Leaving was chaotic. Someone (um, me) accidentally packed the custom-mixed blue paint needed to patch the living room walls. The U-Haul was ultimately too small... we left several hours later than planned...
But in the midst of chaos, God was so good!
My aunt and uncle (Janet and Jon) drove all the way from Harrisburg to Philadelphia to babysit Claire and help us pack. They were a God-send. They packed our books, ran to Home Depot, bought extra boxes, tackled the kitchen, cuddled Claire... their presence was such a gift.
Our Soul Care friend, Sara, and her daughters Hannah and Grace came over and took Claire for a walk so I could work uninterrupted for a bit.
Sheelu, Julie and Jaden came over with gifts and spent special time with us.
Our Soul Care family rallied to help with the U-Haul. They finished packing our small items and carted our furniture and boxes down the sidewalk to the U-Haul truck, carefully arranging everything, until it was completely dark outside.
Meredith and Kyle came to our rescue and picked up all the "overflow" items we couldn't fit in the U-Haul.
Then, to top it all off... our Soul Care family gave us money to pay for the U-Haul expenses. Are you kidding?! We couldn't believe it.
And it doesn't end there... we arrived in Middleboro very late on Saturday night. We parked the U-Haul and crawled into bed at my parents' house. The next morning was Father's Day, but several guys and our pastor from First Congregational Church came to help us unload anyway. Our own fathers worked tirelessly, even muscling our refrigerator up several stairs to our second-floor apartment.
God's grace is a free and undeserved gift and our friends and family showed us God's grace in abundance as we moved. God's presence working in them was crystal clear and it overwhelmed us. All we could say was... "I hope we can do this for someone else someday, I hope we can do this for someone else..."
Thank you so much!
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