Container Arrival

WOW!!! I wish you could have all been here to just observe the process of unloading the container! We got a phone call telling us that our container would be arriving on the seminary campus between 12 and 1pm. The crazy thing was that Eric had numerous appointments that day and he couldn't be involved in the process at all. Enter Linda :) I arrived at the campus and waited for the container to do the same. In the mean time, the sky is getting darker and darker, and I'm thinking it looks a little bit like rain. At 3pm, they pulled in just a few minutes after the sky let loose of several gallons of water. The pastor who was the contact man didn't let the rain get in the way. The next thing I know is the truck is backing up to the office building, and the maintenance crew has all the necessary things to put a tarp up between the building and the container. It worked wonderfully. Then the moving team set to work, and in two hours, the container was empty and the truck was pulling out.

The most noteworthy thing that happened was when the five computer racks had to be carried up the stairs into the computer room. It took about ten guys to carry them. They certainly earned their pay that day.

We loaded all of our belongings into another truck and it was delivered to our house the following day. The maintenance crew had all of our stuff in our house in 30 minutes. They were great. Enjoy the pictures...

Many hands make light work.



Yes, all the way up those stairs, and up to the second floor of the building.

Even in the midst of grunts and groans, they could still smile.


Pastor Tommy and the maintenance crew that helped move our boxes in the house.

Mari was quite excited to find a box with her toys in it :)