Blessings, Renters and our new 5th wheel!!

                            Blessings                                                                                                                     We have been so blessed these last few weeks. While tackling some of the major tasks that have to be done before we leave on our trip, we have seen an amazing increase in blessings from our Savior Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father.  These blessings have been accompanied with a major trial that swept the entire world, Covid19.  Not one of us expected to be making plans for our trip during a global pandemic. Covid19 has shut down the entire world.  Entire states have closed closed their borders. Businesses have been forced to close their services.  Campgrounds and  National Parks have closed.  The economy has plummeted.  Even though this horrible pandemic has occurred, we remain calm and hopeful that all will go back to normal and we will enjoy our trip to various cities and National Parks.                             Two major things needed to be done before we could leave on our trip;   1- We needed to rent our house out                                                                                      2- We needed to find and buy a 5th wheel trailer.                                                                 1-We were told by many agents that there was no way that we could rent our house out during the Covid19 pandemic.  People were scared to leave their houses and would wait until it was over to look for a place to move to.  We decided to have hope and faith and move forward with the listing of our home. The listing posted on Zillow late on a Saturday night.  By Sunday morning we had multiple responses and people interested.  The following Monday we showed the house 6 times via Zoom.  By Monday night we had 2 legit applications. We continued to show the house 12 more times during the week.  Many more people were interested in the house but we had to cap the amount of video calls we were doing.  In the end we had 4 amazing families that wanted to rent our house.  After much prayer and fasting we decided which family would live in our beloved home for the 14 months while we were gone. We felt so blessed to have so much interest and to have options in the people interested in our home.                                                                                                                                2- The 5th wheel we wanted was one of the most expensive yet amazing 5th wheels that we found.  We fell in love with it.  We wanted the Grand Design Momentum 399th model.  Only through being led by Gods hands, we found the perfect trailer for us that was also in our price range.  The trailer was located in AZ.  Easy!!  We took a trip up to AZ to visit Pati and to pick up our trailer.  With very few hiccups, we drove the trailer back to CA. For fun we decided to stop in Palm Springs and camp for 2 nights so we could practice using the trailer and get used to it.                                                                The blessings we have seen in our lives have been breathtaking.  Even with the horrible pandemic we were able to rent our house out to a wonderful family and find the 5th wheel of our dreams. There is no doubt in my mind or heart that we are supposed to go on this adventure around the US.  Yes there might be a few closed things due to the pandemic but we decided that we are OK with that. We will have wonderful family time and that was the whole reason why we wanted to do the trip in the first place.