When we found out that Andrew would be posted to Teluk Intan end of November last year, we started packing for the moved. Since our apartment in USJ did not have a store room, we left some of our stuff at my in law's house as well. That means, we have to pack not only the USJ house, but also pack things from my in law's house.
We visited the parsonage in Teluk Intan one Sunday in December. It was a total mess! The previous pastor who stayed there is a bachelor. He certainly is not one who takes pleasure in cleaning and tidying the house. Within a short 5 minutes visit, I was bitten by the mosquitoes in 5 different parts of my body. Hence, Andrew requested to put up mosquitoes netting for the entire house for the sake of our little princess.
The leadership graciously accepted that request and did some minor repairs to the parsonage before we moved in. However, they may only do so after the previous pastor moved away at the end of December. Thus, our moving was delayed.
Andrew travelled to and fro every week. He took a bus instead of driving. The bus fare itself is only RM17 per trip. But to drive up to TI, just to pay the toll fee is already costing him RM17 per trip. He certainly does not enjoy travelling by bus. The bumpy road plus the reckless driver contributed to his headache and body aching.
Since the moving was delayed, I took my sweet time in packing while enjoying our remaining time in our sweet cozy apartment.
In the meantime, we were struggling with the decision to give birth in PJ or in Teluk Intan. After much thought and consideration, putting forward all the pros and cons, finally we've decided to give birth to our baby boy in Assunta, the same hospital where Andrew was born.
We heard that the leadership had tried to employ a cleaner to clean up the parsonage. But things did not go well. He only managed to clean up a small portion of the house and decided to quit. Then, a church member together with his friend in the cleaning business took up the challenge. 2 of them with another 2 helpers came in and did a transformation to the parsonage. It took them 4 days to finish up the work. The church member told us later that one night they stayed up until 10pm, another night 11pm, in order to see to its completion. Such was the condition of the parsonage.
Then the contractor came in. The total cost was 7k including fixing a burst pipe, repair the bottom of the shelves and cabinets, fixed up all the mosquitoes netting and etc. All these was done just one week before CNY. Then another round of cleaning.
After the office informing us that the parsonage is ready, Andrew and I took 2 full days to pack up all our remaining stuff. Since the parsonage is a 5-room semi D, we have decided to bring more stuff than we intended to. After all, our original plan to hiring a 3-tonne lorry turned out to be a 5-tonne lorry. Andrew contacted the leader at the Burning Bush - a Christian organisation who helps to do odd jobs. The leader told Andrew that the price for a 5-tonne lorry is the same as the 3-tonne lorry. So, he advised us to take the 5-tonne lorry instead.
Finally, everything was ready for the moved. We pray that God will help us to adjust to the new environment and the new house.
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