some pictures of the week:
Took a picture of our teammate Eric teaching a leadership seminar over the Old Testament. The batteries in the camera went dead, so I bought another pair at a nearby shop. The local batteries lasted for one picture. Here it is:
Here is a no parking sign I found in town the other day. While it looks like an advertisement for chai, if you read carefully, you find hidden between the phrase "the chai that is loved for many years" and the company logo is a notice stating the busses stop here.
If you are a careless missionary, going to the twentieth store to buy the last of the 10 construction items needed for the day, you return and find your tire surrounded by a steel contraption with barbs to destroy your tire if you move it. (low quality camera phone images taken while making a big scene about the deceptiveness of the sign, to everyone's delight!)
Thankfully, everything is negotiable here, so I talked the fine down to half price (from $40 to $20). I have had more traffic violations here already than in my entire life in America. Josiah doesn't let me forget the infractions, either.
Other news: We bought a washing machine to replace our broken, unrepairable washer, which has been out of service since Christmas. The new one had to come from the port city, Dar Es Salaam. But the delivery truck got stolen.... So we wait a little longer.
The puppy has a name: Cade. Thanks for the many good suggestions, but we decided to go with a name linked to a favorite location of ours.
We have mostly finished putting in the electrical wiring in the house. And I am on my way to town to continue buying needed plumbing materials. Maybe we should have done the plumbing earlier... we have had water at this house for months, but the electric company seems to be lacking certain items like power meters and wires. They say they are out for a couple months. But what we have learned (and why we have installed an inground water storage tank) is that electricity is a luxury, while water is a necessity.
More later....
Took a picture of our teammate Eric teaching a leadership seminar over the Old Testament. The batteries in the camera went dead, so I bought another pair at a nearby shop. The local batteries lasted for one picture. Here it is:
Here is a no parking sign I found in town the other day. While it looks like an advertisement for chai, if you read carefully, you find hidden between the phrase "the chai that is loved for many years" and the company logo is a notice stating the busses stop here.
If you are a careless missionary, going to the twentieth store to buy the last of the 10 construction items needed for the day, you return and find your tire surrounded by a steel contraption with barbs to destroy your tire if you move it. (low quality camera phone images taken while making a big scene about the deceptiveness of the sign, to everyone's delight!)
Thankfully, everything is negotiable here, so I talked the fine down to half price (from $40 to $20). I have had more traffic violations here already than in my entire life in America. Josiah doesn't let me forget the infractions, either.
Other news: We bought a washing machine to replace our broken, unrepairable washer, which has been out of service since Christmas. The new one had to come from the port city, Dar Es Salaam. But the delivery truck got stolen.... So we wait a little longer.
The puppy has a name: Cade. Thanks for the many good suggestions, but we decided to go with a name linked to a favorite location of ours.
We have mostly finished putting in the electrical wiring in the house. And I am on my way to town to continue buying needed plumbing materials. Maybe we should have done the plumbing earlier... we have had water at this house for months, but the electric company seems to be lacking certain items like power meters and wires. They say they are out for a couple months. But what we have learned (and why we have installed an inground water storage tank) is that electricity is a luxury, while water is a necessity.
More later....
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