North

After months of planning, weeks of looking, and a couple days of hauling stuff... we are officially in our new flat.

(Joe carrying me over the threshold)

I mentioned in my last post that our good friend, Scott, was coming to visit. We had an incredible 2 weeks with him being here. It was a very refreshing, encouraging, and fun 2 weeks despite the fact that a lot of stuff went "wrong"

We've had no water. 

The official move day and first night to be in our new home. We spent the afternoon loading the car with the last of our stuff and heading North. Then we spent an hour walking our 55 stairs to get things in place. We then discovered that we didn't have any water! 

No water= No showers

We ended up getting 3+ hours of sleep before heading to the train station. We were so thankful for the hotel showers!!

We've had no electricity!

We enjoyed our first day in Jaipur, but came back to no electricity in our hotel room. Everyone else had electricity but us. Go figure. We called the front desk multiple times and finally got bumped to a better room after 4 hours of no success with the power. We didn't complain too much :)

After our trip we came home to no electricity at the new house. We had guessed we wouldn't have water, but the power was definitely a surprise. We ended up getting a few lights to work, but no fans. Did I mention it's already in the 100's here?!

We've got no internet!

We have the water worked out (sort of). We've got the electricity working now. But we are still without internet. It's been hard to not be able to hear from all our family and friends in the states. We are praying that our lease comes soon so we can get internet in our home and catch up with everyone. Plus we have a sweet baby niece, Olivia, who will be making her grand entrance this next month!

We also found out this week that our new partners are having a few complications in their pregnancy. Due to the complications they are not getting to come back to India until after the baby is born. So the earliest they will be here is mid July.  Please pray for this sweet family. For a safe delivery and quick journey home!

So even though the timing of Scott's trip was filled with transitions and obstacles (did I mention I shattered his birthday dessert on the kitchen counter?), we couldn't be more thankful for the timing of it. Joe and I both think that God knew we needed him here during this time. He distracted us from all the stuff that would normally be a little discouraging.

Praising Him in All Things!