Wow...lots to do, lots of stress. We are so excited that we will be leaving for the US in just 8 days. Nathan's been spending all his time on completing the addition (except when I need him to carry stuff to the container for me), and I've been packing the house. All I've got left is the last stuff, the hardest part, where you just can't put "like" things together anymore and it's all odds and ends that end up just being thrown in a box or thrown in the trash pit. My "odd parts" bag is getting bigger as I find things that go with stuff I've already packed days to weeks ago.
We will be in the bush until Tuesday, so that only gives Nathan 3 more days to get a roof on the addition. The walls are 95% completed, and tomorrow Nathan expects to have the frame and tress up so that he can nail on the corrugated metal roofing on Saturday. All this, and he's had a horrible tooth ache since last week and needs to see a dentist. He started on antibiotics and that's helped some, it seems, but he's still popping the ibuprofen every 8 hours. Things have been going very well during the past week on the addition because of one of our Bantu neighbors, Komba (who's wife just had a baby and the baby is now the second baby named after me), who has acted as the "chef chantier" or foreman, and getting all the other guys to work more efficiently. We are praising God for this blessing! It's usually like pulling teeth to get the guys around here to work hard, but Komba is very kind, but firm, with the guys and they respect him.
The Abbotts left today with Darla the chimp and are going to drop the latter off at a zoo. They have a really nice facility and are able to take care of abandoned baby animals like "Baby Boo", the name that Desma affectionately gave the chimp. Check out their blog Jungle Abbotts, they will be posting some pictures in the next couple of days. Darla is super anxious to get home and will fly out from Yaounde on Sunday. We are so glad that she could be here these past 6 months!
I tried to post some pictures in this post, but our internet connection has recently gotten alot worse, so the pics will have to wait a few days.
Lord give us strength to make it one more week!!
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I am praying for you guys in this home stretch! I hope that everything gets done and that you feel like you have everything taken care of prior to your departure and can leave feeling good about the state of your affairs.
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