Today is Saturday, and we are hopefully making our first trip to the beach today!
We are going to Fort DeSoto, and it is beautiful!
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We have had a wonderful first week here. Our arrival was met with so many acts of kindness by our new church family. A team of ladies cleaned the place we are staying, which is usually a mission house, then they stocked the fridge and pantry with tons of food for us. The church secretary had contacted Savannah via FB and found out what our favorite foods and snacks were, then they provided meals for us through the first weekend. Also a team of men came to unload our container on that first Friday, then some of them helped set up beds and get things in place and also helped take the things that we don't have room for down the street to the storage unit we are using.
There was fellowship right away when we arrived. The very first night was a family roller skating night that some of the families go to, and we stopped by there and our children were able to meet some friends and break the ice. Then people stopped in at different times over the first weekend to drop off food, etc, and we went to one family's home on Saturday, so by the first Sunday, our kids were all sitting with new friends during the worship service, smiling and talking and connecting. So by the first Sunday night we had some high school and college aged students around our dinner table laughing loud and playing games until about midnight. What a huge answered prayer!!!
Monday came and we had to start homeschool back, since we had taken so many days off in December and January. Brian went to the church for his first days at work, and came home the very first day praising God for the godly men that he gets to work with here. God has been so kind to provide a church that already has three other elders in place, an associate pastor, a building, and for the first time ever, Brian has a secretary!!! They have given him a large office and are busy painting it and outfitting it with shelves for his library.
The people here are warm and welcoming, and so expressive in their joy that we are finally here. Another blessing!! They also hug people. That makes us feel at home. :-D Still more blessings from the Lord!
How wonderful are His blessings! God is soo good! -Arlene
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