Cross-World Countdown Day 38

Sunday Rest

Sort of:

A busy day at church

Choir warm up

2 Services to sing

Easter Choir rehearsal

Small group

Skype call home...

AND:

Small group leadership succession discussions were had

Moving boxes procured by spur of the moment donation

More of March's days blocked off for this or that thing - 

A workable schedule taking shape

Testimonies given in delight

 of God's goodness to us in the week

Cross-World Countdown Day 39

Today's work

House preparations? 0

Logical arrangements? 0

Packing or planning? 0

Usual Saturday housework? 0

Weekend rest? 0

Planning for March weeks? 2 meetings confirmed

(How quickly they're filling up!)

So something's been accomplished

But best of all

We don't care about all that didn't get done

So what we put kids to bed after 10pm

In a messy house

With dirty laundry at the end of Saturday wash day

So what we will wake up unprepared 

to a full busy Sunday

Because

Time spent with best friends? 5 hours

Irreplaceable

Heart preparations

Cross-World Countdown Day 40

Total sum of house moving preparations today: 3 packed storage containers moved NiNi's. Still, it feels like forward movement, as now I have more space to store the next ones I pack - hopefully this week.

The rest of the time?
We got in a morning of school
Worked out the busy weekend schedule
Waited out a long overdue oil change for the car
   on the way to NiNi's for the evening
Tried to get caught up with email and computer jobs
Planned a few special goodbye visits with friends
Added a few more things to the to-do list

Inch by inch...

Cross-world Move Countdown

Today it is 40 days until we depart for Asia.

It has been a long time coming this time - just over 3 years, which is a record for us. Before this, we've never stayed one place - one country - longer than 2 years!

It has come super quickly. Just "the other day" I was counting from a comfortable 100 days... Suddenly all those things you put off to the last month are crowding around demanding attention. And all the things we thought we'd have done months ago? They're still crowding around too.

But, we do start this countdown with one huge thing crossed off the huge to-do list - our house is rented out!
And with many blessings to count in the process:
-posted an ad Tuesday evening and received a deposit Wednesday evening, less than 12 hours later
-sold a fair bit of our furniture to the renters so we don't have to move it out - including the piano
-start date is immediately after we leave, so the house doesn't sit empty at all

And/but now, to work:

Preparing

Goodbying

Managing

Sorting

Pricing

Selling

Cleaning

Storing

Choosing

Packing

Using Up

We're aiming to post daily with a tidbit/snapshot of our last 40 days. Enjoy!