Seasons Greetings,
What a world win of just a little over 2 months &
counting.
The beginning of September we received our annual cost of
living increase for our space rent at our mobile home park along with the last
$50 a month for a settlement the park made with the city. Along with that
increase the electric, water & sewer will increase. So, considering the increase in living expenses
and California going more liberally extreme…we began to pray.
Then late September I ended up in the ER with an
intestine “situation”. Still facing the
possibility of surgery at some point but no problems so with better eating
habits and answered prayer! Also, many
of you know that I with my team had been planning a Women’s Stay Retreat, Well
Watered Woman. Talk about an answer to prayer, my team was fantastic and the retreat was a blessing to all.
The following week after our event Roger and I decided to
rekindle our interest in moving. So, we
booked a reservation for a motel, rented a car and headed out for Prescott,
Arizona. We fell in love with the area,
the people were friendly, so it was a go!
We put our mobile home up for sale. The first person to view it bought it, a
friend of a neighbor, with a 30-day escrow. (BTW it closed in 27 days!) Becoming minimalists went into high gear on
steroids. Did you know we had a huge
library? Our books for the most part
went to a jail ministry, a pastor, an attorney who teaches law at Liberty Law
School, a friend of his, missionaries in the Philippines and some other
friends. Yes, it was difficult but as
long as I did not go back and “touch” any of the books I was okay.
We picked up a 10 ft. (they ended up giving us a 15 ft.) U-Haul
truck, in bad need of a front-end alignment we would find out!!! Believe me 10 ft. is still even too much but
we were able to find stuff to load L
Next, we added an auto-transport on the back of the U-Haul
to take our car with us and we set out December 8th at about
noon. What should have been about an 8-hour
trip with the U-Haul etc. took 24 hours.
We took a couple of naps at the Flying J’s along the way. We arrived Friday in Prescott at our motel we
had made reservations for – our “home” for a week till we bought a 5th
wheel. No, we did not buy a truck to tow
it – yet! Little did we know the end of
the year here is a good market for the RV industry because of snowbirds and
hunters!
Found! A space in a
mobile home & RV park about a half a mile from the historic downtown square
with the Courthouse. This park was the
one we visited when we were on our visit in October. We prayed and are now in the spot we asked
the Lord for.
The day after we arrived two men from the church we visited
when we were here in October helped us unload the truck. (We met the one man when we came in October
and the other man got our “visitor” card, called and emailed us – originally from
Escondido.) What a welcome! There is so much more to tell of how the Lord
has gone before us. Maybe next time,
will include about the “Band of Brothers” – a group of guys that the founder
was in San Diego & moved here…a friend of ours in San Diego introduced us
to him via texting and cell calls.
As I write this email I am sitting at my dining table
looking out our back “picture” window looking out over the creek and
woods. We may even get an unseasonably
snow fall for Christmas. (Prescott has
four mild seasons!)
Well, will close for now but so much more to write about
already. Next time.
Be on the lookout to see where God is moving in your life
and join Him. Opportunities abound to
serve our great God if only we will be mindful of His precious promises to us
and a living out of the “one another’s” being a light in a dark world. (James
4:13-15)
We pray that you will have a very blessed Christmas and
prosperous new year in Him. (Jeremiah 29:11)
In Christ in HIStory,
