Take this pile of boxes out to the truck……Hooray – the closet is all packed up!……..Watch out for the wall!……..Please eat anything out of the refrigerator……Time for an assembly line…….Oh no – did you take that box out? – hold up, we need to find the box of pots…….Time to eat – Mom’s Sloppy Joes – Yum!………Incoming box! – Heads up!……Where’s Jeremiah? Let’s take this big box out – oh, there’s Jeremiah – hiding in the box :-) .

On the way...

Oh the joys and memories that come in moving. This past week, our whole family had the joy of participating in a memorable moving event. After living in Washington, D.C. upon Capitol Hill for several years, Dad’s brother and family are moving and we had the joy of helping them.

Loading the truck

Arriving early Thursday morning, we gathered in the box filled living room for a family Bible Study. One young person, while reading, accidentally read “joyfulness lips” in exchange for “joyful lips (Ps. 63:5).” The phrase stuck and was repeated quite a few time over the ensuing days.

  Uh oh - narrow stairway

How encouraging it was watching both families, along with Grandpa & Grandma, work together with overflowing joy, contagious diligence, and unfaltering perseverance. Whether packing boxes, tearing down beds, assembling boxes, digging up plants, hearing stories behind Most of the moving team!some of the unique pieces of  furniture being moved, keeping the workers hydrated, watching the little ones, eating Grandma’s Angel Food cake, cleaning out the attic, drinking root beer, or simply laughing and enjoying one another, each person fulfilled their role with excellence. Both nights went quite late but smiles most certainly did not abate as everyone maintained their ‘joyfulness lips.’ We left with an abundance of memories and an even closer relationship with our relatives.

  Grandma, Mark, & Charlie

There is nothing better for a man, than that….. he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. (Eccl. 2:24).”

The view from the center of the street infront of the house

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