NZ Monsoon

As I write we are camped up in our caravan down at the church building and the rain is pelting down. At one stage it was getting close to the door. New Zealand's version of a monsoon. It's actually quite exciting. We are just so grateful to be allowed to park down here. Maybe we will end up floating away like Noah's ark.

All the kids are asleep, baby is in the cupboard. We are officially out of the house and no longer own it. After a few weeks of full on cleaning, painting, selling etc, we now have time to breathe. I went back and did a last spot of cleaning today and then this afternoon the settlement happened. God has been so amazingly wonderful to us. Thanks also to my parents for having the boys for the day and for showering them.

There was a movie and sausage sizzle for the kids down at church. We snuck out to the caravan with Doug and Erin and had a celebratory glass of bubbly. It was a great way to put a full stop on the era of our house and to realise that life is still the same no matter where we are. It was lovely to share that time with them.

Jeff and Sonya have been great, we have stored our boxes up at their place until we go and we have shared a few meals and good times with them during our busy times. We so appreciate you. We have such amazing friends.

We have had endless offers of places to shower and wash our clothes. People are so generous. I am not too worried about showers. As long as we have running water, we can get clean.

As you can see, the children are enjoying themselves in the caravan.