The Move

So now for the fun post.  

Any of you who really know Kathy will recall that she isn't all that organized when it comes to details and essentials.  So the two items we always seemed to be missing and looking for during our trip together were her cell phone charger and toothbrush.  And even after we purchased a package of four toothbrushes to replace the one she failed to pack with her from home, the essential item somehow failed to make it back to our hotel that night - and she had to ask the front desk to bail her out.  Come to find out the next morning all four beautiful, new toothbrushes were waiting for her back at her apartment. 

And what about the phone charger???  Well, I'll just say that one of ours ended up staying with her.. :)

To give her the benefit of the doubt, her life has literally been up in the air and a completely disorganized mess until the end of last week.  After taking her last final exam, moving to another apartment the very same day, flying home the next day, and then turning around and packing her belongings as compactly as possible all in one day, I tell you - it was very hard to make sense of where things were and how to find anything.  So if you combine the less than ideal circumstances with her own tendencies, I guess you could say it equalled nothing less than a disaster.   

Here's a look at one of the piles before we left home last week:

Our very first task upon arriving in Jackson other than unloading the van was unpacking the boxes and sorting the items by room.  While Dad and Rachael went shopping for furniture essentials, the rest of us tried to make heads and tails from the whirlwind packing job that had been done only days earlier.  It literally took an entire afternoon of team effort.

Her room before we came:  

And the final product after four days of work:

Even Tiger and Tiptop found a place among all her books as well as special memories from home.

One of my favorite aspects of last week was seeing the campus and being able to visualize the places she spoke to us about on the phone.  The library in particular was impressive.

And the mailroom where all her letters and packages arrive.

And the view of her apartment nestled with the rest of campus housing.

Even though it was very hot (upper 90 degree temperatures), the Lord gave us beautiful weather with no rain (and subsequently no humidity).  He truly blessed our efforts in trying to set up a workable environment for Kathy in which to pursue her studies.  We look forward to seeing how God uses this next chapter in her life to further prepare her for the work he has in store for her.