We are coming down to the wire now - only 7 and a half weeks left until we fly back to America. Just a quick update on the moving plans. We have basically given away all the furniture that we can - all we have left are mattresses on the floor to sleep on (the 2 younger kids still have their bunk bed, but that goes away in a month also), a garden table and folding chairs to eat off of and an old laptop and monitor for the kids to watch their Veggie Tales on! So it's down to the bare minimum.
We were blessed that some people from the church 'sponsored' shipping boxes for us. As you can see in the foto of the living room, there are also about 7-8 cardboard boxes that will be shipped - mostly clothes, fotos, a few of the kids toys and some other stuff that we can't bear to give or throw away. Makes you think - on the one hand our last 11-12 years here can be stuffed into 5 pieces of checked luggage and 7 cardboard boxes. But on the other hand, all the memories, friendships, love, care, provision, relationships - they would never fit in any moving boxes. The only place they fit (and belong) is in our heart. Naja, I am waxing poetic / sentimental - gotta move on.
Living room
Our bedroom (notice the throw-together-with-whatever-wood-you-have clothes rack!)
Kids' bedroom (yep, all 4 kids in 1 room - you can't see the bunkbed for the 2 little ones, but it's in there!)
Playroom / Workroom - living out of suitcases. No more dressers for the kids' clothes - instead each kid has 1 suitcase of clothes.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Roughin' It
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2 comments:
wow...what an experience:P well at least the kids have room for running:P
was nice to see you guys by the way:-) (even if it was more then 2weeks ago now:P)
was great to see you too. and yes, the kids really run full-speed thru the living room!
anyways, it's like camping.
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