About a month ago, the missionaries were notified by their apartment complex that they were being evicted because their building was going to be renovated. Everyone knows this is the way landlords skirt laws against radical rent increases: kick everyone out for renovations, spruce up the place with some quick paint, and jack the rent. But we were secretly glad, because their apartment is really run-down and worn out.
There isn’t much available to rent in the area, partly because a bunch of people are being evicted by this complex, but we eventually found a swanky two-story three-bedroom place a few blocks away. This new apartment will be the envy of other missionaries in San Diego, who are generally crammed into tiny places because rent is frightfully expensive there. Out here in the Valley, things are cheap!
This afternoon we went to work loading everything into a truck, hauling it to the new place, and unloading it. We finished in under two hours, which was awesome. And afterward, we all went out for burgers!
Now the missionaries have to unpack everything, but they’re pretty excited. Well done, crew.