the new girls

Hi Everyone!
I can't believe that I forgot to tell you that we're getting two new
people to serve here in Rundu! Ok, so I can believe it... and I know
you can too... it's just the way I am. Glad you all love me anyways!
So, Tricia and Nicole are both from Kentucky and will be joining us
here in Rundu for 3 months. They arrived in Windhoek over the weekend
and will be having orientation this week. They will arrive here in
Rundu on Monday the 16th. I have decided that it would be nice for
them to be able to settle into the house without me and my junk in the
way. What does that mean? It means that I am going to try to
completely pack the house before the end of the weekend so that they
can make this their home when they arrive. :-) I am going to move
out of the master bedroom into the small room so that they can move
into where they are going to be for their time here. That means that
I have a lot of work to do this week! I have already gone through my
room and bathroom and sorted everything, so the biggest job is done.
Now I just have to go through the rest of the house. Thankfully I
have already started pulling things off the walls, taking small
nicknacks and putting them aside so that a lot is already done. :-)
It will still be hectic though! Minnie and Sabrina have agreed to
help me actually pack my suitcases, which will be a huge help! I just
have to gather everything together!

Speaking of suitcases, I have some unusual ones. My pastor is also a
carpenter and I had him make me a beautiful wooden box. It has
carvings of elephants on it and it is gorgeous! I just brought it
home today so I will take pictures and get them on facebook tomorrow.
On Saturday he called me and said there was a problem with it. Since
there have been problems with it along the way I rushed right over.
Turns out the stinker was playing a joke on me. When I arrived it was
sitting there beautiful and completely finished! My second piece is a
basket that I had Sabrina buy for me in Katima, a town near the
Zambian border that is known for their baskets. Other than that I
just have a boring suitcase. Three years.... three pieces.... I think
it's fair don't you?

My first day of not waking up to an alarm clock...oops.. I mean, my
first day not at work was really nice. I loved waking up slowly and
then taking my time getting things done. The rains even held today so
I was able to do some laundry! YAY! That really helps with the
packing process. :-)

lots of love,
k

praise:
- no alarm clocks for 3 whole weeks! YAY!
- my box is beautiful!

Prayer:
- the box might be too big to be a checked piece, I will be calling BA
this week to see what can be done
- for the new girls as they go through orientation in Windhoek with
Suzanne (who's flying solo with 5 kids since Mick is in Florida
getting Stephen settled in preparation for college)
- that I will stay on task this week and get everything done that
needs to be accomplished. I really, really don't want to pull my
usual stunt which is waiting until the very last minute to do things.
If I am diligent this week then I can spend my last weeks here just
spending time with people.