and 5 makes a caravan

Our move up here went about as smooth as a move can go! We had a great group of friends and family help us! Here is the crowd that helped us on the Ft. Wayne end:

We had the truck loaded in just a half hour! Thanks to my wonderful husband packing our whole apartment in a very detailed manner. He had everything ready for when our friends showed up to help. I have to admit, that there were times that the living among boxes for 3 weeks drove me a little crazy, but it was all worth it to have the move go so smoothly.  My parents were also helping us on the Ft. Wayne end and my dad took this photo!

After packing up, we took off to Dave's parents to get a few more things. Check out this skilled rental truck driver!  What a stud!!

After lunch at Dave's parents house we were all ready to go! Ready with our FIVE car caravan! Dave lead in the rental truck, then my dad drove Dave's car, then my mom in their car, then me, then Dave's parents in their car! Whew!

It went really well till we hit the toll booths. We all got separated and it was nuts! I spent most of my drive calling the other 4 cars in in the caravan to make sure everyone was on track. But we made it! We had some great help on this side as well. Although, my picture taking skills weren't as good at the end of the day as at the beginning. Our parents helped so much by carrying in and unpacking! My dad's friend Mark, his wife Brenda and their daughter came from a nearby town to help. We also had a couple guys (Steve and Brad) and a couple boys (Drew and Justin) help us out as well! We did it all in about 9 hours! Not too bad! Did I mention the weather!?!? It totally cooperated with no snow or rain, I would even say it was beautiful out!

We are giving God all the glory for this move! We could see His hands on every aspect of the move. He protected and provided for our every need!

It only took us a few days to get everything unpacked and we are starting to feel at home here! More to come about our new home!

aka Jave and Dayma

I have really been into reading several blogs for the past year or so and was perfectly content with that relationship we had! You all write and I read!  I never thought I would start my own blog.  I had all these questions. Would I have enough to say? Would I post regularly? Would what I write about be interesting to others? After months of debating with myself (and having signed up for this blog a week ago) I'm finally writing my first post!

My inspiration for writing this blog comes from our most recent life adventure. Dave and I started praying about him starting school around August. I've known that this would probably be a chapter in our life at some point we just weren't sure when. We visited a school near home in Indiana and then a school in Deerfield, Illinois. I was really pushing for the school closer to home but I knew that Dave really wanted to go to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. About a week after we visited Trinity, Dave received a call that he was accepted into the Masters program. The following Tuesday we found out that Dave received the largest institutional scholarship Trinity offers and it is also the only scholarship they offer that you can get each year you are there. Then two days later we found out that he was accepted in the advanced placement program. And the following Tuesday we had a place to live. God really had this all in order!

We moved up here a little over a week ago, so our first big adventure as a married couple begins. And so does this blog. I hope you enjoy reading to keep up on what is going on with us.

                                                        our first picture, taken May 8, 2010
Jayma