We're here!! Yesterday Zion and I drove to Midland, Texas. (Actually we drove to Odessa and got up this morning and came the rest of the way.) We stopped at about 1 A.M. Texas time (Midnight Tucson time... or 2 Ohio time.) We were both exhausted and stopped at a Motel 6 because there were no Holiday Inn's around and the Motel 6 had the right price. The place was gross, kinda creepy and smelled horrible of smoke. It's only one night though.
Today we got to Midland early and started filling out some of the tax papers and stuff like that that we had to get going to start the businesses, then this afternoon we went to the Midland Park Mall to see our locations and meet the managers. It's all a big undertaking. I don't know how we'll get it all done, but God is in control and He didn't bring us this far to leave us.
We were getting kinda worried about accommodations because when we were looking online we couldn't find anything decent for less than $72 a night, and when we called the rate had gone up to $99 per night. (Scary when we were figuring on the $72 to be our maximum and we're talking 2 months!!) We decided to pull over and pray about it and about 20-30 minutes later Zion was looking online and he said, "Why don't you call this one?" I was like, "Okay, but I already checked the rate online for that one when we were still in Tucson and they were like $109 a night or something like that...." I called the number and asked about the rate, and it was only $50 per night for a week long stay! Praise the Lord!!!!
We asked if we could go ahead and come to the hotel and SEE a room before making our decision, the girl said that was fine and we came on over. The place looks pretty good and there is a fridge, microwave, stove, kitchen sink and it's a pretty nice size room with a comfy king size bed. Plus, when we were actually checking in, we were talking to the girl at the front desk and she decided to take an additional $5 off per night for us... so now the rate is only $45 plus tax per night!!! Now we have a nice place to stay for at least a week and if we like it, we can extend our stay for the duration of our time in Texas, for less than the cost we were planning on!! God is so good!!!
Thank you all for your prayers for us during this crazy transition time and please keep them coming!!!! We still have much craziness ahead of us in the next couple months (especially the next few days while we set up two kiosk stores!) and we can really feel the prayers of our friends holding us up at this time! (Seriously, I only got 6 hours of sleep last night and my eyes are still somewhat opened!!!) God bless you all and we will keep you posted as much as time allows!!!
6 comments:
Sounds like everything is coming along fine. That is awesome what the Lord had provided for you for lodging, what a great price! How often does the motel offer to lower the rate??
Jeshanah and Zion,
I have you in my prayers! What a sudden opportunity! I hope it works out wonderfully for you both.
So....how's it going? How are sales?? How are you feeling? Too tired? Dad will be out in a couple days, until then, maybe you should hire a kid for a few hours a day. Don't wear yourself out!
I'm completely exhausted. So is Zion. My ankles... or what USED to be my ankles are huge and my feet may never be the same. I think possibly that unpacking calendars from 6:30 am till 9:30 pm while standing on a tile floor might be a bit to much for a seven-month pregnant woman. Especially after working till 11:30 the night before...
This has been the craziest week or two. It's insane. The good news is, today, on our first official day open, we sold almost $1,000 worth of calendars. We unfortunately don't get a huge percent of that or anything.... and we have had to hire labor to help us get it all set up meaning so far we are in the hole for this whole adventure... but I'm very optimistic that this is going to work and work well.
I don't know how often this hotel gives lower rates... but we hardly ever did in Oro Valley. We did sometimes in Lima though.
Not to make ya feel bad or anything, but I went bowling Fri PM with a bunch of middle schoolers, my co-worker, and his 7.5 month pregnant wife. She was bowling strikes like nobody's business - made us all look bad. Haha.
PMB
yeah... bowling for a couple hours/ moving to a different state and working 15-17 hours a day... that's the same.
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