Our container arrived yesterday morning after a very long journey! It was a welcome sight to see it again after six weeks. It was also very strange to think of the route it traveled - a truck to the Rhine River in Switzerland, a barge to Rotterdam in Holland, a ship across the Atlantic to the port of Houston, Texas, a train from Texas through Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, and finally Colorado (I think I got all those States right!), and then a truck from Denver to our door!
We took this picture in Germany after the container was loaded and just before the doors were shut.
The container was sealed after the doors were shut. We were told the seal would not be broken until the container arrived at our home in Colorado.
The loaded container before it left our house in Germany.
The arrival of our container in Colorado Springs.
Ouray Creek Pt - this is our new street address in the Springs.
After the container arrived yesterday morning, the trucker broke the seal and handed it to Tim.
We were so relieved when the doors were opened, to see that everything was still intact, a big answer to prayer!
Unloading in front of our new house.
I "supervised" the unloading by telling our crew where to take the boxes. Every single item/box had to be numbered for insurance purposes.
Empty! It took less than an hour thanks to an amazing crew of hard workers.
The empty container leaving our house. I wonder what journey it will take next!
Boxes everywhere! We have our work cut out for us for the next while!
Part of the team who helped us. Thanks to all of you! What a huge blessing you are to us!
Steve, beside Tim, is a former BFA student, and Don, second from right is a former BFA staff member. The other two gentlemen are C&MA colleagues.
Hours spent unpacking in the kitchen - still not done.
It is beginning to look a little bit like home!
