SOLD!

After months of praying, our house has SOLD!! While we do not understand God’s timing. We do know that it is a wonderful family with two young girls that bought our home.

Some of you have been asking about our home here in Nairobi. We are blessed to have a beautiful 3 bedroom house on campus. It is 1200 square feet and has 2 bathrooms. We have started to do a bit of painting because some of the walls were never painted (the house was built in 2006). The previous owners did provide a splash of colour in a few places and some of that we would like to change also.

The floor of our house is terra cotta tile. It is easy to keep clean as long as I sweep and mop every day! The roof is tin which has a few interesting consequences….. When it rains on the roof, it is very loud inside; the heavier the rain, the louder the noise. During a recent thunder and hail storm (yes, we have hail occasionally!) we couldn’t hear each other shout at the dinner table. The tin also makes loud SNAP sounds as it heats up and cools down each day. It also doesn’t do much to keep the house cool, like the more common clay tiled roofs.

The kitchen is very similar to a Canadian home except for the essential water filter. We can not drink (or cook with or brush our teeth with) the Nairobi City water. Even local Kenyans do not drink the Nairobi City water. There is a water filtration system on campus which makes the water almost safe to drink. We filter it to be sure. The water is poured into the top and filters through sandstone “candles” into the lower holding tank until we turn the spigot. Also, the stove is half-size and gas-operated. I brought a couple of cookie sheets with me but only one will fit in the oven!

We have turned the master bedroom into a family room/ home theatre/ guest room. Even now we have a guest from St. Catherine’s Ontario staying with us. Craig Danielson is the special speaker for Spiritual Emphasis Week and we are enjoying his company and his presentations.