Moving

Please forgive my absence from the blog, but between moving and having internet issues, this past week has been crazy!!!

Last Tuesday we signed the lease for the house and then Wednesday and Thursday we moved.  It took a couple of days as we were moving with only one trailer and had to collect furniture from several different places.  I am so grateful to the Lord for the beautiful weather He gave us which made it so much easier.

As we arrived at the house with the first load we piled everything into one room then Gary and the boys left to get another load while the girls and I cleaned the house.  It wasn't hard to clean but it was pretty dirty as no one (except the mice) had lived here since we moved out almost 2 years ago.

I am so proud of our children who worked really hard to move all the boxes and furniture.

Slowly we are unpacking and finding a place for everything.  This is taking a while as we have also started schooling this week - which is a challenge in itself when you can't find all the books you are looking for!!

We are truly grateful to our families who have given us places to live this year, but this is the first time since we left for Zambia in March, that we have a home to call our own - and it feels good!!!  The kids have really enjoyed being in a place where they can make as much noise as they like (well as much as I can tolerate!!) and have their things around them again as they haven't had many of their toys since we prepared them for shipping 8 months ago.

I also want to thank our Church family as they have welcomed us back so warmly.  We have had several that have given us items for the home and in the 10 days which we have been here I have only had to cook dinner twice as several have either had us over for dinner or brought dinner to us.  That has been so appreciated, especially during our move when I had no idea where any pots or pans were!!


So, it's back to sorting out the home, but I will be back with more posts over the next few days.

Michelle