Yesterday was move in day. Now it is time to move in to the camp area house. Two flat bed loads up the mountain with our suitcases and beds and 4 pieces of living room furniture, and at least 100 plastic bags with the bed covers, cereal, and the pots and pans, and the toaster, and the plastic plates that we brought with us from the states, and the towels. Oh yeah, and the borrowed whiteboard goes also. The 8 plastic chairs and the painted white wooden table we use to dine on stacks easily.
Then it is unpacking time. Now it is time to empty and store your suitcases in the washroom out back. (Need a padlock) Then it is time to hold a handmade ladder still in the back of the flatbed while a nimble boy from the orphanage climbs and replaces a small bulb in a security light outside our house. Now it is time to replace gas regulators that go on top of the blue propane tanks that hopefully will heat some water for us and cook our food. And then it is time to work on the leaking sink, again (success!). And now it is time to work on the water heater with my friends Ephraim and Marco. (No success-maybe tomorrow?) And then it is fix the drawers in the cabinets time, and then it time to do the "walk" to the bus stop. Time to go get some food because the small stove didn't make it up the hill yet (long story) and get some screws and a couple of light bulbs. Then it is time to ride home and do the "walk" in reverse from the bus stop. Now it is time to manually start the water heater three times while some kids get showers. Then it is time to fix the drawers (again) since you didn't have the fasteners to do it earlier. Then it is time to clear off your bed, then pray, then collapse.
1 Timothy 6:7-9
"...for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. "
Precious friends!
ReplyDeleteWe just wanted to send you a note of encouragement, that those of us left back here in B'ham are praying for you. We remember you often, think of you fondly, miss your presence here sorely. Praying that the God of all Nations equips you, strengthens you, grants you (flat-bed truckloads of) grace, and showers you with love and some clear victories. How we wish we could help you in the daily grind of life.
With love and constant prayers- Cindi and Gene