We arrived here without any glitches. Got the truck unloaded with help from the moving committee here. The house is just right for us.
Three families came to help us move in (that made for a total of 21 people – we love big families)
Two of the families that came are homeschoolers – YAY!
The day after we moved in, the people across the street put out a printer stand and entertainment center by the road –FREE! = just what we needed since we had limited space in the moving truck, and left many things behind. Here one day, and we’re already finding treasures in the trash!
Wednesday night we visited the local Lutheran church for their free dinner. A flyer was passed out inviting us to worship with “Pastor” Debra.
We visited St. Michaels church on Friday for their outdoor praise concert (this is the church where Jim and Anne’s son is the school principal). Everywhere we go, people know the Smiths. Even a random family in the park, said “Oh, Reed City. You probably know Jim and Anne Smith.” Or “My parents went to school with Jim” or “I just saw Jim at Kohls last Friday.”
On the way home from the concert, the van died on the side of highway 69. We were towed to a shop and just found out this morning that we will need $2400 in repairs and it will take at least a week.
So, we are homebound at least that long. The seminary is only 1.5 miles away, and we do have to cross one busy road (7 lanes of traffic), but we did walk over there the other day and it is not too bad.
The family that we are renting from left their pool for us to use – and it has been wonderful in the 98 degree and 90% humidity. The kids have been in the water more than out of it.
Please pray for the situation with the van. We still have a loan out on it, so we really have no choice but to get it fixed since we will owe the loan anyway and have no other means of transportation. We have also put our motorhome up for sale, and would appreciate prayers concerning that decision.
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