Our sons Peter & Andy load our household items onto a pickup truck
The young elders and sisters appear to get used to the idea of being transferred from place to place multiple times during the course of their 18 to 24 month missions before they go back to their families; however, senior couples, like us, typically stay at one location for the duration of their missionary service.
While we are in the process of wrapping up our missionary activity here in Baltimore this month, we have been having some rather unique experiences that are making things interesting for us while we are in transition back to civilian life. We had anticipated staying in our apartment until our departure for home on March 9th, but the Church Missionary Department notified our mission president that the replacement senior couple would arrive on February 26th and need to be in the apartment the very next day.
So essentially, we were "evicted" from our apartment on the morning of February 27th. Fortunately, there is a wonderful family in the Chesapeake Ward that immediately opened their home to us, so we wouldn't be homeless and have to sleep on a couple of city benches. Their home has a finished basement with a spare bedroom and a full bath, so we have been well-cared for since moving out of our home away from home. Our host family is from Brazil; and as an added blessing, they cook the most wonderful food imaginable and have kindly invited us to eat with them whenever we are available at mealtime.
Because senior couples must set up housekeeping rather than move about with a couple of suitcases like the young missionaries, we have some "stuff" that came with us from North Carolina and ultimately either goes back home at the end of our mission or must be disposed of by some other means. Sister Lindsay and I had to move all of those boxes to one of the missionary apartments until two of our sons could come and load it onto Andy's pickup truck over the weekend.
While we are in the process of wrapping up our missionary activity here in Baltimore this month, we have been having some rather unique experiences that are making things interesting for us while we are in transition back to civilian life. We had anticipated staying in our apartment until our departure for home on March 9th, but the Church Missionary Department notified our mission president that the replacement senior couple would arrive on February 26th and need to be in the apartment the very next day.
So essentially, we were "evicted" from our apartment on the morning of February 27th. Fortunately, there is a wonderful family in the Chesapeake Ward that immediately opened their home to us, so we wouldn't be homeless and have to sleep on a couple of city benches. Their home has a finished basement with a spare bedroom and a full bath, so we have been well-cared for since moving out of our home away from home. Our host family is from Brazil; and as an added blessing, they cook the most wonderful food imaginable and have kindly invited us to eat with them whenever we are available at mealtime.
We found shelter at a Church member's home rather than a park bench
Because senior couples must set up housekeeping rather than move about with a couple of suitcases like the young missionaries, we have some "stuff" that came with us from North Carolina and ultimately either goes back home at the end of our mission or must be disposed of by some other means. Sister Lindsay and I had to move all of those boxes to one of the missionary apartments until two of our sons could come and load it onto Andy's pickup truck over the weekend.
Moving on, is a simple thing, what is left behind is hard.
- Dave Mustaine
So, on Saturday we will pack our clothing and other personal items into our car and drive back home to our family. All things considered, the transition has gone very well especially with the help of the Lord who has guided us through the process.
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