I have some wonderful news to report at last!!! Last week Gerald finally got a job! He started last Wednesday and LOVES it! He's doing dishes as usual, at a restaurant in Fargo, ND. He starts only at 25 hours a week but with a big potential for more hours after Labor Day because they stay open on the weekends then.
Of course you all know what that means...we'll have to move to Fargo from our beloved Valley City where The Nazarene wanted us to go. Unfortunately being in the material world we can't stay here without work so we're moving on again.
The next thing is we're now no longer "homeless"! Gerald found a nice two bedroom trailer for rent and we'll be moving there this week. The rent is $315 a month, but we also will be paying lights and heat, which will be terrible here in the cold weather. I can't wait to see what it's like. It's in a park but for the first time in years we'll have a street address.......no bloody apartment number, no bloody lot number! Cool, eh? Sorry, I just had to borrow part of Scotty's line from his episode in Star Trek; The Next Generation.
And the best thing also is we won't have to rent another U Haul! Our best friend Jesse who we're now staying with, will be helping us move our things in his station wagon a little bit at a time, every day when he takes Gerald to work and goes to Fargo himself. It sure will help!
I can't wait to see what the place is like! We've only visited the city twice together. Gerald's been there most of the day every day since last Wednesday and after work waiting for Jesse to get done his shift elsewhere.
Another bonus!!! Where we live is less than 5 minutes away from where Gerald works!
Well, as they say The Lords Provide! And They're doing it big time now, though as Gerald says, the psychokinetic energy in Fargo is barely minimal. We're hanging in there.
Oh, I needed to get a perscription for allergy medicine since the hay fever here is hitting me worse than it would in Maine because I'm not used to some of the pollens. I was shocked to find one bottle of 30 tablets costs $75.00! I'm glad I won't need them year round!

Sorry about the last entry. I got cut off when Gerald & Jesse came home from work. Well, last Saturday we moved into our new home! I was thrilled when I finally saw it!!!! It's a two bedroom trailer, like I probably mentioned before, with one tiny bedroom for a guest room or whatever. It's a little bit bigger than the trailers we had before..the livingroom is larger. It's got a great bathroom with tub and shower...though it's a bit small for Gerald (he's 6 ft. tall!) the tub is just right for me. There's plenty of mirrors so I can see myself again (not that I'm too thrilled with my reflection right now!) and lights. There's a nice yard.
We left Jesse's house around 9 a.m. and arrived about an hour later, after also stopping at a furniture store about a bed. We couldn't afford any of their stuff. Brand new is out! Horrible prices! Didn't take very long to get unloaded. Then Jesse & Gerald decided to go back to his house for the rest of our stuff instead of leaving it for him to bring alone during the week before work. They were gone two and a half hours! I was putting stuff away like crazy, and getting very hungry. And guess what? They came back with a huge blue mattress & box spring tied on top of the car! They forgot to ask about the frame so Gerald asked Jesse if he'd sell us the one he has that he doesn't need any more. He agreed to that. Fortunately for me he also sold us his second t.v. though the color doesn't work on it, the t.v. stand, and also a VCR tape rewinder, for when we get another VCR, and a lamp. He's also got a bureau we can have.
Actually the three of us were very hungry, so we stopped for lunch at the local Pizza Hut and had the best pizzas we'd ever had there. I had a small salad. Everything even the sodas were delicious! It was our celebration meal for everything working out after all.
I just still can't believe what good fortune we've had finding this place. It's in a wonderful neighborhood, and Gerald's job is less than five minutes away, also everything else we need is handy. However, the nearest laundrymat is 21/2 miles away and we don't have a washer! It's going to make problems in the winter! As you can see from the letter Gerald sent to the local newspaper editor before we completely moved in, everything is far from perfect in this city. Like they say, for everything there is a price. Hope nothing like it happens again! See you next month!
P.S. Our financial situation however, is still extremely difficult. As with any move the little things are nickle and diming us to death. And EVERYTHING in this area requires a security deposit. They don't trust anybody! Probably with reason. So things are still pretty tight. If you could afford a couple of dollars to help us out, they would greatfully be appreciated, and I'm sure blessed. You can send them to Gerald A. Polley, 24 East Lynmar, Fargo, ND 58102.

Greetings!

My wife and I have recently moved to North Dakota. We originally arrived in Valley City, and intended to reside there. But though I applied for several good jobs in the area, I did not even receive any interviews. So desperation drove us to seek work in Fargo. Here, too, I applied for several positions that I was more than qualified for. One, in particular was the perfect hours I was looking for. I was the first to arrive, but the manager of that institution told me he wanted to take more applications and hired someone else. Finally I found work with some very nice people who recognize my talents.
I then began to seek housing. I found the perfect apartment, ideally located, and, for the first time in my life something happened to me that I could not believe. The man renting the apartment refused to give it to me. "You're not going to stay!" he complained. "You'll work a little while, then leave. I don't want to get stuck in that situation again!"
I finally found other housing, not quite as good, but useable. But the real insult, the real expression of Fargo's inhospitability came Monday, August 16th. I was walking between Broadway Car Wash and Hornbacher's on Broadway when four young men in a white mini van with a brown stripe around it drove down the street openly smoking marijuana, screaming obscenities and threats at the pedestrians along the street. When they got to me I told them what they could do, and they proceeded to drive around and around the block continually screaming insults and threats. Fortunately, all the young men were cowards and did not attempt to leave their vehicle, and carry out any of their threats, and did not find themselves requiring hospitalization because I am not a man who would excuse such ignorance because of their youth.
I made my way to the grocery store and then called the police, informing them that these young men were prowling the neighborhood terrorizing people. A little while later I saw police cars searching the area. I do not know if these young men were apprehended or not, but I hope so.
I am sincerely saddened that Fargo is such an unwelcoming community, that such things as I have encountered happen here. I sincerely hope they are rarities as I intend to live in this community for a considerable amount of time, and I would not want to live in a community where these things are commonplace.