My tickets are booked. I head over on the 21st and return on the 28th. By the time I get back, I will be a citizen of both the UK and America. I am excited. Plus, I intend to attend ALC while I am there. I also plan to hang out with as many people as I can and just generally enjoy being in England for 7 days!!
The last couple weeks nothing much has happened for me to update on, and today I have several things I want to write about.
Last night Sam did really well in Football. He had his name announced several times for tackles he made against the other team. A lot of the time, the other teams send the ball down the other side of the field, but last night he got lots of opportunities to get the first touch and he did!!
This morning, Evan’s sister was here and was showing us this house she had found that she was considering buying. It is in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Lafayette, but from the pictures it looked like no one was living in it and it needs a LOT of work outside. There were no pictures of the inside of the house…which to me says bad news. Anyway, we and Jane, convinced Sarah it wasn’t the kind of house she wanted because it was too much work. However, Evan and I are seriously thinking of going and looking at it! It is less than we thought we would spend, but we could fix it up and because of the neighborhood it is in, we are sure we would get a return when we sold it…even if we just kept it a couple years! I have always wanted to buy and fix up a house to resell and make a profit!
Now, one of the exiciting things I found out this week, is two travel dates. I am going to be going to the National Missionary Convention in November and in December I am going to be going to Costa Rica! My expenses will be paid for the NMC and Costa Rica, but I will probably need to raise some of the cost of Costa Rica. I will certainly be sending out letters asking for people to be praying…and that is far more imortant than the money really.
I have come to see more and more how the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy and if you are attempting anything that goes above the daily living of the Christian life, I think he hates that even more and will do whatever he can to steal, kill or destroy whatever it is you are doing. It is as if you are sticking your head above the crowd and the enemy doesn’t want you to do that. Anyway, I have to confirm with Gary what will be paid and make sure I can really go these dates, because when I found out about the opportunity, Gary wasn’t in the office, so I haven’t had a chance to tell him I want to go!
The paperwork for my Duel Citizenship has come through! I now go to a ceremony to accept it, which I will be doing at the end of October. Then I can get my British Passport! I am excited. Duel Citizenship is kinda fun to think about.
Even though on a day to day basis, it doesn’t make much difference to my living, it does mean Evan and I have the choice of living in the UK or America and travelling in the EU will be much easier!
Our container is being delivered today!
It arrived in the US on 1sts August and took about 2 weeks to clear customs. So, since around the 14th August, it has been sitting in a warehouse somewhere in South Carolina. I am glad it is finally being delivered. the only answer we ever got when we called the company was that they didn’t have a truck available to send up here to us. Last week, I sent an email to EuroUSA saying that a month was far too long to wait for it to be delivered. I also emailed PSS in England to complain. PSS is who we hired in England, and they use EuroUSA on this side. I don’t have a complaint for PSS, they were always very prompt, very friendly and always followed through on when they said they would call or be there. They were excellent at keeping in touch with us to let us know what was going on.
EuroUSA has not been that way. On August 1st we called to see when it would be through customs and delivered. Their standard answer was always, ‘we will call you back’. We would wait a week and hear nothing. Call them again, and their answer would be, ‘we will call you back.’ My complaint to PSS about them was that, if on the 14th August, they would have told us, it will take a month to get it here, because that is the next truck they have, at least I would have known what was going on. But just telling us that they would call us when they had an answer was very frustrating. They never once called us back, by the way. The only call we ever got was from the driver of the actualy delivery truck. On Monday he called and said it would be delivered today. He called again last night to let us know where he was and to tell us he would be here around 10am today.
So, now I only have about 30 minutes before all of my stuff arrives. It is very exciting!!! It kinda feels like Christmas. I don’t remember exactly what it is I have in there!!
Where does the time go? Yesterday was August 15th and suddenly today it is September 16th. How did that happen?
Job - Great
Sam’s football games - Great (3-1) but they only got beat because the team was a division above Lapel.
Car - Great. But it does have to go in and be looked at, the battery seems low, but it might be a spark plug
Weather - Great. I love the weather we have been having, I would guess it is in the mi-70’s, just perfect!
Cats - Great. William caught a chipmunk and DESPERATELY wanted to bring it in the house. It is the first time he has caught anything that I am aware of, so it makes me wonder if it was sick or old or something.
Here is the latest news on the car. We have had endless delay after delay, but we have received half the cash up front and the rest will come when the final paperwork goes through.
The dealership has agreed to release the car we are buying with the final payment being made once we get it from the insurance.
Here are two pictures of the car. They are not great, because I have taken them from the dealers website, once we have the car in hand, I will post some more. Evan is picking it up at noon after they have detailed the car for us.
This is a 2001 tan (brown as the dealer calls it) Mustang GT with charcoal leather interior. It drives great and just had 4 new tires put on it. We drive it off the lot at noon today…only an hour to go. Unfortunately, I had to come to work and Evan is picking it up on his own and driving it to Sam’d football game tonight.
I GET TO DRIVE IT HOME FROM THE GAME!! I have never really been excited about any car I have purchased in the past. This is the 5th car I have owned in my life and it is by far my favorite!
My last post got cut short, because we were leaving for the day with Evan’s family to go and visit a family friend.
My brother Sam is the only reason I go and watch Lapel Football games on a Friday night. I miss most of what is happening, because I constantly look for number 10 and watch whatever he is doing. Last night, he was by far the star of the game!!
In the 4th quarter, he made an amazing interception and took off running and made a touch down!! One of his team mates, I think they said his name was Mica, took out one of the Frankton players and just made a clear path for Sam to keep going, and go he did! I heard lots of comments about how fast Sam can run. I was very excited and so glad that I got to watch him make such a good play. GO SAM!!!
After writing my post, I found this link on my sisters blog. I am glad that my idea of what happened, was correct!
Lapel High School played against Frankton last night. Frankton are their big rivals because they are in the same school district. Frankton is a bigger high school and last year they won. However, for several years previous to that, Lapel had won. Last night was a great game. I don’t know if it is because it was my second game and I am starting to catch more that happens, or if reading about football this week has helped me remember more rules, or just because it really was a much better game than the week before.
Just after the game started there was an amazing sunset, so I grabbed a picture of that too. Here are some pics…but not many, because I really need a new camera.
