Caleb had his first full day of school on Thursday, and it went well. They had an assembly/chapel that day, and then on Friday he had his first PE. It was based on the Olympics, and he won 2 gold! I had a really good day of school on Friday...it was long, but a lot got done!
On Friday afternoon, we went to see Potential House #1 with electricity on, and meet the owner. We continue to feel positive about it, however Moses had found a couple more and we thought it'd be good to look at a few more before jumping at the first one. So this afternoon we went for a few hours and looked at 5 other house...and we are very thankful he found the first one! A couple of the houses were like ones that I had tried to lower my expectations to at the beginning, but now that we have the first one, we want it. Mom did like the lay-out of one of them, but the location isn't as good. And 2 were too far away from either area we wanted to be near (the AEBR/CBM offices or KICS). So we're sending a list of what needs to be done in Potential House #1, and a potential contract to the owner.
This morning we went to the Bagel place again for breakfast...yum!! Last week was crazy busy, and this week it was really calm! We saw the family that we met at church and the pool last week again, and then met a guy from Western Canada affiliated with the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada. Dad had a shirt on that has "Vancouver" across the front, and as we were getting ready to leave we passed by him, and he says "Vancouver...I'm from Victoria." So we said we were from East Canada, and he proceeded to introduce himself, and we chatted for a few minutes. Then, as the conversation was winding down, Mom said that we were the Bustin family, and he pauses and says "Bustins...hmmm." We're, of course, thinking nobody's going to have any connection to us yet! So we tell him we're with CBM, when he says that he's from the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, and that he's prayed for us, etc! So it was quite a funny way of meeting--in Rwanda!
Tomorrow we are planning to go to CCR (international church), as Caleb will know some of the people. Oh, also Mom & Dad are going to attend a LAMP course this week (Wed-Wed afternoons) that is learning how to learn Kinyarwanda. It is a really good opportunity, so they are going for it, even though they weren't originally planning on starting language stuff till September. So, we're going to go with Andre Sibomana to his church next week.
A fun thing that we've started doing has to do with Christmas music. We have a family rule that we only listen to Christmas music at Christmas time (November 1st - mid-January). However, when we are living semi-normal lives, we do a run-through in the summer, when we listen to our family classics, and then maybe each choose a couple that we want to listen to. With the craziness of these past few months, though, we never had time to even consider doing that! Every night after supper, we clean up and wash and dry the dishes together as a family to ward off bug attacks, and keep the place clean. So I had the idea that while we wash the dishes we put on our family classics. So for the last couple of nights, it's been really exciting to wash the dishes!!
We're continuing to explore the city, and find out where things are, etc. I think we're all to the point of wanting to get a house and be able to unpack more than 2 suitcases and finally get settled. We continue to really appreciate your prayers for us as we transition, and figure out a new way of life!
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Have a great weekend!!
Hi Bronwyn was beginning to wonder about you. Still praying that you get the right house and get settled. What time do you get up that you see the sunrise?
ReplyDeleteImagine meeting someone from BC in Rawanda that has been praying for you.
It is a small world!!!!