The container arrived!

Sorry we have been so remiss on posting to this blog lately but we have been quite busy. Believe it or not, just when we were least expecting it, OUR CONTAINER ARRIVED!! Friday morning, Feb 1^st, we were just parking the car at school when we got a phone call telling us that our container would be at our house in a couple of hours. Mike was quite thrilled for an excuse to leave me at school and to take off for home. He made some frantic phone calls to round up some guys to help unload the 20’ container we shipped with all our household belongings from Wheaton on November 5, 2007. It was a beautiful sunny day and God provided plenty of help for us. The container was emptied in less than one hour!! Everything arrived in pretty good condition; nothing was broken, lost or stolen.

When I arrived home from school at 2pm that afternoon, the truck was gone already left and everything was already in the house. Many of our fellow missionaries and their children helped as well as students from the Bible school down the street from us. Our neighbors downstairs, who are here in Greece with HM for three months, were invaluable to us that day.

We have been enjoying sitting in comfortable familiar chairs, eating at a table and sleeping in our old bed (although it took a little getting used to!). Surprisingly, it was also a little sad to look around at our things because it reminded us of many great family times together. Another rite of passage from our life back home to our new life here in Greece sans children :(

We’ve been shopping again, trying to get settled before we have our first house guests in early March. There are many boxes left to unpack and pictures to hang but we are feeling quite settled and are so enjoying the comforts of home that we took for granted for so long until we were without them.

In the midst of all this chaos, we are still diligently pursuing language school. It is a challenge, but we find the people here respond so differently to us as we stutter to try to speak their language. We also are participating in HM ministries as often as possible, mostly with the refugees right now.

We are learning to watch and wait on God for the most basic things. It is surprising to be thanking God for helping me drive to IKEA by myself without getting lost! Our days are full and we are still amazed every day with God’s provision for us. It is a privilege to be serving here in His name.

Thank you for all your prayers for us. We rejoice with you in thanking God for His goodness to us.