Bat revisited!

15.12.12

Well we thought the bat must have left the house as we couldn’t find it last night but when we came in yesterday afternoon we saw bat droppings at the bottom of the stairs so guessed it must be hiding somewhere!  Then while I was cooking tea it appeared which freaked me out and I hid while Mark tried to get it out.  It was a comical sight as Mark tried to ‘encourage’ it out of the door using the lid of a bin.  He said it was like a weird game of badminton which we have now of course renamed ‘batminton’!!  Finally we turned off the lights and opened the door and it flew out.  I’m sure it was more frightened than we were but nevertheless it was a little disconcerting!!

                    

Post!

 A wonderful thing happened yesterday afternoon as our post girl brought us some post from England.  Usually I get fed up with Christmas cards cluttering up the place but to receive some cards was the most amazing feeling and made me cry as it was at last a contact with home.  One of my friends kindly sent me a little Christmas fairy decoration which is the only decoration we have this year so far so she takes pride of place in our lounge.  I will treasure that fairy always as it was so precious to receive something that linked us with home and to think that someone had been so thoughtful.  The receipt of post has taken on such a huge significance now we are so far away so please do write to us if you possibly can.  The cards only seemed to have been posted about 7 – 10 days previously so it hasn’t taken too long. 

 School

I paid a visit to our local Primary school which is about 100 yards away up the road and although term had ended managed to meet some of the teachers and ask some questions about school life here.  It is very different to England and I will tell more about it another time.  The kids have broken up now until 7^th January so I won’t be able to get into schools until then which gives me chance to get settled in a bit and if our freight arrives to unpack properly! 

                 

Our manse

I thought you may just like to see a few pictures taken around our manse to give you an idea of where we are living.  Our home is lovely and very luxurious compared to a lot of houses here so we are very grateful to the local church for getting this all ready for us.

Our living area

Our bed...the mozzie net makes it look like a four poster! 

Mark in his study

Our kitchen

Our washing machine!

Outside our back door.  You can see the suspended washing line behind me.

Taken looking up out of our bedroom window

And looking down...once the rainy season gets underway this will just be water logged.

Taken at about 5.30 one morning...we have to get up very early now! 

Things we are thankful for:

• We have been given our TIN numbers which we need for our long stay permits.
• That we received some post from England.

Prayer points for today:

• To get phone and internet sorted.
• To get our freight safely.
• To get a car sorted.
• For our visas and work permits to be sorted quickly.

• Plus I have been bitten several times on my feet and one of the bites has caused the top of my right foot to swell and be quite painful so please pray that it subsides – plus any medical advice from my doctor and nurse friends would be gratefully received!