Loading the Truck in Temuco

On Wed. April 27, we loaded our belongings into the moving truck in Temuco. The truck was a little late, but it gave us an extra 45 mins. for last minute preparations.

Most of the items were put outside in the car port BEFORE the truck even arrived. Rodrigo, a 22 yr. old from church, came and helped move some heavier items from upstairs.

Missionary Daryl Thompson and Pastor Víctor Beñaldo came over as well to help. They took on the big job of dismantling the dryer so that it could taken out of the house (Chilean doorways are so narrow). They eventually lifted it out through the back laundry room windows. ;)

The items that were destined to be stored at a Bible Camp garage just outside of Santiago were all labeled with red tape. We weren't going to be able to fit everything in our new apartment in Antofagasta. A quarter of our things needed to be stored for the next year, while we searched for a house to buy in Antofagasta.

Everything fit in the truck without any difficulty. Just as we were loading the last 10 items in the truck it started to sprinkle. Once the truck left, we went back inside to start the final clean up in all of the rooms. By then, Pastor Marcelo and Teresa had arrived and were a huge help with the clean up. After a quick lunch at the Temuco Bible Institute with Daryl & Earlynne Thompson, Kristi and I went back to the house to pack up the van and lock up our Temuco home for the last time.

By then, it was really raining hard. We took it as Temuco's parting gift to us...tears of sadness mixed with joy. We didn't care getting wet cause we knew that in Antofagasta, we would miss the sound of raindrops.

We dropped off the house keys at the landlord's office downtown and headed north out of Temuco that very same day. Come back again to hear how the trip went...