Our PreMove Update

**Our sincerest apologies for not posting sooner. I was locked out of our main laptop (thank you passwords:(..........**

Where does the time go?

We took many walks during our stay at home time! Much different climate than Costa Rica!

It was disappointing to wake up and find snow on the grass. The Magnolia tree had started blooming!

We returned to Cville March 23, 2020. Since then, we've continued school online and finished this past Friday, July 10. We've celebrated 3 birthdays (Erin, Aria and Sierra ) with family.

Aria had a mermaid theme party with family!

We were able to go to the funeral of Andy's loving Aunt Carolyn. We've been with Grandma Betty and the Miller side of the family. We've also hosted several groups of people for supper. We got to experience an outside service at church. We got to resume church services inside the church.

Sierra modeling a mask. This will be one year of her life she likely won't forget:)

We got to get away with our 4 kids to the Wisconsin Dells for a last vacation before we move. We've got to spend both Mother's and Father's Day with Erin's side of the family. We've got to swim in the Schrock pool.

Sierra wanted to add some cheer to the dark world and decorated her windows!

We've spent some quality time at the McClure Ranch. We got to have Karly Prichard overnight here. She is a friend we made in Costa Rica and who lives nearby(Bluffton, IN area). We've also enjoyed the many invites for supper and fellowship from those who pray for us. And two weeks ago, Glenn, Mardell and Adam joined us in Cville.

Outside Church!

It's easy to look at the above list and praise our Father who made this all possible! Covid may have interrupted our plans, but it sure didn't keep us from living. These past months have been a reminder to bloom where we are. I'd be lying if I said we did it without complaining sometimes! 

For those wondering about what our future move plans look like, Lord Willing, Andy and I plan to start driving our van down July 18. Our kids will fly with Mom Z and Elise July 23. We plan to pick them up at the airport and stay a few days in Tucson.

Andy, Karly and I

For those who knew we were looking for a house in town, praise God, a house has become available on campus and we plan to move in there. It's a 3 bed/3 bath 1100 SF house. I've always wanted to see what tiny home living was like, so God is giving us the opportunity You can ask us how we are faring by October!

Andy has accepted a position with PCLM which is a business organization that was started to provide employment opportunities in a Christian environment to the kids as they transition out of CVE as well as people from the community. There are three different businesses under the PCLM umbrella. A meat processing facility, burger restaurant and a cattle ranch. He will be working in conjunction with the different parts and provide oversite and support. He will still be working on the CVE campus 2-3 days a week, doing maintenance.

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If you want specific things to pray for, here's a list:

1. The week of July 13 we plan to pack our belongings and then load them up in a Penske moving truck. This gives me the most anxiety. What do we take? What do we leave? 

2. Barry and Joyce Kloter will be driving the Penske truck down and flying home. Pray for safe travels and protection over their health and an uneventful trip. And ours as well.

3. I believe we will all have to get Covid tests or antibody tests. This will decide if we need to quarantine once we get down to the campus.

4. The border also gives me anxiety. We've never had problems crossing in to Mexico or back into the States. But with the hot spots for Covid being in both Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, various scenarios have played out in my mind already. 

5. Saying goodbye again to family and friends is tough. Pray for Gods comfort to be with us and those we say "see you later" to. I know some of our kids will have a harder time with this.