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Thanks for the Fire

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 17:29:06 -0700

It was 3:45 a.m. when my cell rang. Tired from a six hour drive to Eugene through rain and Portland traffic I hesitated--my mind preferring sleep over interruption. As a pastor early morning calls can be important so I stumbled out of the hotel bed fumbling for the phone. Too slow to catch the call

Day 44 - Insurance Update

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:39:43 -0800

This past week has launched the beginning of the real work! We sat down with our adjuster and received the “scope of work” paperwork. This is 68 pages of line-items detailing the structural work to be done. We will certainly max out our insurance limits. In the end numbers will range between 150K to

Day 30 - Post Christmas Rest

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:34:20 -0800

Wow, it’s been about a month since our fire. We can hardly believe that much time has gone by. Life is returning to normal. Our new home is feeling a bit more like home--you know kids leaving their stuff everywhere, dishes needing to be washed, carpets needing to be vacuumed and the like. We did g

Day 16 Settling a Bit

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:58:30 -0800

Yes! We are in our new home in College Place. We’ve got mattresses on the floor to sleep on--ahhh, much better than a hotel. We are beginning to purchase all of the basics for the kitchen and bathrooms (3 of them). Wow, to go from 1 bathroom to 3--one can hardly contain one’s self :). Our new refri

Day 13-New (Temporary) Home Found

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 18:53:02 -0800

Yaaah! We were handed the keys. Yep, we have a temporary home--so long hotel life it was fun while it lasted. Shelly and I did a walk through on a 2,400 sq. ft. home in College Place (for our out of town friends College Place is next door to Walla Walla). It is a two story home built in 2005 so eve