I was planning to move out of the office, but the new office was not ready until three weeks later. I begged to stay for another three weeks but in vain. It was 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The first question came to my mind was, "did I sin against the Lord and now I am being disciplined?"
Then, the story about the blind man who was born blind in the Bible surfaced. Jesus told his disciples that his blindness was to let God's work to be displayed. (John 9:3) I prayed to God that his work to be displayed in this office crisis.
Here was my Plan of the Day:
- find a new place to move to in the next day
- pack the books, files, drawings, stationaries, tools and equipment in the office
- throw away the rubbish, I mean tons of it
- contact movers
- find temporary storage
- order moving truck
One hour later, 10:30 a.m., my friend Nahn's mother let us move into her studio in Hawaii Kai. I praised God. At least, we have a destination to move to. 12:30 p.m. Fab's friend called and offered a vacant office in downtown where we could temporarily move to. Praise God! We have options! However, the best scenario was of course, we move only once but not twice in a month, but whatever God gave us was very good to me already.
2:00 p.m., I got a call from the office real estate agent, the new landlord agreed to let us move in the next day, as long as we could provide a certificate of insurance. This was another challenge. Our insurance company is usually very busy. I doubt that they could provide the certificate in one day, but I called them anyway, and told them the urgency.
Meanwhile, we were still packing and piling up a mount of trash in the conference room. Daniel (co-worker) called his brother, and he was available to help us move! Fabrizio's nephew John was also available! They are both energetic young men!
Wednesday late afternoon, Daniel asked me where we were moving to. I said I don't know. We kept on packing and trashing. Plan of the Day was sort of finished, and we had to wait for the story to develope.
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Thursday: the moving day
10:00 a.m., the insurance agent issued the certificate of insurance, which amazed me with their speed. I contacted the new landlord, and I went to their office to sign the lease. When I was there, the lease was still being assembled. I signed, and got the keys from the property manager. She asked me when I'd want to move in. I said, "2:00 p.m.," as Daniel and John were still dealing with trash.
I entered the new office and praised the Lord. It was small, but it was full of blessings.
I told Daniel the good news, and he ordered a moving truck immediately. 11:00 p.m., we started loading the moving truck, and we were ready to move to the new office! At that time, one more young man, who is a good friend of John, Harry, showed up. They all used their personal vehicles to speed up the move. Meanwhile, the property manager went back and forth to show us the logistics of the building. It was unusual to her that a tenant moved in so quickly.
5:30 p.m. the majority of our stuff was in the new office. Everybody was sweating, and did not want to stop the momentum. 6:30 p.m. we decided to finish up in the next day. The remaining stuff in the old office was less important anyway.
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