It's Piling Up!

We are being overtaken with piles in our house right now.  I am taken back by the amount of work it is to get ready for someone to come and pack for you.  It is much easier for them to come and pack up the whole house but we get a space that is 12x12x12 feet.  This is for all the houshold stuff we want to bring, the home schooling supplies, our clothes and hygine items, a Christmas tree and some of our holiday decorations. 

It is a delicate balance of what is practicle to bring with and what do we want to purchase when we get there.  Scott and I recently bought Kindles from amazon.com and as I was going through our books today I was really glad for the Kindle as we have shelves and shelves of books in this reading family and there is no way we can bring them all with us.

We will be in Singapore for two years.  Next week Wed. we have an 8 hour cultural training class for our whole family to attend.  I am looking forward to learning and exploring our new city, this class should help us understand a few things.  For example from my reading I learned that people in Singapore do not say "I'm Sorry" when they bump into you etc... they do not say it becasue that would indicate that they are indebted to you and they don't want to be indebted to anyone.  I will be sure to blog about some of the cultural differences after our class. 

Our family is in fast forward right now and each day the impending move is more real.  Today the boys closed out their local savings account, we will be opening an international account for them,  as we check each thing off our list and as the days to the November 8th departure creep up on us we realize how blessed we truly are to have our family and friends surround us.  It is the little things, the phone calls, the stopping by to see how we are doing that really are making a difference in our days.