Preparing to Move

First of all I apologize for the infrequent posts as of late.  God has been doing amazing work in our lives!  It is so exciting to see what he has in store for us, but I can tell you He has been keeping us busy.

We are preparing to move back to Kansas where my husband and I will be able to work side by side.  Looking back I can see that God has been preparing us for this opportunity for quite sometime.  Isn’t it wonderful to look back and see the picture God has been painting?!

View from our new house

Another view from our house.

I look forward to sharing more details in the future as our territory expands but in the meantime I am going to talk about preparing to move.

We have moved several times and each time has been a little different but one thing we have learned is that fast food restaurants typically have a large supply of good moving boxes.  (i.e. McDonalds, Burger King etc.)  Our experience has been that they are very happy to give these away.

We double label our boxes using a permanent market on the top and side of the box.  We label what room the box should go to and also what is in the box.  Labeling the intended room on the box makes it easy to have other people help unload the trailer and still get the box into the correct room.

This time we will be using livestock trailers instead of a Uhaul trailer.  For quite some time, we have been looking for a bumper pull trailer that we can pull with our big van.  Thankfully we found one that was in great shape and in the right price range one week ago.  In addition to our trailer, we are also borrowing a livestock trailer from my dad. We also have a friend who volunteered to help us with his enclosed trailer.  Hopefully this will all be enough to get all the animals and household contents moved.

For this particular move we will only have three weeks from the time we found out that we are moving until we plan to be there.  In the meantime, Scott will continue working full-time and the kids and I are continuing school.  So we are having to make efficient time of our evenings and weekends to get everything done.

What tips have you learned in moving?  I would sure love to hear any great ideas to make this transition easier!

Blessings,

Jennifer

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