Four weeks from today, we will sleeping our first night back in the Solomon Islands. In the meantime, the girls are doing a little extra school each day on the weekends so we don't have to lug this year's school books back overseas.
Another part of getting ready to go is preparing the house for renters. We've been trying to find the perfect "white" for the kitchen and, after buying many samples with great names like Alabaster, Greek Villa, and Snowbound, we've finally settled on one with a boring name:
Neutral White.
Neutral White.
The trips back and forth across the Pacific Ocean have taken a toll on our suitcases, so we've been utilizing every coupon and sale we can find to buy some new ones. And the trans-pacific flight has different regulations than the flights in America, so my amazing husband is making sure that our new bags fit all four flights.
The best part of getting ready is the people around us who are helping.
They are helping with things like sewing repairs and adjustments, which is huge for me since I have no fondness for my sewing machine.
They are helping with things like pulling all of the teeny-tiny nails from our old kitchen walls. And squirting wood putty into cracks. Very unglamorous. But this team of people that God has assembled around us is also helping our hearts get ready for the transition.
The friends and family supporting Team Choate sooth and encourage and nourish and hug and cry. We don't have to do it alone. We have a heavenly Father who goes ahead of us on the path, and He gives us kindred spirits to help us get ready.
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