Move It!

Another hot and sweaty task we helped with this week--moving our friends! They purchased a beautiful old home and worked their tails off over the past year to fix it up. You may recall photos of the Crew tearing out rugs and steaming off 100-year-old wallpaper . . . about a year ago. Well, the bummer of the situation is, the neighborhood turned out to be not-so-safe for their crew of four littles. With the housing market crazy-hot they were able to sell in a blink, but there is just nothing out there for them to claim as their own next home. So, as many times as they've looked, closing dates and moving dates appeared on the calendar, and they needed some extra muscle for the move. They offered pizza and pop, so of course our Crew was in!

We arrived early and stayed late--so late, that my college friend and her roadtripping kiddos arrived in our town before we were home to greet them. Ooops! They watched the sunset, dashboard style, as we hurried home. It was a fun evening of catching up and finding out about future ministry plans (we're on their support team, too, so in-person updates are the best!).

The next morning, after some chicken visits, Jenga games, and breakfast chats, their van headed east and we checked in with our moving friends. It turns out that our moving friends were shocked to find they had completely refilled their moving truck and were rapidly running out of space in the storage unit. Eek! The girls were at work, but the boys were available. My friend brought her baby (who did NOT want to be held by anyone other than his mama :) and we spent a couple hours unpacking the truck (for the second time) into the storage unit. Well, actually, the previous day, the boys rode over to the storage unit to unload while the girls loaded the Caddy and took a couple of loads to our friends' mom's house, where they'll be staying until they find their own home. Actually, this is the same family we helped when they needed to clear out their grandparents' house last year during pandemic. We should have an HGTV show!! Lol :)

When the truck was empty (the boys are pretty good at wheeling heavily-laden carts around corners, now) we had just enough time to pick up a dozen cookies at a yummy cookie shop, and then to pick up Gabby at her yummy bakery shop. Apparently, someone ordered 68 dozen donuts, so, had she had her own wheels that day, she would have stayed late to help.

But it was okay that she didn't--everyone was tired and sore, and more than half of us slept 12 hours last night, but it has been a good week of serving others and fellowshipping with friends. I'm a happy camper! I'm glad our Crew enjoys cheerfully serving others, too :)