Moving

Today is the First Day of Spring in South Africa!! And the temperatures are in the low 80s. Im liking this weather!

On Thursday and Friday we moved into our new apartment! The apartment has 3 bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, and 2 bathrooms. It has a large balcony and nice big windows. We are situated about 25 minutes from Troyeville Baptist Church. Although we will have more of a commute, we are in a quieter neighborhood. Our apartment building is in a gated complex. There is a security guard at the gate and electric wires along the top of all the fences. Our building is at the back of the complex. We are the highest building on this large hill, so we have a nice view. Directly behind our apartment building is a nature reserve. There was an article in the paper that said there are more than 50 animals living in this reserve. So outside of my back windows I might get to see mongoose, meer cats or zebra.

Carol and I are still settling in and unpacking boxes. I should be washing all of the kitchen dishes right now! There are still several things we need to purchase, but we are trying to work on it a little at a time. After 3 days of packing and moving and unpacking, carting furniture up a flight of stairs and cleaning the apartment we are very tired. We were very blessed to have Pastor Cheryl, her husband Don and a friend Regina help us with the move. We also had 2 men that were hired to help with the heaviest things (refrigerator and large furniture)...Praise God for that!

I think Carol and I are both a little weary of making decisions. Where to put furniture, who gets which set of sheets, what kind of cleaner do you buy here, which dishes do we really need to keep, etc, etc, etc. But we are glad to be moved in and we are settling in fairly quickly. Its nice to have a large place to share.

Pretty soon we will be joined by Sara (who will be volunteering at the Door of Hope). Pray for her as she prepares to join us here. She is coming through the Venturer program and staying for 2 years. Pray for safe travel. Pray that she adjusts well to life in South Africa. And pray that we can welcome her and help her through the process to make the transition a little smoother.

I'll post pictures of the new apartment when we are a little more settled. Right now, all you would see are boxes! :-)