The last leg of the tour .... Jackson to Boise... Boise to Bend... Bend to Redding.
Again, beautiful places and nice people.
We arrived in Redding on Friday, April 24th ... it was surreal, hard to believe we made it to our destination. We were so ready to be done.
We had a contact for a place to stay. The Swartz brothers - Samuel & Jonathan. These 2 really nice guys, who are doing the ministry school, took us in for 9 days. Jonathan gave up his bedroom for us and slept on the couch. God really blessed us. It was really nice to have some folks welcome us to town, give us a bed to sleep in and use of the apt. They were busy and gone alot, so it seemed we had time to stretch out, get our bearings and Emma had plenty of floor time. We enjoyed going to church on Sunday .... felt at home there. People were SO friendly and helpful.
Dale had an interview right away on Monday, April 27th with a home health agency. They said they would like to have him. Also, he has the option to go from FT to PT in the fall , if he decides to do the ministry school .... add the kicker .... the job pays alot more than in Charleston! Yeah God!! He has to get his CA license first, which involves taking a CA law test.
We spent the week looking at neighborhoods, looking at housing ads and trying to find our new home. By about Saturday we had decided on a nice 3 BR home to rent which is very close to a kids playground and walking trails ~ we are excited. Yeah God!! The tenants are ministry school students and don't finish until May 17th. So we have a bit of a wait to move in.
We felt that we needed to take our leave from the Swartz brothers on Sunday, May 3rd. They are wrapping up the school year and stress on Jonathan seemed to be building. So we packed up the car and headed to a hotel for 2 days. We called around and asked for contacts for others that might be able to host us, but nothing came through ..... so we called Sheila and Dino (my sister and brother-in-law who live 7 hours down the coast). Despite the fact that they are in probably the busiest times of their lives, they didn't hesitate to tell us to come on down. While its hard to still be in limbo, we felt that maybe it was a God thing .... a time for us to help them out with day to day stuff and take some of the load off.
So the pieces are identified, but not locked into place yet .....
Also.... our stuff is en route ... Dale's parents picked up our stuff and they should arrive in Redding in Wed or Thurs. We are praying that we can unload the stuff in the garage of the new home, which will be a week before we can officially move in .... we should find out today from the rental agent if we can do that.
I've been eating food since we left Charleston. I am starting to love trying to grab Cherrios off the floor. Also, I am really good at scooting across the floor on my belly.
Moose having a drink. 
