Our living room was occupied by a full-sized organ and piano, as well as other typical furniture, and our kitchen full of gadgets and gizmos to enjoy the process of living.
Family and friends came and provided serious assistance cleaning, filling boxes, carrying and lifting, as well as carting off discards no one needed - or wanted.
So why do we keep so much of such stuff?
Just because it seems useful to us? – if not immediately, perhaps for a possible future project, or plan?
Or do we let stuff own us?
How many memories can be cherished? For how long?
We began to let go - and we shared! Lots of other people needed such stuff. It was useful to them.
Do we depend on ‘things’ for prideful status, appearances, or some way of emotional or physical security?
What about our spiritual status or security?
Is it on hold, packed in some corner of our mind and life - until when?
We mostly stuffed our things tightly into 2 of 4 bedrooms (including closets), then covered racks and shelving with household linens, and locked those doors. We also covered garage storage cabinets and shelving with protective plastic.
Driving with a trailer can be a cumbersome task.
The trailer seemed huge, but it was quickly stuffed.
So was the car - no space left!
None at all! YIKES!!
This all makes my brain feel stuffed.
BUT we are packed, a renter is living in our home, and we are traveling to our mission.
We laughed! New perspectives change most problems, whatever their size, making concerns seem much smaller. We marveled at God’s love. He allowed His son Jesus Christ to compensate for every burdensome worry, or misery. What is that perspective? Will I allow Him to help? Will we?
We drove several hours, slept and breakfasted at a hotel, did the same Saturday, visited a cousin overnight, attended church there on Sunday, and arrived in Utah to briefly visit with family.
We enter the Mission Training Center (MTC) Monday, February 23, 2026 to learn more about accepting the atonement of Christ and how to assist other people around us to gain the same knowledge.
We will move to our apartment and assignments in Salt Lake on Friday.
