Moving Day!

This bright and sunny Thursday finds me with almost a week of Seattle under my belt– much exploring done and much, much more to do.  Today is exciting because I am moving into my apartment!  Most of my things are still en route to Seattle, thanks to the wonderful men in the brown trucks, so the move in should be a snap!

I have been hosted by the most wonderful family since I have been here.  I have filled their guestroom full of the junk in my car and been given the opportunity to jump right into their family life.  I cannot even imagine how invaluable it has been to come into a home where there is community and stability in such an unfamiliar place.  I am so grateful for their generosity and for God’s provision.  Thanks Weisenfelds!

School’s start is still a few weeks away, but RUF’s “Ministry Retreat” will be coming up this next week.  When that comes, things should begin in earnest.  I will be glad to have the moving far behind me when school begins.

I made it!

Dear Friends, I am now an Emerald City resident!

It has been a long week on the road and I am so glad to have finally arrived!  In one of my favorite books, The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, there is a wonderful dialogue between two old friends which often came to my mind today (I must mention that the book is in a box in Tallahassee which will be shipped to me in a few weeks, so I will probably botch this terribly, but you will get the idea):

The one says grandly, “to travel hopefully is better than to arrive”

“ If that were true, and all knew it to be true, how could anyone travel hopefully?  There would be nothing to hope for.”

This summer has been quite a journey and God has been faithful through it all.  I tell ‘ya, the arrival is infinitely better than the journey, because it is the beginning of a much, much bigger adventure.

More later… for now this weary traveler is going to bed.