Our moving adventure!

Yikes! I can't believe this day is really here...we are now in Borger Tx to STAY! Whew!

As far as moves go, this one has been pretty smooth but it wasn't without its moments. Where to begin?

Wednesday - we finished packing up the house, did the majority of the cleaning, Joel took the furniture down, etc. It was a pretty good day and went well!

Thursday - we picked up the moving truck in Durango and got it back to the church at Bayfield. At the church, we dropped off the towing trailer and realized that the blinkers on the truck didn't work! However, we didn't want to take it back and risk waiting on another truck or that one to get repaired so just went with it. Got the truck up to our house in Forest Lakes only to discover that our drive way was a little rough - after high centering the truck twice, Joel was able to bring it in at an angle and get it up the drive! Whew! We had A LOT of help loading, cleaning, etc Thursday afternoon so got that all done fairly quickly.
Joel had the cat, which was going to my parents home, in the truck with Tyler. The cat was in a car carrier but managed to get out. So, we got to the church where we were going to load the Thunderbird on the trailer. While at the church, said cat managed to escape!!!

Loading the trailer was a little bit of an adventure as well! We got the car up on the trailer only to discover that while on the trailer the car doors would not open - meaning Joel was stuck in the car on the trailer! Ha ha ha!!! He literally had to climb out of the car Duke's of Hazard style!!!

We attempted to catch the cat and at one point I had him. However, once I got close to the car he went balistic and scratched the heck out of me and got away - again! By this time, we were tired, frusterated, and ready to be done so we left the cat! Good news - he was caught by some of our youth and they took him home!

Friday - We got up bright and early and left my parents house by 6:00 Colorado time. We were surprised to get an e-mail from Dennis Reimers - a deacon and good friend from Bayfield - offering to buy us breakfast in Bloomfield! So - we had a wonderful breakfast and were able to see him one more time before heading on down the road.

The trip out here went great - just really slow as we averaged 55 miles an hour with the U-Haul. So after a 15 hour day, we made it to Borger at about 9:00 last night!

Saturday - After a good night's sleep in the hotel, we woke up and unloaded the Thunderbird and trailer at the church here in Borger. After meeting with our new landlord to pay rent and get keys; we went to our new home!
A pleasant surprise awaited us - around 10 people were ready and waiting to unload the truck! I am not kidding when I say they had the truck COMPLETELY unloaded in 30 min! These people ROCK! In addition - one of the men there had an extra twin bed for Hannah so we got that as well...

The house looked good! It had been cleaned, painted, and repaired within the past week! The only surprise - NO STOVE!!! Can you believe that? We have never lived in a rental that didn't have a stove! So we have to track one of those down...but no worries!

After unloading, Joel's parents showed up as they are in Amarillo for the week and we all went to lunch at a local restaurant here called The Plaza - YUMMY! Following lunch, was a tour of the church with his parents. We then returned the U-Haul, did a few things at the house, and then we all came back to the hotel to SWIM as it was 106 outside!

Tonight - we are settled in for the night in the hotel. We have a big day tomorrow with church, setting up beds, and children's baptism/swim party tomorrow night.

Thank you all so much for your prayers, support and encouragement. We look forward to the unpacking and truly making Borger our home. We are eagerly anticipating the ministry opportunities God has for us here!