Hello friends!
I know that it has been a little while since our last post. The only real days that I have to post anything seems to be either on Tuesday or Wednesday morning. I am fortunate to have both of those days off, with the rest of my week days busy teaching and doing other things.
Monday is a really enjoyable day for me. I have one class at 10-12, and then have lunch with Lisa. Then I have one of my best classes at 2 until 3:45. Following that, I have been playing basketball with some of the freshman students. Many of them are pretty good. It has been really good for me to hang around with these guys and just have some good ole guy fun. For the first couple of weeks, I was only meeting woman.
1. They are more bold to just come up and talk with you, giggle, and want to meet me.
2. Second, there are more woman at this school in general for some reason.
However, father provides and I am now starting to meet more guys and enjoy their company.
The above picture is a laughable situation that Lisa and I have had this past week. When we talk to prospective students, we almost want to tell them: "Don't expect things to work in your apartment.....ever." Ha-ha. Of course, that isn't true, but being as we are still in the beginning phase here, you definitely have to be flexible and forgiving.
When we returned home from Shanghai and hoping for a nice hot, relaxing shower, we found that there wasn't any hot water. I had also gone running that evening, so I was already sweaty. I (grossly) decided to just try and sleep and see if it would be better in the morning. It of course wasn't and so a nice cold shower awaited me. I am glad for the ice cold 5 minute showers that I had to get at Creation-fest several years back. Compared to those, this wasn't so bad. Those things literally knock the breath out of you when you are first hit by the water.
So, Lisa and I had to wait around for the guys to come and fix it. When they came over, they saw that they needed a new part. (This would now take another day.) So, I neglected to shower that day and just take a cologne bath. Wasn't too nice.
The rust and brownish water on the floor was from them taking out the hot water heater.
The funny thing though, is that whe they took out the hot water heater, they had to move the washing machine. (Mind you, we had been gone in Shanghai and had built up some laundry, even from before we left.)
When I tried to put the washing machine back after we had hot water, one of the pieces had been broken. It was now the weekend with that also, so we had to wait until yesterday to get that fixed.
Ha-ha. In an act of desperation as my underwear supply had all but gone out. (I was on my last pair,) I tried to go to the A-best, which is like a Walmart grocery store. The ones in there kind of scared me, so I braved it and we were glad to see that it was fixed in time. Ha-ha.
It's just funny how when one thing gets fixed, another breaks. However, father has given us a light heart about the various situations.
I was thinking to myself though, that I am getting somewhat tired of always stepping in water. Due to the bathroom normally being somewhat wet from me and Lisa's shower, you just tend to always step in some water as you are passing in and out of that area. But this was also due to the washing machine being fixed and spilling a lot of water.
We are embracing our new home here, quirks and all. The people and friends that we have met are great. I know that we will already miss it greatly when we leave. Also, our sunday friends had a GREAT teaching that really spoke to both of our hearts. (Lisa and I). It was on two men with debts, one being 50 denari, and the other 500. I think Lisa shared this with some. Was really great insight into how our lives should reflect love and gratitude and just the way we now live with a great debt being paid. How fortunate we are friends! We love you all and hope to hear from you! -The Millers
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