Home, for now

Our arrival to Kalene also means new living arrangements for the next 3 months. We live on the compound here at Mission Flight Services. Our front stone path deposits us directly on the taxi way that leads to the runway. Our new home is comfortable, clean and safe. We share it with the local geckos and the ever present colony of ants. We can live with that.

Our living room is stocked with lots of missionary biography’s and good reads. I’m thankful that it also contains a rocking chair. Our house has concrete floors, which is very practical from the aspect of cleaning the daily dust and grime.

Dinning room, the place where all crumbs are dropped. Every meal requires a through cleaning of the table and chairs. The floor must be swept clean and then mopped, and still the ants will find crumbs. They are harmless enough.

The kitchen, have I mentioned before that I love big windows and lots of light? Our house has louver windows, which, you guessed it, I open wide every day. I love the abundant light and warm breeze flowing through the house. The kitchen also houses the washing machine. I’m so thankful to have one to use, it seems like we always have dirty clothes.

The baby’s room is the home base of the geckos. A crib was located and assembled in anticipation of our arrival.

Big sister’s room, she brought her blanket, lamb and bear all the way across the ocean to give her room familiarity.

Our bedroom, a little sanctuary for us.

I’m thankful to have indoor plumbing and a bathtub for the kids.

Now you’ve taken the tour and can picture how we live. Simple, yet extravagant compared to the little huts that I’ve seen around here. We have a lot to be thankful for.