In Cali
Well, we crossed over into California last Thursday. We made it here in two days thanks in large part to a lot of help from our community. Here is how a lot of people helped us:
Loading the truck - Folks from our Life Group (plus several former members) came out and helped us load the truck. While we were unloading it into public storage my brother Ricky continually asked me how many people we had helping us load - I said ten or twelve people throughout the day. Needless to say it took us a lot longer here. Our neighbors took us out to eat one last time, and Page helped with technical advise and safety wire. Always a good combination.
TCB (Taking Care of Brayden) - My whole family (especially Mom and Dad) helped out a lot here by taking Brayden off our hands so we could pack. And then they saved us a bunch of time by Patrick and my Aunt (or as we say it "Aint" ) Pappy taking Brayden to California as a lap baby via American Airlines - huge help. Patrick thought of it, and we are very thankful. Katy's Mom and Dad (Chris and Wilna Derr) took care of Brayden on Thursday as we made our way to Sunnyvale. That enabled us to get to California in two days instead of four - which is what we thought it would take with Brayden in the convoy.
Truck Drivin Man - Ricky (my older brother) not only drove our Penskie truck halfway across the country, but was a huge help unloading it when we got here. Chris and Wilna helped us with the heaviest items, but had a meeting and had to head out at noon. Ricky helped us unload until about 8:00 that night, a day after two straight days of driving us across the country - all the while saying all he need was "MORE HIGH-WAY". (I might add here that we recieved enough from the money tree at our going away party that all the diesel was pretty much paid for - thanks guys!)
I don't think I've ever been as dependent on others. It was really humbling to know how interdependent we are. It was a great example of community. We are thankful and blessed by the community and family that God has provided us with. We pray that God will see fit to expand that community here in California.
To anyone else we missed...thank you! This move has been possible through your prayers and help!
We'll be homeless for the next few weeks. We should close on our Texas home this coming week and our new home the next week...in the mean time, we thank everyone putting us up!
Loading the truck - Folks from our Life Group (plus several former members) came out and helped us load the truck. While we were unloading it into public storage my brother Ricky continually asked me how many people we had helping us load - I said ten or twelve people throughout the day. Needless to say it took us a lot longer here. Our neighbors took us out to eat one last time, and Page helped with technical advise and safety wire. Always a good combination.
TCB (Taking Care of Brayden) - My whole family (especially Mom and Dad) helped out a lot here by taking Brayden off our hands so we could pack. And then they saved us a bunch of time by Patrick and my Aunt (or as we say it "Aint" ) Pappy taking Brayden to California as a lap baby via American Airlines - huge help. Patrick thought of it, and we are very thankful. Katy's Mom and Dad (Chris and Wilna Derr) took care of Brayden on Thursday as we made our way to Sunnyvale. That enabled us to get to California in two days instead of four - which is what we thought it would take with Brayden in the convoy.
Truck Drivin Man - Ricky (my older brother) not only drove our Penskie truck halfway across the country, but was a huge help unloading it when we got here. Chris and Wilna helped us with the heaviest items, but had a meeting and had to head out at noon. Ricky helped us unload until about 8:00 that night, a day after two straight days of driving us across the country - all the while saying all he need was "MORE HIGH-WAY". (I might add here that we recieved enough from the money tree at our going away party that all the diesel was pretty much paid for - thanks guys!)
I don't think I've ever been as dependent on others. It was really humbling to know how interdependent we are. It was a great example of community. We are thankful and blessed by the community and family that God has provided us with. We pray that God will see fit to expand that community here in California.
To anyone else we missed...thank you! This move has been possible through your prayers and help!
We'll be homeless for the next few weeks. We should close on our Texas home this coming week and our new home the next week...in the mean time, we thank everyone putting us up!
posted by Greg | 2:25 PM
1 Comments:
welcome to the 'hood. well, kind of, anyway. of course, we leave first thing friday morning for a two and a half week trip to texas. but it's good to have more transplants, especially people we know. we'll have to get together when we get back from the lone star.
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