Well, yesterday was my first missed day posting to the blog. It was truly a Monday. We moved from my parents house into our "lakefront" property at Lake Yale Conference Center. For those of you with no idea where Lake Yale is, I have posted a link. http://www.lybcc.com/ A 27ft camper is now home and we feel really blessed to have been given this place to stay. It was definitely a challenge to fit everything inside. I guess I should clarify, we did not bring everything. We downsized a bit on the clothes, doubled up on each hanger, left a few of Steve's books behind and the harp is staying at Mom's for now.
It took two trips to get everything here. Just as I pulled in, my parents pulled in behind me. They had been to a doctor's appointment and stopped by to see the new digs. My mom marched right up to the sink and began washing dishes for me. I unloaded my car and attempted to figure out where to put everything. My hope was to get it all organized before Steve got there will the next full load. By God's grace, I did manage to have it all put away. One of the men who works at Lake Yale, came by to show me how to work several things on the camper. Steve brought lunch and we unloaded the second car. After one additional trip we had the dog and the remaining items here.
Steve has turned the dining table into the new Church @ The Lake office. Underneath the bed has now become the library. The top bunk bed in the back is office storage and the bottom bunk is shoe/laundry space. We were out grocery shopping last night and I was truly worried about where everything would go as we had already filled the cupboards from the stuff at Mom's. However, it all fit. The little fridge holds more than I thought. It is funny to me when I look at the refridgerator. When I lived overseas, everyone had this size fridge. The regular american size is really unheard of and the entire European world manages to function, so I guess I can as well. When we put everything away it wasn't even full. I will just have to shop every few days instead of every 7-10. We even went to the ice maker on campus and filled two ziplock gallon bags for ice so no need for trays!
We wanted to have a little celebration dinner, but both needed showers. Steve went first and I heard some rumbling. The water was nice and hot and free flowing, but it wasn't moving from the faucet up the hose to the shower head. So, my 6'2" husband had a tupperware cup filling it and pouring it over himself in an attempt to get clean. I was cracking up, until I realized I also had to take a shower. I lucked out as I was able to sit down in the tub and half bathe, half use the tupperware cup. Honestly, it really didn't matter. It was comical enough to make us not care one bit.
We ended up stuffing ourselves at Olive Garden. After grocery shopping and bringing that all home and putting it away, we were beat. It is the first time I have been in bed, ready to sleep at 10pm in quite some time. Even poor Ike was snuggled in the bed with me. Steve was up working on the computer. Oh did I mention there is wi-fi here? My dad also gave us an adapter for the desktop, so all the computers work!
For being such a busy day, it really was a joyful one. We have been so blessed since arriving here. My parents put us up for a month. Now, we have free housing again right next to the church. I have interviewed for a job and the possibility looks good I will have an offer. We have made some changes at the church and everyone seems receptive. People have been so generous and seem really happy we are here. God has truly provided for us. There really aren't words sometimes to express our gratitude.
We just want to say thank you!
In His service
Mally
It took two trips to get everything here. Just as I pulled in, my parents pulled in behind me. They had been to a doctor's appointment and stopped by to see the new digs. My mom marched right up to the sink and began washing dishes for me. I unloaded my car and attempted to figure out where to put everything. My hope was to get it all organized before Steve got there will the next full load. By God's grace, I did manage to have it all put away. One of the men who works at Lake Yale, came by to show me how to work several things on the camper. Steve brought lunch and we unloaded the second car. After one additional trip we had the dog and the remaining items here.
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| The kitchen/dining area! |
Steve has turned the dining table into the new Church @ The Lake office. Underneath the bed has now become the library. The top bunk bed in the back is office storage and the bottom bunk is shoe/laundry space. We were out grocery shopping last night and I was truly worried about where everything would go as we had already filled the cupboards from the stuff at Mom's. However, it all fit. The little fridge holds more than I thought. It is funny to me when I look at the refridgerator. When I lived overseas, everyone had this size fridge. The regular american size is really unheard of and the entire European world manages to function, so I guess I can as well. When we put everything away it wasn't even full. I will just have to shop every few days instead of every 7-10. We even went to the ice maker on campus and filled two ziplock gallon bags for ice so no need for trays!
We ended up stuffing ourselves at Olive Garden. After grocery shopping and bringing that all home and putting it away, we were beat. It is the first time I have been in bed, ready to sleep at 10pm in quite some time. Even poor Ike was snuggled in the bed with me. Steve was up working on the computer. Oh did I mention there is wi-fi here? My dad also gave us an adapter for the desktop, so all the computers work!
For being such a busy day, it really was a joyful one. We have been so blessed since arriving here. My parents put us up for a month. Now, we have free housing again right next to the church. I have interviewed for a job and the possibility looks good I will have an offer. We have made some changes at the church and everyone seems receptive. People have been so generous and seem really happy we are here. God has truly provided for us. There really aren't words sometimes to express our gratitude.
We just want to say thank you!
In His service
Mally
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