Our new place & update

Well this month has been so much better already than last month - God has been so good to us and we now have a new little place to rent for next few months... or however long we decide. 

We are now living in a place called seeta.... on a good day like before 6 am ( or say the middle of the night when there's zero traffic) its about 20 minutes from Kampala....

On a normal day outside of peak hours its about 50 minutes.... during peak time... its around 1 1/2 - 3 hours in a car/ taxi! 

So its usually an hour most of the time.... we do our best not to travel at peak time. 

We are renting a little two bedroom semi detached unit in a very secure compound at the end of a dirt track. 

We are surrounded by lots of other families in other compounds. 

At the moment we are the only tenants in the compounds as they are brand new but our landlady and her family live on site too. 

And she is an amazing landlady!! 

Making up for the hard experiences we have had the last few months... she's even paying for a night security guard for the compound so that's amazing. 

The other incredible thing about our landlady is she is a policewoman.... and guess what her role is.... she is in charge of child welfare... in particular street children!!! 

She was very excited and keen to help us connect with the right people in relation to working with police to help the children on the street.... this is an answer to prayer!! 

Our place is BY FAR the nicest place we've ever lived in here and has an inside kitchen... and it isn't just a sink... it even has a kitchen bench and wait for it.... KITCHEN CUPBOARDS! 

We also have TWO bathrooms!!! With two flushing toilets..... we went from a squat toilet last month to having two new bathrooms!! 

We have a wonderful shower.... but still no hot water But that's ok.... I'm actually getting use to the cold showers...and enjoying them.. after 3 years living here its about time! 

Once a week or so i boil water to wash my hair... its amazing how good hot water in a jug can feel and how you can pretend its a hot shower :) 

The other amazing thing about our new place is ... it has mirrors in the bathroom and hooks!! 

And we even have a wardrobe here! 

All these little things make for an amazing place. 

We also have a back door with little area ziah can play while i'm in kitchen or he can play in the compound safely and all the workers who are still here working on the landlords house think he is pretty wonderful ... and they have all been so good to us. 

The landlords sister lives with them and she is deaf but her and I are learning how to communicate and the electricians are deaf too... makes me so happy to see people employing them here!! Huge thing! 

This place is certainly healing my hurt from the way we were treated last month and from the money we had stolen.... 

Another amazing thing is that we live in walking distance to the fresh food market and to a grocery store.. that has AMAZING BREAD!!! 

Not cardboard like at all!!! 

This is amazing! 

We are still settling in and making ourselves at home but we feel very blessed to have found this place and it is new, safe and secure and within the price we wanted to pay!! 

Rob is currently working on building some furniture for our place and we will probably buy a lounge and a fridge this time.... 

We have decided even if we are only here a few months we are going to unpack and make it home .... too hard living out of a suitcase with a baby in the mix :) 

Rob is still waiting for a job... so please be at prayer about that. 

He has had a lot of interest from private hospitals, but Rob really wants to work in the public sector as this is where the greatest need it.

 So we continue to apply for jobs and pray one opens near to home, in the right area. 

In the meantime we continue to look for land for babies/children's home, educate ourselves on the way government and legalities work here in relation to children,  spend time at the various children's homes and ministries we've been involved in over the years, work on our farming and business adventures ( just beginning in the hopes of helping us to support the ministry) .... and enjoy watching hezekiah get better and grow while we wait for the registration to be approved. 

We have been told its at the final stages.... so that's exciting! 

I've also started writing a book.... we will see... people have been hounding ( and yes its literally been hounding me for the past year or so to write one.... ) so we will see how that goes ! 

I've attached a few photos of our house .... not unpacked or anything like that yet but you'll get the idea... once we make it more of a home we will be sure to upload some photos.... 

And for those wondering.... 

WE have only lost power a few times since being here..... and only for a few hours at a time!! 

So having a fridge should be ok :) .... and our landlady has put in a rainwater tank ( hallelujah) so we should always have water available !! 

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS WE FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE FOUND THIS PLACE AND OUR LANDLORD.... We do not forget for a second why God has us here in Uganda, or how challenging life is for many people here. 

Although there are challenges for us, and money is always very tight and I miss home, and we have obstacles... they are nothing compared to the majority of the population who live on less than $2 a day..... 

I pray we never take what we have for granted.... and I pray you don't either! 

The compound - the far end if you look over the low fence to the left thats the landlords area and if you go up to the right at the end takes you outside our huge gate.

Our place - we are at the end of two others and at end of compound.. they will pave the verandah in time 

Main bedroom ( with ziah having a sleep on our bed - second bedroom is bit smaller than this 

Wardrobes and leading in to the bathroom

KITCHEN BENCH AND CUPBOARDS!!

I told you we had mirror and hooks! and shelf!

Behind the units - our area runs to just before the next built in area - we will put a little fence across so ziah can play safely in this area and not have to worry about cars out in the other section. 

We even have a little store outside ( most families would store big bags of food, ( beans, posho, rice etc) bananas and charcoal... we are using ours mostly for Rob's wood and tools