Day 6-- Arrival in Tucson

At last we have arrived in Tucson! We are very thankful to God for safe travels over 6 days of driving with no major incidents and cloud cover at times to cool us off. One thing we learned about road trips is to always budget way more time than you think you'll need. This morning our hope was to leave Fort Stockton at 7 but we left at 8:30 (Central Time). We arrived in Tucson around 4:30 (Arizona time which is different than the rest of the country because they never change their clocks.). So we're not really sure actually how many hours we were on the road today but it seemed like a lot. It was exciting to finally leave Texas and cross into the state of New Mexico. Here you can see us trying to cast spells in New Mexico--the land of enchantment.


Then some time in the afternoon we crossed into our state of destination, Arizona: the Grand Canyon State. It is a lot greener than we remember but it sounds like they have had a lot of rain recently. The mountains are as beautiful as we remember them from February.


We have moved all of our stuff into temporary housing at the ministry and got in contact with the couple that will be training us for the next two weeks. They will also be our first respite house so we will have spent a lot of time with them by the time we take care of their kids. Although training doesn't start until Monday, we will unofficially start tomorrow by going to church with the family and spending the day with them.

It is wonderful to have a final resting place tonight and we are excited about Tucson being our new home. After 3200 miles, our car is also grateful for a resting place and not as much of a load to carry.

Praises: Safe arrival in Tucson! No car troubles!
Prayers: Work starts Monday. Courage to walk into this new situation and willingness to open ourselves up to how God will teach us and grow us through challenges and opportunities to serve with His love.