MOVING DAY APPROACHES!

LORD WILLING...TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY WE'LL BE MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA!

"Okay, take a deep breath. Relax. God's in control--He has all the details covered. Remember to laugh. I'm so sad. I'm so excited. This hurts more than I ever imagined. Be thankful for the blessings of the last 16 years in Coshocton yet look forward to the blessings ahead in Burlington. Quit talking and PACK FASTER!"

Oh my. The thoughts and emotions, struggles and successes, the pains and joys of looking ahead while not wanting to let go of what's behind. We're in the whirlwind. At least the stresses and strains of buying and selling a house are (nearly) over.

We're good to go on our house down south and everything's ready to roll up here as soon as our buyer is approved for her financing. We should hear for sure on that next week. It will be good to be out of the "land in-between." To finally be somewhere after so many months of being neither here nor there. We'll pass our new address along as soon as we know our buyer's loan is approved!

Lord willing we'll close on our Coshocton house by August 21st and close on the house in Graham, NC on the 23rd.

Now it's just the "joys" of packing our lives, hopes, and dreams. I do so much better at "staying" than I do "going." But God has called us to GO!

August 21: close on our house up here and load the moving van.
August 22: drive the moving van and cars to Graham, NC.
August 23: close on our house down there and move in.

The U-Haul is reserved, loading and unloading crews are standing by, and I'm making repeated trips to the cardboard recycling dumpsters collecting sturdy boxes to fill.

Karen's sister, Brenda, is up from Virginia helping with the packing for a couple days.

Brenda & Karen work on packing the basement.

Tucker and Tanner are wondering what's going on. Their lives are about to dramatically change, but  then so are ours!

Thank you for each of your prayers and gifts enabling this move and our transition to service with Missionary Air Group in partnership with MMS Aviation. We eagerly seek your continued prayers and gifts as we finalize this transition and begin this new season of service in North Carolina.