not comfortable riding in that traffic with a three-year-old strapped to the back of my bike. Davi loves watching the big vehicles go by \u2014 sometimes almost tipping the stroller when one passes in the opposite direction \u2014 which makes me even more nervous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So for now, we walk to work twice a week, take Uber twice a week, and I work from home every Friday. Thankfully, if I leave early enough, I can beat rush hour, which keeps my round-trip Uber cost to about five dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m also praying about the possibility of moving to a house closer to the mission. One big advantage (besides saving my legs!) would be having a yard. Davi loves being outdoors, but he can\u2019t play at the apartment playgrounds alone, so his outside time is limited. Most buildings here have cement walls around them, so a house with a yard would give Davi a safe space to play while I\u2019m budy with other tasks. Please pray with me for wisdom about this possible move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davi is growing like a weed! I can hardly keep him fed \u2014 which makes me a little worried for his teenage years. I may need a special food support fund (just kidding… but maybe not!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s settling in more and more each day and has made good friends within the mission. We\u2019re also looking for a church to join to build more friendships. I waited until recently to start visiting churches, since Davi was still adjusting to the culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He loves exploring the grounds of our apartment complex. We\u2019ve discovered some adorable little burrowing owls that nest nearby, as well as countless species and colonies of ants \u2014 Davi\u2019s fascinated by all of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello Family and Friends, I can hardly believe that fall is already upon us! Where has the time gone? Time has been flying by so quickly here. It\u2019s hard to believe that Davi and I have already been here for five months! A lot has happened in that time \u2014 and some of our plans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/misty-graveley\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250721-WA0032-600x450.jpg\")
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Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Davi\u2019s Corner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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