Feeling at Home

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I left Midland on Thursday,January 31 at 9am headed for Parot Village in South Sudan. I arrived here on Monday, February 4 at 5pm. A long journey but thankfully we all arrived safely with only one missing bag. (More about that later)

I have been asked if it is what I expected and if anything surprised me. Yes, it is about what I expected and all the surprises have been good ones.

School starts Monday so I have had a few days to make my new home comfortable,  try to get some rest, visit the market for supplies, do some work at the school, attend a teacher meeting and meet some of the students and people in the community.

I have attached some pictures of my home away from home.
The first one is a view taken looking out  my front door. You can see the sunsetting in the distance.


This desk is at the foot of the bed. I am sitting here right now composing this blog.

 The home is equipped  with lighting and electricity that are solar powered.

These plastic chairs are very popular here. If anyone has a chair this is what they have.

Below is my dish washing set up.

Wash, rinse in bleach water, dry  and put away before the dust lands on the clean dishes.

This is a propane 3 burner stove for cooking.

Propane is not always available so I am told to use it sparingly.

I actually have not cooked anything yet. But there will be time for that.

To the right is the water set up.
The large black barrel on the floor is where the water collected from the well is stored.
The smaller black barrel is also full of water and used for hand washing. Hand washing is very important here but often neglected by the locals. If you look below the sink you can see a blue bucket, no plumbing the water goes right through the sink into the bucket and you dump it outside before it gets too heavy.
The tall white plastic containers are the water filtering system. You pour the water in the top. After the water is filtered you can use it for drinking and cooking.
The blue jug on the counter is filled with filtered water and wrapped with a wet cloth to attempt to keep the water little cool.

This is a large home  by African standards built by the first family to come here and start training pastors. It is often used by visitors. I do feel blessed to have a safe, comfortable, fairly clean place to spend my time here.

Thank you  for all your prayers on Tuesday.
They have been felt.

Blessings,
Tami