December 14, 2019. Eureka Springs, AR. Change of Residency

As we approach Christmas, we read the account in Luke's Gospel about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, but because of the scheduled Roman census and David being of the line of David they had to travel to Bethlehem to pay their taxes and be properly counted as members of David's lineage. It seems like a confusing situation, but no more complicated than what Karen and I are going thru after the sale of our Colorado house and the upcoming expiration of the Colorado plates on our motor home. We need to stop being Coloradoans and become Arkansans.
With so many issues involved: driver's licenses, vehicle(s) registration, voting residency, vehicle insurance, health insurance, bank accounts, veteran disability status, personal property taxes and actual residence address as opposed to mailing address, we are having to talk with multiple people in multiple locations in order to get "right" with the federal regulations and two sets of state regulations. I think we had to do something similar when we moved from Colorado to Oklahoma in 1974 and again when we moved from Oklahoma back to Colorado in 1977. But, it seems to have gotten more complicated this time. Maybe it's just the fact that we are older now and most everything just get tougher as we get older. It is easier to accomplish things with the internet and cell phones these days when they work properly and we can understand what we have to do and then figure out how to do it.
We are not yet completed with all that needs to be done, so we are either ColoArkies or ArkanRadoans. As far as we can tell we are still American citizens, Christians, and volunteers at The Great Passion Play. Even though we receive calls and notifications from the "IRS", the "Social Service Administration" and various "vehicle warranty" groups and "credit card" servicing organizations telling us we have been compromised, had liens placed on our property, are under investigation or are being sued for one reason or another, I think we are holding up pretty well and hopeful that the best is truly yet to come. In all things........Thank You, Lord.

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