Our Move

Well, it has taken forever but I have finally found time to make a post. We have been in Spokane for 8 days now and everything has been great. We loaded two weeks ago in Abilene and were pleasently suprised to have so many friends come to help out. We had it done in about an hour and a half. They were great! Thanks guys!! We headed out on Tuesday the 12th. Cliff drove the 26 foot truck and Gazey and I followed in the car. Cliff got me a GPS system so it made the trip very easy. Cliff got jealous of the one he got me and stopped after a couple of hours and got him one to. Our first day was a 12 hour drive for me and 14 for Cliff. We stayed in Colorado. After we got to New Mexico
the trip started to be very pretty.
Our next day was just as long. We
statyed in Montana. After a late start
the next morning we headed for our
third day on the road. We arrived in
Spokane at 4 in the afternoon just in
time to meet to meet the inspector to
walk through the house. It is about
the same size as the one we had in
Abilene but has a basement for storage. An hour later around 15-20 people showed up from the church to help us unload. They had it done in about an hour. When they were done Alex, one of the deacons, pulled out a grill from his truck and started to grill hotdogs. Other people brought snacks and we had our first bar-b-q in our front yard. It was hilarious and totally unexpected. On top of that they filled our house full of groceries, gave us gift cards to the grocery store for our cold items, and gift cards to local fast food places. Sherri, one of the moms of three teens in the youth group, also dropped off a welcome basket full of cleaning supplies, trashbags, and candles. It was awesome. We felt so welcome!!!!! They headed out after a couple of hours and we headed straight for bed. The next morning Cliff and I woke up at 6 a.m. (still on midwest time) to start unpacking and we had a nice little suprise from our teens in our front porch. Cliff and I feel very blessed to have found such a great church family. We are looking foreward to starting our life here and even more excited for the weather!!!!! Mid 70's today and loving it!!!!!