Journey Church, Lowell, Indiana

We arrived at the RV MAPS project on June 10, 2016, but a few had already been here putting in the RV sites. Also, some of the inside walls were built. 

The plumbing and electrical conduit was almost finished. By Wednesday, we were ready for the concrete. 

During the week a couple of men from the church brought their tillers so that we could have a small garden. This church is really looking out for us and we are so greatful! 

Wendy, from the church, gave us the plants for our garden. 

Thank you Wendy and Joyce. They worked in the hot sun to get the plants in the ground. 

The men finished putting up our shelters. 

 

   Our home for the next few months. 

Thursday was a great day!  The concrete was poured. 

After the concrete dried, our men started marking out the walls. 

 

Tomorrow, Monday, the metal building is to be delivered!

The Week After

On May 27th we closed on the house and turned the keys over to Mary Hale.  Mary is a really sweet lady and I hope she has many happy years in the house. 

Shelia, her daughter, and our backdoor neighbor helped in so many ways. I don't think the closing could have gone any better.  I will cherish her friendship. 

After the closing, we all went to lunch at Johnny Harris, a famous Savannah restaurant. Sad to say that that was the next to last day the restaurant would be open. The building is going to be torn down.  So sad and so wrong. 

They were very generous to let us stay parked in the driveway after the closing. We had a few more things to settle before we left.

One of those "things to settle" was my mini van. We took it to Effingham Auto Sales for them to sell.  I think I was more emotional about my wheels than my house. 

Paddleford Plantation is a great neighborhood with wonderful neighbors. Thanks goes out to Roger for use of his trailer, and Christian fellowship. Larry and LeeAnn, lived beside us for all 27 years.  Our prayers will be with them. 

My Lillies, a gift from my dad, were blooming. 

On June 1, we pulled out to go to Jekyll Island Campground to spend a few days with Dylan and Drew. We had a great four days mini vacation with them. 

We are presently parked at Hunter Army Airfield, Lott's Island FamCamp, waiting on repairs for the RV, then we will be on our way to Indiana for the next MAPS project. 

Another New Chapter of Life, May 2016

    Our house. Only pic I could find on my computer, Google Earth. 

The last time I posted to my blog (April 2016), we were ending a chapter of a MAPS RV project in Dublin, GA and today as I blog, we are ending another chapter in our lives.  We are in the last week as house owners.  On Friday, May 27 at 11:00, we will sell our house to a sweet lady. A buyer for our house that we feel was by God's direction.  

We had not listed our house nor put up any for sale by owner signs.  On a quick visit home from Dublin, Glenn mentioned to a neighbor, Roger, that we were thinking about renting or selling. Sheila, another neighbor ask Roger if we were selling; we had returned to Dublin.  She was asking because her mother was interested in moving near her daughter from Atlanta.  Shelia called us and arrangements  were made for her mother to see the house and her mother is buying it.  That was quick!  Things fell into place and Sheila, who had experience in real estate law, handled all the paperwork for us and her mother. The paperwork was something I was not looking forward to.  God made it so easy!  

During this last month we have had yard sales, taken things to auction, or gave away most of our household belongings.  Sometimes, I must say, it felt like we were giving up a lifetime.  A lifetime of the things that made our lives comfortable, and memories.  Memories of times with the family; Thanksgiving, Christmas, wedding planning, grandchildren visiting, and family times that up until a few years ago included my mom and dad. But, now we continue the chapter in our lives of RVing and volunteer service. I must say that I enjoy my RV and since we have been RVing for the last five years, it feels more like home.  

    Family dinner.  We had many but this is the only picture I had access to, taken a few years ago. 

Four short weeks were not enough time to downsize 26 plus years of living in one house, not to mention a total of 44 years of marriage. It has been an ordeal to say the least; sleepless nights, worry, planning ; which somehow went astray. As the end approaches, I'm waiting for that feeling of release and relief. 

Come Friday it will be over except Glenn has promised to build a bridge over a small ditch between the two properties for Shelia and her mother.  Also, he promised to widen the door on the small storage building; a few other small repairs and we will be done. 

I can now say we are on the downslide of downsizing and I'm looking forward to spending a few days "camping" with Dylan and Drew.  

We will then head to Indiana to our next MAPSRV project. 

After the MAPS RV Convention, we will head out west to visit our other grands. 

Chapters of life ends and begins.  I'm looking forward to no more mortgage and all that goes with that responsibility. And looking forward to a new chapter on the open road.  

The Boston Babies will be along for the adventure.