Friday, September 15, 2006
Update
We are still house hunting and not sure what to do. We have seen houses that would work, but they are not really what we are looking for. I don’t believe that we are being too picky. We have seen houses with very nice compounds/yards, but older and not in good condition on the inside. We have seen houses that are in excellent condition, but with no yard. We have seen houses that are everything that we are looking for, but too far away. We did see a house yesterday that might work. It was new, but not quite finished. It appears that the owner ran out of money in the end and needs a renter to pay some upfront funds in order to complete it. About the only thing left to do was some painting, tile on the porch, and pavers on the driveway and patio. The kitchen cabinets still need to be installed. It had a decent sized yard, but a very small parking area for cars. It felt rather squished. The owner has said that if we would pay a year’s rent upfront that we could get the house for $1000/month, which is the least expensive house that we have seen. The bedrooms are small, but the living area is adequate. We are not sure what to do.
Pamela’s luggage still has not arrived and we don’t seem to be making any progress. She has only one pair of sandals, no cosmetics, and limited clothing. We really need her bag to get here. Please pray. The local British Airways reps are no help.
I think that we have found a good source of vehicles but have not made a final decision. We expect to buy two vehicles early next week, and we would appreciate prayer for wisdom.
The boys all start school on Monday. Please pray for them as they make this major adjustment. However, I expect that new friends and structure will be great for them, even though school will be difficult since they have been out of school since late April.
Internet access is not very reliable and trying to stay in contact is going to be a challenge. We are not able to send emails to multiple addresses, though I am not sure why. There appears to be a limit on the maximum number of addresses that can be emailed at one time, but I have no idea what that number is. I have set up a blog site @ http://ironsidetribe.blogspot.com/. They have been rejecting my entries, but I think that I will have that resolved soon. Please check it if you can and that should have the most current information since it is the easiest way for me to quickly post updates.
Some American missionaries had us to their home for dinner last night and it was quite a blessing. They have been here 5.5 years and are a great source of information. The man, Frank Arthur, is in charge of the Baptist Mission Union here and oversees all of the IMB missionaries in Uganda. We had a wonderful meal of spaghetti and meatballs, cold iced tea, and even chocolate pudding for desert. It was very refreshing and encouraging and we had a great time. Frank is a very good magician and the boys were quite entertained by his many tricks/illusions. Interestingly, he said that he has to be careful performing his slight of hand tricks since the Ugandans think that he is a witchdoctor.
Our container was supposed to be here on September 12th, but that did not occur. Our last update was last week and at that time it had not arrived to port yet in Mombasa, Kenya. We are told that it takes 2 weeks to get from port to Kampala if a truck is available. Actually, at this point it is better that our container is not here. However, we will need it before we can move into a house since all of our mattresses are on the container.
Our health is good at this point. We are sleeping pretty well and seem to be totally past the jetlag phase. We have already acclimated to sleeping in the heat, which is usually about 80 degrees at bedtime, though it drops to 75 around midnight and stays there until morning.
Pamela and I will be speaking on Sunday morning at church. We shared for about 5-10 minutes last week, but will have an entire hour this week. They have asked us to share our testimony of how God called us to Uganda.
We just ordered a pizza from Dominos. They are supposed to deliver in 30 minutes, but I doubt that will happen. It will be interesting to see what this will be like. I don’t think that it is the same Dominos as in the US and I have not seen any American restaurants here, though there are several American food products such as cereal, ketchup, and of course, Coca Cola.
Update
We are still house hunting and not sure what to do. We have seen houses that would work, but they are not really what we are looking for. I don’t believe that we are being too picky. We have seen houses with very nice compounds/yards, but older and not in good condition on the inside. We have seen houses that are in excellent condition, but with no yard. We have seen houses that are everything that we are looking for, but too far away. We did see a house yesterday that might work. It was new, but not quite finished. It appears that the owner ran out of money in the end and needs a renter to pay some upfront funds in order to complete it. About the only thing left to do was some painting, tile on the porch, and pavers on the driveway and patio. The kitchen cabinets still need to be installed. It had a decent sized yard, but a very small parking area for cars. It felt rather squished. The owner has said that if we would pay a year’s rent upfront that we could get the house for $1000/month, which is the least expensive house that we have seen. The bedrooms are small, but the living area is adequate. We are not sure what to do.
Pamela’s luggage still has not arrived and we don’t seem to be making any progress. She has only one pair of sandals, no cosmetics, and limited clothing. We really need her bag to get here. Please pray. The local British Airways reps are no help.
I think that we have found a good source of vehicles but have not made a final decision. We expect to buy two vehicles early next week, and we would appreciate prayer for wisdom.
The boys all start school on Monday. Please pray for them as they make this major adjustment. However, I expect that new friends and structure will be great for them, even though school will be difficult since they have been out of school since late April.
Internet access is not very reliable and trying to stay in contact is going to be a challenge. We are not able to send emails to multiple addresses, though I am not sure why. There appears to be a limit on the maximum number of addresses that can be emailed at one time, but I have no idea what that number is. I have set up a blog site @ http://ironsidetribe.blogspot.com/. They have been rejecting my entries, but I think that I will have that resolved soon. Please check it if you can and that should have the most current information since it is the easiest way for me to quickly post updates.
Some American missionaries had us to their home for dinner last night and it was quite a blessing. They have been here 5.5 years and are a great source of information. The man, Frank Arthur, is in charge of the Baptist Mission Union here and oversees all of the IMB missionaries in Uganda. We had a wonderful meal of spaghetti and meatballs, cold iced tea, and even chocolate pudding for desert. It was very refreshing and encouraging and we had a great time. Frank is a very good magician and the boys were quite entertained by his many tricks/illusions. Interestingly, he said that he has to be careful performing his slight of hand tricks since the Ugandans think that he is a witchdoctor.
Our container was supposed to be here on September 12th, but that did not occur. Our last update was last week and at that time it had not arrived to port yet in Mombasa, Kenya. We are told that it takes 2 weeks to get from port to Kampala if a truck is available. Actually, at this point it is better that our container is not here. However, we will need it before we can move into a house since all of our mattresses are on the container.
Our health is good at this point. We are sleeping pretty well and seem to be totally past the jetlag phase. We have already acclimated to sleeping in the heat, which is usually about 80 degrees at bedtime, though it drops to 75 around midnight and stays there until morning.
Pamela and I will be speaking on Sunday morning at church. We shared for about 5-10 minutes last week, but will have an entire hour this week. They have asked us to share our testimony of how God called us to Uganda.
We just ordered a pizza from Dominos. They are supposed to deliver in 30 minutes, but I doubt that will happen. It will be interesting to see what this will be like. I don’t think that it is the same Dominos as in the US and I have not seen any American restaurants here, though there are several American food products such as cereal, ketchup, and of course, Coca Cola.
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