We are still alive!

Well, here I am finally getting an update done. We still don't have internet at our house yet. Hopefully we will next week.

Here is a rundown of what has happened since Sept. 1st.

We left SC on Sept 1st about 10:40, and hoped to make it all the way through but didn't. At 9 p.m. we stopped at Seymour, IN and got a motel. We got into Frankfort about noon on Sept. 2nd. Since then, it has been a mad rush, not stopping much at all. I have most everything unpacked, and trying to find a place for everything. I am having a yard sale in about 2 weeks. We got rid of a lot of stuff in SC but not enough! LOL

Preston LOVES it here! He loves the pastor; Bro. Mowery is a jovial person and cuts up with Preston, and he likes the Johnson's as well. Missie is absolutely elated to be in school. She loves the school; the people are so nice, and she has made new friends! We live within walking distance of the school.

Jr. starts his new job on Monday. So we are here and settling in. Wanted to check in and let everyone know what is happening!

It's Saturday

BUT not our typical Sat. at all. Work, work, work, but we are done for today! Some men from the church came this morning and helped load most of the stuff. That was such a big help. Junior was having a lot of dizziness this a.m. and we couldn't have made it without them. Then a lady friend from church came and helped after they left; and we helped Junior finish cleaning out the building and lean to and he hauled 2 loads to garbage and loaded the tools and stuff he wanted to keep. She did dishes, helped with supper, vacuumed through the house and even filled some nail holes. I wish I could pack her and her family up and take her with us. We are now living out of suitcases, but that is ok! We have to take down our bed and Preston's hospital bed Mon a.m. and load the table and chairs. And some stray stuff, and clothes. We are alive but totally exhausted. Not sure we can live through this again! What a job! And we are not as young as we used to be, and it is sure showing up! But I think we may stay in IN! Missie has 4 years of high school, and then wants to go right on UBC, so that is the perfect place to be. If Jesus tarries, we want to be close to her until after her college is over, and she starts a new life of her own.

Just wanted to check in and say hi and let everyone know we are making it!

Thanks to the men from church, and my special friend who came and helped today! You know who you are.

Pictures

I am posting some pictures of last Sat. when my inlaws visited. It was the last time they will ever be in this house! Kind of sad, but it is just a new chapter in our lives. Missie can hardly wait to get into school. I finished buying the rest of her stuff tonight, and she has done all the testing online, so that is done! She will be ready to start when we take her and get her registered.

Anyhow, here are some pictures.

Answered Prayer!

God has answered prayer and I sold my accordian for $300! That will help us get Missie in school. God is so good. My mom bought her 2 uniform outfits. Paces are free since we will be attending and supporting the Frankfort church! God has just worked so many things out for us!

We have taken most things off the wall and we have filled in the nail holes. We started packing Preston's room today, got one big box packed. He got a bit stressed today when we started on his room. We did get his stuffed animals cleaned out and the rest packed and some other things. But he doesn't want any boxes in his room, LOL. He is a funny guy sometimes, LOL. But you gotta love him and love him I do!

It is winding down! Sat. we get the truck and get all the boxes out of here and some of the furniture. Then I will clean real good. I want it looking nice.

We were renting to own, but when we decided to move, it just went back to the landlord. He already has someone to rent to own; a mutual friend of ours and the landlord's. I don't feel we lost any money, we would have had to pay rent anyhow. I wish we could have gotten it in our name, paid Mike off, then sold it and made a profit to help us get started again. But the Lord will take care of us.

Missie is doing online testing here to see where she is at in her subjects and see what learning gaps she has. I am glad she can do this at home this week, and have that out of the way, so when we get her to the school, she can start right in the paces. I have talked to Bro. Coleman a few times, the principal, and he is very nice and accomodating!

Am just anxious to get on the road to IN and get there and get settled back to ordinary living!

So that is the update for this time!

Packing

Missie and I packed 4 more boxes full today and Junior stopped on way home from work and got us some more boxes. I washed inside and outside of all top kitchen cabinets as I am wanting to leave things as nice as possible. There are full boxes filling our house. Missie is counting down every day now. She is so excited. We ordered her uniforms today and had them sent to IN to Bro. Johnson's home since they will probably arrive before we do.
Please pray I can sell my accordian. That will help us to have that little extra money. Every cent counts right now.
My inlaws are coming in Sat. to spend a few hrs. to see us before we head to IN. So it will be nice to have them.
Not much other news right now; but wanted to check in!
Thanks for all your comments, haven't replied to them yet but have read them!
Keep praying for us.

School started today!

Well, the public schools started here and Missie's new school! She is sad that she is not there. But knowing she will be there, helps a lot! I hope these last 2 weeks go quickly; I am sooo ready to get this move on the road. We have a lot of packing done. We haven't started packing any of Preston's stuff yet; next week we can do that. We have all the cleaning out done except for his stuffed animals. We hope to do that this week. He goes to the dentist on Wed, for a checkup. Hope all is well. Or else they will have to squeeze us in a week and a half to have his teeth fixed.

Missie packed some small glass things this a.m. and we used clothes to wrap them in. I took all the stuff out of my closet that I won't be wearing in the next 2 weeks and have them all packed, too. Preston's winter clothes are packed (he hasn't missed them out of his closet.) We are doing well to have 2 more weeks left.

Preston is sad about leaving his church and friends. I reminded him that Free Wesleyan used to be our church, and that we had had to leave there, and that he did fine. He said he knew; it is just the thought of leaving his comfort zone and making new friends. He sits at back of church and greets almost everyone that comes in and enjoys it so much. Maybe he can do that in Frankfort, as well. But he keeps repeating that Martha Castle told him that it would be easy for him to make new friends up there. If it wasn't Martha, it was someone who told him that, and that is reassuring to him. He will do fine. Change is just hard for him; really for me and Junior too. Missie is young and adventurous, and it doesn't bother her as much.

So 2 weeks from today, we are leaving SC, probably forever. It has been our home for a total of 12 years. We know a lot of people here. But for Missie's sake, it is time to move on. We have been told that we will not be sorry for doing this, to have Missie in a holiness school. I want her to continue to be a fervant holiness girl. God has helped her sooo much in the last few months; He has changed her and her desire is to be in a holiness school and not long after we arrive, Union Bible College will be in revival and we plan to go over there some. She knows some young people over there. So we are trusting God to work out all the financial needs and details, as He knows why we are doing this! I tend to worry; but we have to do the best we can, and trust the Lord for the rest.

Keep us in prayer!

Well, my birthday has come and gone

again for this year. I would rather stop having them but it doesn't work that way.

My family took me out to eat to Silver Bay on my birthday and I enjoyed that.

I have been packing my china, china inherited from my mother, dishes inherited from Junior's grandmother, and other sentimental things people have given me. But it is packed now and ready to go. Thank goodness for that.

We plan to reserve the truck tomorrow. We want to be sure we have it when we need it.

It is kind of scary now that it is settled. Jr. is training someone for his present job, our house is gone to someone else, and the die is cast, so to speak. Change in hard but the Lord has led us to this place and point in our lives, and will not fail us now.

Gonna try and get some rest.