World Traveler

For the last year or so, Heath has been on many trips in and out of the United States.  He has been given the incredible opportunity to travel because of basketball.  If I would've known I could travel so much, I definitely would have tried harder in basketball.  Just kidding.  My days are over as a junior high pointguard.

Since he graduated in May, Heath has traveled to Israel, Puerto Rico, North Carolina, New York, Kazakhstan (he went back in March) and Miami.  It doesn't seem like much now that I've typed it all out, but that was all in only a year time span.  I am so happy that he gets to see parts of the world that some people may never get to see; I'm even more happy that I get to experience Kazakhstan with him over the next months.

Heath took this picture when he was in Puerto Rico.  

Heath and his teammates (at the time) with some fans during his March visit to Kazakhstan.

The last update mentioned Heath made it to Kapshagay, but we still don't have wifi in our apartment over there.  Our communication is very limited so I try my best not to bombard him with a million questions of how everything is going.  Email has been our only method of communication so far.  I only know the basics as of right now, and I know he has been going somewhere to have access to his email.  I question why he isn't just using his phone, but I think he is getting on a computer that is already at a certain location.  As far as I know, he only gets online to email because he only has a few minutes of the day to find Internet.  They're practicing twice a day right now!

So below are the following updates.

• They are still in the process of working on my invitational letter to the country.  This document is VERY important as I will need this to apply for a work visa.  Overall, the time frame of getting this all complete will take at least two weeks after I receive the letter.  Patience isn't my greatest gift so I am trying my best to wait.
• Heath and his team leaves for a training camp tomorrow (the 14th) and won't be back until August 20th.  He didn't mention the destination in the email.
• They leave again to Latvia for another training camp August 26th to September 4th.
• They travel yet again to Jordan for a tournament on September 11th.

I really would like to make it there in between them getting back from their second training camp and before going to Jordan.  I would be so excited to see Heath play in their first official game!  The team has a website, but I noticed it hasn't been updated yet.  I will give more information on that once the season starts.

Please keep us in your prayers as I want to get there as fast as I can, and I also want Heath to be safe in all of his travels.  The days seem so long when we are apart and even longer with this 11-hour time difference!

Until next time,