Hello friends! We are so sorry for the lack of posting of late. I found this post below that was saved but never posted. It’s about two weeks late, but here you go!! I will write another one today that includes pictures! Love to all. Thanks for joining us on this journey!
After four packed U-Haul loads, 5 full mini vans and a few car trips, we have moved. Basically what that looks like is that all of our stuff is out of our old place and inside of the new house. Some things are precariously balanced on top of other items in order to make space for a walkway while we wait to move furniture into a few unfinished rooms. It is not necessarily unpacked or organized or arranged, but it is there. And that, friends, is no small thing. We worked for two days solid moving boxes, books, furniture, shelves, clothes, suitcases, food, cleaning supplies, books, shelves, shoes, more shelves and more books. Last weekend was a bit of a blur of eight people’s belongings being shuffled around in this crazy flurry of activity.
Joyfully, our room is set up. There is so much floor space that I can now do yoga inside the room without hitting anything. We also have a fully functioning kitchen that we have made several meals in. Oh, and get this – we can actually prepare the meal inside the kitchen instead of in the dining room. I fixed dinner yesterday and it was wonderful. Did I mention that our entire basement is going to be a library that has 60 shelves? Yes, 60 shelves of books.
Moving tends to bring out either the best or the worst in people. Fortunately, it brought out more of the former in our group. Please don’t think we are super holy and perfect, because there was plenty of the worst of people shining through at times. But, there was so much grace and love shown this past weekend, and it made me realize how great this group is. Just when one person thought they couldn’t go up another step, someone tells them they are doing a great job. When I thought I was able to carry something and ended up almost dropping it, someone was there to catch it and help. I realize how silly and cliche all of that sounds, but we truly did work as a team. Reason number 390 community is a beautiful way to live.
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