Settling in to Roanoke

About a month ago now, we moved a little north to Roanoke, Texas for David’s job. The move wasn’t the hard part; it was the packing. 

I should have listened to my husband, but instead I rented a 20 foot U-Haul truck. It didn’t fit all of our stuff. Oops. But it all worked out because we had to go back down the next week so David could teach the adult class at Family Bible School in San Marcos at University Church of Christ.

Thank goodness the movers we hired in Austin were experienced, because they had the truck filled and packed so tightly that we literally couldn’t add a broom to it after they left. I’m so grateful we could afford to hire movers both in Austin and Roanoke. Especially in Roanoke since we live on the third floor.

We’re getting settled in up here in Roanoke. We don’t have quite enough room for all of our furniture in the living room. I’m still trying to figure out how to make it all fit without breaking our backs moving it around.

Preachers are typically known for having a lot of books, and David is definitely one of them! We need to buy at least one more full-sized bookshelf for him to be able to fit them all. Right now there’s still quite a few books packed in boxes. 

I don’t have room for a desk like I did in Austin, so I’m weeding out things as best as I can. It will probably take us a little bit to figure it all out, but we’ll manage for now. 

We’re really looking forward to having members of the church over! Everyone has been really helpful and friendly. Multiple people are even giving me lots of ideas for places to look for work. We are definitely blessed to have them as a church family.

Like I stated earlier, we hired movers, but we still had a few people from the church come and help us move in. And they bought us some groceries so we didn’t have to go grocery shopping right away. I was blown away by everyone’s generosity! 

Have I made it clear yet that we are really loving it up here? :) Even our dog is happy. He loves to follow us around the house all day, and any chance he gets, he jumps up into my lap. Here’s a picture of him sleeping on me.

Next Wednesday will be David’s first time to teach at Roanoke. He’ll also be preaching Sunday the 19^th and Wednesday the 22^nd. I’m excited for him! Please keep our preacher’s family, the Davis’s, in your prayers as they travel to Tennessee for Polishing the Pulpit this upcoming week. We’ll miss them while they’re gone.

That’s a good idea of what’s been going on so far. We’re staying plenty busy, in a good way.