After a day like yesterday, my plan was to sleep in a bit, and then head over to the boys for a bit before meeting the lawyer at 10am. Instead, I got a phone call at about 730 from the boys (Jacob and Steven who are now done their exams) wondering where I was. Lol. I told them that I would be there in an hour…which for them was not soon enough! You would think that after months of getting up at 6 you would take the opportunity to sleep in, but not these boys!
I arrived around 8:30, and we spent the morning learning/playing rugby, looking at pictures, and hanging out and chatting. I had to leave around 9:45 to go meet Henry and Shadrach at the back where we were suppose to meet the lawyer and the current land owner. We tried calling the lawyer, but with no success. Finally around 10:40 we got ahold of him, and he told us that we needed to go to the office first (keeping in mind HE told US that we would meet at the bank). Anyways, we headed off to his office where we proceeded to sit for about an hour and a half. Now, I try not to get too angry often, but by 11:45 I was angry. And I wasn’t afraid to show it. I know that it’s a culture thing, and that he wasn’t actually being inconsiderate and wasting so much of our time, but seriously! Don’t tell us to come down to the office when we’re going to have to wait 1 and ½ hours! We have things to do too! Lol..ok..enough venting…around noon we headed out and got about ¾ of the job done. Now we just have to wait until tomorrow to get the Title Deed and then we’ll pay the rest of the money and officially have a house! Woot! :)
By the time we got back to the boys house it was about 2 pm. I spend the rest of the afternoon there with the boys. Michael had stayed home for the day because he was sick, and Moses came home after lunch not feeling good as well. Patrick and Mike come home around 3pm because there was some prep for something happening tomorrow and classes were cancelled. So most of the boys were home for the afternoon. We played some football, at some lunch again hung out. I suppose I’m going to have to find some sort of schedule for David and Robert, so that we can actually consistently work on their English. Hopefully once things calm down with the house we will have more time.
Henry and I had to go back to the bank later that afternoon to get some more things sorted out…and at this point of time I had the most mass headache…I figured that it was because of the stress of the day, until I realized that I had not had any coffee yet that day…oh dear. I am sad to admit how happy getting a coffee that was actually in a take away cup made me.
Starting yesterday, and going on until Sunday there is a HUGE Crusade going on in the rugby field close to where the boys live, so we decided to head down there to check it out. I have to say, I don’t know what I think about them. I know that God does miracles, and I do believe that they can still happen today, but at these types of events I am always sceptical. We went for about 2 hours, and lets just leave it at –it was an interesting experience. We met Robert and Ambrose there, so it was neat to be with them throughout it. They seemed to think it was great and got really into the singing and clapping and cheering. I think that we’re going to go again another night, so maybe I’ll decide what I think then. I should mention that a old lady with crutches about 10 feet away from where we were standing ‘suddenly’ was able to walk..and she hobbled her way to the stage…hmmm….
I think that I am going to have to pray about this one. What is the balance between questioning things that happen and making sure they are of God, and then being too sceptical? Either way I am hoping that I can talk to the boys more about this at some point to hear what they have to say…on one hand I am glad that they would be interested in coming out to a crusade, and worshipping and listening to a speaker, but on the other hand I don’t want it to be that they are just caught up in the hype of it all...
Like I said, I’m going to pray.
One more thing I want to comment on. At the start of the day, with all of the frustrations of getting the house, and trying to figure out all of the details, I was ready to go home and be done with the day. BUT, give me an evening with the boys, even if it was just standing with them at the crusade, and being able to put my arms around them and pray with them…I came home not frustrated at all (except for when I talk about the waiting..lol). But it puts it all into perspective …its not about me, or my agenda…its about God’s and what he wants to do through me for these boys. I pray that I can remain open to Him. And I am so thankful that I get to be a part of these boys lives, and to invest into them as much as possible while I am here.
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