getting started

So we have been preparing to move to Guam for the last month or so.  We were hanging out with some of our friends last night and they thought a blog might be really helpful for letting people know what is going on in our lives.  I will give you the run down of the last 3 days.  On Monday we had the first moving group come to move our homegoods that will go by sea.  That group was called Coleman America and the staff that we had were excellent.  You do not always know what to expect when you are being moved by someone for the first time.  These 3 people were fabulous they were professional when necessary, but had fun with one another to help themselves get through the day.  They had all the supplies they needed packed everything better than I ever would have.  When they finished wrapping things up they started moving it out to these big wooden bins on the back of the truck.  The rotten part was that it started raining and they had to re wrap some of the stuff.  To top that it poured again later.  I felt bad for them because they were working so hard.  They were only able to take about half of our stuff on Monday because of the rain so they came back Tuesday.  They came around 8:30am again which was fantastic and they were totally done loading the bins and shutting the with nail and hammer.  We were given all of the seal numbers that go on each crate (bin).  These things go on all 4 sides of the crate to ensure no one has messed with it.  If one or more is missing you will know something went down.  I thought that the people who packed us for this were just great.

Today on the other hand I would not say was as great it was 2 guys they were supposed to come between 8 and 10 and they did not get there until 10am.  They did not have all of the tools they needed, and we had to hold the doors open for them.  It took them a long time to wrap the few things we are sending by air.  They tried to tell us that 2 of our items weren't going to fit.  They turned out to be wrong and the things it in no problem.  I was hungry and annoyed by the time they were done.  I don't even know what the guys names were.  At least with the other group they introduced themselves and had all their own supplies.

We are currently staying on base at Andrews in the hotel they have.  It is a nice little room, but not something you want to sit around in all day.  We will be leaving here on Friday to go to Havertown.  We will be staying in Havertown until we leave for Burkina on the 26th of August.  We will return from Burkina August 7th and Greg will have to come back to work until the 10th and I have to make sure our team members from Burkina get back to the airport.  My parents will be coming to pick me up and I will stay with them until we leave August 11th at 12:35pm.  We will go down and meet Greg there and my parents will be taking my car back home with them so we have something to drive around when we do get to come home to visit.
We fly out of Reagan national, to Detroit, to Tokyo, and finally end up in Guam.  That is a total of 19 hours in the air.  I will probably not have a whole lot of problem because I am a huge fan of sleeping.  Greg may have a tough time because he just can't sleep on planes.  I told him I would try to stay up with him for a while and he told me I would just fall asleep and that I am boring to sit next to on a plane. I will let you know how this all turns out. 

Prayer requests for us:

• Our marriage continues to strengthen and grow
• Our trip to Burkina is fruitful
• Our stuff arrives in Guam without a problem
• We have safe travels