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Keeping up with the Singhs and the Khans
Our Guest House Managers flew the coop just after we had lunch with them. Actually they flew into the interior for a week to visit and encourage a missionary family working among the Amerindians. It is a sort of celebration too for finishing their 15th year as Guest House Managers and "resident professors" at the Guyana Bible College. They really needed a break and haven't been able to get one for tooooo long.
So for a week we volunteered to help as Guest, Guest House Managers in Georgetown while we run around trying to tie up loose ends for ourselves. Terri will care for most of the inside things too numerous to mention in a third world context and I will work with the dogs, security, supply buying, and the rest of the start up details for our ministry in Berbice.
Customs is coming along well, I think. The cost will not be prohibitive. Thanks for the prayers.
We go to the Department of Home Affairs tomorrow to meet the necessary folks for our Work Permit (Visa type thing.) Please pray for this one now. This permit is what gives us the legal authority to stay in the country.
We have enjoyed all the exercise of walking all around Georgetown because of not having a vehicle but that is all changed. We now have a car now, a silver colored station wagon really--a 1999 Toyota Corolla wagon with only 47,000 kilometers on it, I trust.
Today also saw us pick up a cell phone here. The field tells us that it is really needed here since we get tied up at places so much and there can be some unusual circumstances with no other means of communication. This is the first cell phone Terri or I have ever owned! No international text messaging though. :(
We continue in good health but pray too for me, Joe to get used to driving on the other side of the road. It seems to work better when you turn on the blinker instead of the windshield wiper when you want to turn. That is an inside joke for all those experienced international drivers. The signals are on the other side of the steering wheel!
Well, time to put out the dogs and do the lock up chores around the place so I will bid you adieu.
Guyana Gaff
3 comments:
So it took you leaving the country before you finally got a cell phone that I can't call you on :). What's up with that?
Oh and by the way, I've been enjoying reading your blog Dad. You're really good at putting me in the mind of Guyana (as they say in North Jersey:).
Joe, you sound so happy! And your unique sense of humor comes right across as you blog. I didn't know you kept dogs! I guess your blog ansers the song's question "Who let the dogs out?! But then I haven't the foggiest idea what that songs about, but reading your blog forced me to say it.
thanks for frequent postings Dad. I'm enjoying reading it- I enjoy your "voice." So many adventures! I look forward to visiting someday :) Jon
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