The Container is Unloaded

Praise the Lord for answered prayer! We unloaded our container on Wed. after several days of waiting for the custom's paperwork. We are very thankful that this process was not delayed any further, thus causing extra fees.

The truck arriving at our unloading location. Above: Our field director, Curtis Steward, is helping the driver back into the driveway.

Custom's did physically go through about half of our stuff, and thankfully didn't charge us any exorbitant (or hidden) fees. We were thankful that the custom's charges were at a normal rate. Above: Curtis and I start the unloading.

Kristi and the kids were there to come and watch the container be unloaded. The kids were extremely excited about finding several of their boxes of toys. We loaded Curt's van up with several tubs and boxes to take back to our temporary apartment. The rest of our stuff will be stored until we move to Temuco (Lord willing) at the end of March.

After seeing all of our boxes, furniture, and tubs again, we really wanted to unpack and settle into our current apartment in Santiago. We will have to wait another month or so until we can FINALLY unpack. "Unpacking" is our family's new favorite word. ;)

We were thankful to have a small group of men to help with the unpacking. The unloading took just a little over an hour. Thank you men for your help and sacrifice of time and energy.

Continue to pray for our housing needs in Temuco. Our focus now shifts to getting our vehicle out of customs and researching for a house that will meet our family's needs as well as ministry needs. We will keep you posted on this process. We are confident that the Lord will provide in His perfect timing!