The New Year has started out pretty well. We started it at an inn about 45 minutes drive from us - we were up there for our anniversary! 2 whole years already.
We have been spending more time at Golden Harvest and it is becoming more like home now. It is amazing what having a fridge can do ;-) the simple things of life. And we laugh as we drive down the road and what we call a traffic jam is a herd of cows standing smack in the middle of the road! Although there is still no running water, it seems to be closer to there being some - now more than before! I sigh with a sigh of relief and Matt carries on enjoying the "ruggedness" of it all. Our little grass shower that is set up in the garden has been put to some use the last few days. My mom and dad were with us for Christmas and they thoroughly enjoyed it. I guess it is the things that seem old to us, that become alive again when others who have not had the chance to experience it find it exhilarating. I have to admit I was craving a shower - a proper running one by the end of last week - 10 days of bucket "baths" seems to make a woman more tense than it does a guy. When we had arrived at the Inn we went straight to our room and ran a deep bath and relaxed in it for quite a long time! But we have started the process of bringing tanks here for water storage and bought a few pipes and things needed to bring the water to the house - so one step closer, a step at a time. It sure does make us appreciate the things in life we took for granted growing-up. The rain comes so often though, and is like manna to us. Our drums go empty and they are filled again pretty soon after! I often feel like we are pioneers all over again. But as I sit here and look around our little home - I am amazed at how far we have come since we first moved here. There are chairs now, beds and pictures, and Matt has been busy putting his carpentry skills to use making a book shelf, while I have been putting my Texas-learned tiling skills to use in the bathroom. It is home! My nest is becoming a nest.
As I sit here, there is a storm brewing across the valley and the thunder rumbles, echoing in the hill tops. Matt is outside with 2 guys building a stone wall. The rocks have been piling up for months and
We have many ideas for this year - and give them all that the Lord that they will become his ideas not ours. I am hoping to get more involved with the orphanage down the road at Bonda, and am excited to be involved with children again - my heart for them has been missing them for too long now! Our nation cries out for a helping hand and we feel so blessed to be here to be able to do what we can where we are. May the Lord receive all the glory for the coming year and what it holds for us all.
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