We made it!

God really likes to let us know that He is in control of everything…

In the end, Vonni and Don (Justin’s aunt and uncle) were the ones who rode with us to Longmont. Our plan was to meet up in Omaha, Nebraska and go from there, with Don driving their car, Justin driving the moving truck, and Vonni and me riding in the Honda with Coen so he could be entertained somewhat.

Well, the evening before we were to get our truck (scheduled for 8 AM in New Ulm), I received a phone call from UHaul saying they would probably have a truck for us the following day. Great. They said they may have one in the afternoon, but by evening almost for sure. Most of our moving helpers were available in the morning, so this was not pleasant news. Especially not while driving back from Wisconsin exhausted from staying up too late having fun with family, and especially not on my birthday. I was so annoyed, Justin let me buy Starbucks. : )

In the end, they called us the morning of pack-up the moving truck day and said we could drive an hour to another town to pick up a truck, so Justin and Bud went and got it. By the end of the day, we had successfully scrambled to finish loading the truck to avoid a storm with rain, thunder and lightning, and 70 mile per hour winds. Phew. We even got to take shelter in the Wolf’s basement for a while.

It was very bittersweet to say ‘goodbye’ to so many good friends, but comforting to know that they are in our eternal family.

We spent the night at Bud and Maria’s house and left after a delicious Bud-cooked breakfast. We hope to see them soon while they are in the “area” (Kansas).

The morning of moving, Justin said that his eyes hurt and they were very red. He took some Visine and it seemed to help. When we were halfway through Iowa, he was certain it was pink eye. So, while in Omaha meeting up Joel, Justin’s best friend from high school, we also stopped at a walk-in clinic. Praise the Lord Vonni and Don were there. Don took the moving truck and kept going to our next stop (North Platte, NE for the night in our hotel room), Vonni drove their car, and Justin and I rode together with Coen. Coen also had a mild case of pink eye. They’re both still taking their drops but doing much better.

The following day wasn’t quite as eventful, minus meeting new friends/congregation members, seeing our new house, and being amazed by everything that God has granted us! It is still very surreal that we are sitting in our basement, gardening in our garden, and playing in our yard. Minus the front yard….it’s a cactus garden, which Justin found out after stepping in it.)

More to come later! I’ll post some photos. We are working on meeting all our neighbors right now, and the ones we have met are VERY nice and have given good advice and tips about living here.

Oh, and we are adjusted to the altitude change now. It was slightly uncomfortable for a while.

I also found out Justin is terrified of snakes, even garter snakes. He thinks they will bite him in the neck until he dies.