OH dear, I need to stop missing out on blogging…catching up is just way to overwhelming, and I honestly have a hard time even remembering what I’ve done.
I guess I’ll see if I can remember some of the highlights of this week.
1) We got to start working at the house! Woohoo. My favourite site was walking in to the backyard and finding the boys working away, shovelling pile after pile of dirt into a wheel barrow and pushing it to the front yard (where we are going to use the extra soil to level it out). I’m not gonna say that there isn’t any arguing or complaining, but all in all the boys have been fantastic at helping out at their new house! I am so proud of all the work that they have been doing. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but with everyone working together, I think that it will be the best house ever! I know it sounds odd, but I am glad that we bought a house that needed work to be done on it. It gives the boys ownership of the place. This is their house, and it is their sweat..and yes some blood that is going into it. Love it!
2) The rest of the boys finished school this week, so we had a big year end party for them!! Mostly it was Glen’s night..he spent a day looking for all of the things that we would need to have the best burgers in Jinja (including Heinz ketchup, mustard, cheese (which is really just the nastiest thing you’ve ever tasted..lol), lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, and yes…DILL PICKLES!!!) The we had to special order hamburger buns and fries and of course…soda! The best part of the night was watching the boys figure out how to eat a burger…we tried to show them how to properly assemble a burger, but many of them ended up eating the bun separate from the burger..lol. None the less they loved it and were happy. We watched a movie as well, and ended the night with Banana Splits! These are the kind of nights I like because it gives me a chance to just hang out with the boys…having fun..no homework, no chores to be done..just fun :) And that it was!
3) We painted our first room! I was hoping to do a trial run on the painting before Glen left (he was our ‘paint expert’ and he was leaving on Sunday). SO, on Saturday morning we headed to the paint store, bought what we thought that we would need and headed to Bukaya. Now, the day before we had prepped the room, cleaning, scrubbing, sanding, etc…the problem was that the wall had whitewash on it..when we applied the first coat of paint with a roller, it all came peeling back. So it was on to plan b. Glen went back to town to get some undercoat, but while he was gone we realized that the other rooms didn’t have any whitewash, so we got the next room ready, and soon began to paint. The colour?? A beautiful shade of blue! I actually love it! I wasn’t sure at first, but now it looks great! Now that we’ve seen how it applies though, we are going to wait until the ceiling is plastered before we complete the paint job, BUT it was fun to see us moving forward!
4) Betty has moved out of the house, and we officially have the keys! This means that we can begin ALL of the construction inside (ceilings, floors, plumbing, etc!) Oh, and we also had the last meeting with the lawyer which means everything is finalized!
5) On a not Sanctuary related note, it was Siouxanne’s birthday today, so we had a ‘hobo’ themed birthday party for her! It was quite fun, and again a good chance to have some ‘girl’ time!
6) I celebrated my first American Thanksgiving! Complete with a breakfast of Pumpkin Pancakes…(yes, Michelle, I have the recipe, and YES we are going to make these when I get back!) then a dinner of turkey (flown in recently by a missionary, and it do believe it was butterball..and I’m being serious), stuffing, scalloped potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, squash (with marshmallow fluff in it! Yum:)) potatoes and more! Oh, for dessert we had pumpkin pie (compliments of Siouxanne and I), apple crisp and pecan pie…seriously, we were spoiled!! It was fun to get together with other Muzungus (American AND about 7 Canadians! Woot!).
7) Oh…we also finished our logo this week! Henry and I have been working on finalizing it for quite a while now, and we are SOOO happy that it is finished AND we are quite proud of it!
8) On a not so good note, this week Henry’s iphone, my camera and his wallet were stolen from Henry’s house. The power has been off and on at my house all week, so I had given Henry my camera to charge the battery. Too bad for the robber he got my camera, but with no battery, and no charger. Henry reported everything to the police, but unfortunately the chances that he ever gets his phone back are very slim. As for his wallet, they took the wallet itself, but left all of his identity cards outside the window…which is atleast one positive in this situation.
Hmm…well, for now, I think that about sums it up! It was a busy week for sure, but also a lot of fun. I think my first couple of weeks were full of just being excited to be back in Jinja, and happy to see the boys again. The next couple of weeks were reality hitting me….the understanding that it isn’t all just fun and games..and now, its just life…and I LOVE IT! I am still learning my role, and frustrated with the language barrier…but it is good. I feel comfortable with the boys, I know what I am doing with my days, and things that I want to accomplish, and I have a solid peace from God that this is where I am supposed to be…good or bad, this is where I belong…atleast for now, who knows what the future will hold!
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