Our sixth week in the US is already over! We've had some beautiful, even hot (approx 36 deg celcius) weather. Gets quite warm in the afternoons. Thankfully it cools off in the evening.
The biggest event by far this week, was the arrival of our sea container. It came on Friday, 12pm and a two-man unload team came with it. They were very efficient and were also very impressed by the excellent packing done in Australia.
Taleesha was the only one home so as soon as one of the toy boxes came out, I opened it up and she happily played with her toys!
We are very thankful that everything arrived in good order, and so far, we haven't found anything damaged or broken. Everyone happily went through their boxes and unpacked their stuff. We all slept very well that night on our own beds.
We got out early Friday morning to take the beds and furniture out the house, so that our stuff could go straight in its place. So housework was a breeze with nothing in the way!
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| No furniture! |
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| The truck coming down the road |
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| In the driveway |
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| Our stuff taking up three quarters of the container, exactly the way it left our house in Aus. |
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| Half emptied |
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| Taleesha having a great time! |
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| For now the boxes will stay in the garage |
It is so nice to sleep in your own bed, sit in your own lounge chairs and sit at your own kitchen table. Not that we didn't appreciate what we had here, but there's nothing like your own! Gradually we'll empty our boxes as we acquire some cupboards/bookshelves.
On Friday evening Steve and myself went over the border and had dinner with Tante Fein, and cousins John and Veronica and Gordon and Betty. We went to Greek Islands which is a very popular restaurant and you need to wait outside till they have a table available for you, despite the fact that reservations were made! The food was delicious and after dinner we went to Tante Fein's for a coffee. So fun listening to all the reminiscing and the similarities between the families! We got home after 12!
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| Veronica and Tante Fein |
Saturday we spent the day emptying a few boxes and just relaxing a bit. John V also put the shelves in the pantry and in our wardrobe. So nice to be things away in their right places!
In the evening was a dinner for all the Board and Staff members of Cornerstone Christian School. Another very pleasant evening.
Sunday we finally had a free morning to visit with Brad and Kristi Kuik! So interesting comparing stories as they virtually did the exact opposite to us. Moved overseas, rented out the house, committed themselves to the same number of years etc. Since they have just been back for a year, they could understand where we came from and the challenges we will experience and what they experienced back in Aus!
The afternoon service was Lord's Supper. It was a joy to attend and be strengthened in the faith, that even though we're on the other side of the world, we could all be together as brothers and sisters of our Lord.
After the service, we visited Derek and Louise Willis and their family. Derek is Jaclyn and Stefan's soccer coach, where they practice one day a week and then play every Saturday morning. We had a very enjoyable visit and lovely food! We went home to a display of lightning and rain!
This week Women Bible Study starts and I hope to attend the day club. They also run Story Hour for 3-5 years at the same time also at the church, so hopefully Shantel and Taleesha will enjoy that.
Stefan needed a few parts for his ATV and is stripping the whole engine/motor down and cleaning it all and putting it all back together. He is doing this together with Derek Bouwman so he should enjoy that! Him and Jaclyn regularly help on the farm either feeding the cows, scraping the barns or doing the milking. They really enjoy the farm life and 'getting dirty'. I now have to order them boots so that they can really get in there and not worry about dirtying their shoes!! They come home with filthy clothes complete with manure splats, so these get bagged and kindly returned to Bernice who has a commercial washing machine and washes them for me!
For the rest, we are all well and settling in well too. This is really a big blessing and for that we are thankful.
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