Two weeks ago we arrived in Portland - our new home! Portland even threw us an "Okie Welcome" by hosting record high temps in the high 90's the two days we moved in before lowering back into the 60's and 70's. We were honored, of course. However, without air conditioning (most people don't have it up here), it got a little toasty in our apartment.

When we first arrived, there had been a miscommunication amongst our apartment managers and they were surprised (to say the least) by our arrival. We were hurried out of the office with keys in hand to go find our apartment. We opened the door to building 0 - 109 to find that the apartment itself wasn't prepared for our arrival either. I won't go into details, but just understand - it was dirty. Christian went back to the office to find out what could be done... ten minutes later he came back with keys to our recently updated apartment with more windows and space than the previous one. God gave us an upgrade and we aren't paying a penny more than the initial apartment! Yay!

Our boxes are semi-mostly unpacked at this point, we found a couch and table on CraigsList and are feeling more "at home" in our new place, though I do keep going to the wrong drawer for silverware and haven't figured out where in the world to put my purse when I get home. It always seems to be those small things that you have to think about after moving that take a while to get used to - and remind you that you aren't in Norman anymore.

We have jumped into things at The Door but are still taking it slow as we get to know the city. We just went to a training by City Team (organization in Portland) in how to do Discovery Bible Studies that was incredible. We loved it and are hoping to utilize DBS's  here. Yesterday, Christian and I shared our story about getting to Portland during service. That was fun and good to feel a little more known by the Church here.

This week we will be going to Barberry Apartments to do an outreach with several of our leaders. We will be praying for healing, playing with kids, and meeting practical needs of the community. Please agree with us for salvations, miracles, and new relationships. We are believing for a long-term discipleship movement to come from these apartments.

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