Closing date on the sale of the house is set. Our tickets to Nigeria have been purchased. Now the countdown begins. We have less than three weeks to do the following:
*Host family and friends who are stopping in to say “goodbye”
*Shop for and purchase any supplies we will need (How much shampoo does a family of five go through in two years? What size of shoe will Naomi need in 2008?)
*Pack for the next few years
*Secure storage and pack up the rest of the house (Trust me, not much is left)
*Plan our 11 hour layover in London
*Have our teeth cleaned and eyes checked one last time
*Clean the house!
*Meet the attorney to sign our will
*Get our piano to Uncle Mike
*Plan a celebration for Naomi’s birthday (we fly out on her 10th birthday!)
*Travel to Knoxville for a farewell weekend with friends and family – rides at Dollywood, worship together, take a bunch of photos, play a few more practical jokes, eat and laugh, and probably cry together
*Close on the house
*Get one final “professional” haircut from Amy
*Eat up what is in the fridge and pantry (yummm...pasta and canned peaches!)
*Have family portraits made – We LOVE our sweet neighbor, Dustine www.dustinewallace.com
*Remember to stop and have fun through this very hectic time
*Enjoy two more morning worship services with our precious church family
*Move out to temporary housing for a few days
*Say “goodbye” to so many
*Travel to the airport with 20 boxes and check them all in on August 20
*Spend a day in London
*Arrive in Nigeria on August 22 and then travel four more hours to our new home.
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my life, my soul, my all!
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