As we were driving home from town last Wednesday, our mobile phone rang. It was our library assistant calling to say the truck had arrived with some of the shelving and furniture for the new library. Praise the Lord!! Ray drove as fast as he dared to on the muddy, slippery roads. We arrived in time to get pictures of the shelving etc. being unloaded off the truck. Everyone helped, students and faculty alike.

On Wednesday/Thursday Ray and some students put the shelves together and on Thursday afternoon we had all the students lined up to take the books from the old library to the new. Ray was in the new library shelving books and I was in the old library making sure the students took the books off the shelves in the order they needed to be put in the new library.

Friday was spent shelving additional books that had been cataloged and put into boxes for the move. We also spent a lot of time going through all the shelves making sure the books were in the correct order. Some old shelving had to be disassembled in the old library and moved to the new library because not all our new shelves arrived. This took quite a bit of time. We are using these shelves temporarily for the Reference section of the library.

Needless to say we are very tired but happy. We will work this afternoon cleaning up and then on Monday the library will be open from 9am to 9pm. On Wednesday we hope to have a celebration of the new library by providing cake, ice cream and drinks for students and faculty.

Please rejoice with us and pray that the rest of the furniture and shelving comes this week.

Blessings to all of you.