Home Again

We are feeling settled and the water is back on, yeah!!!  I can have a real shower tonight instead of a bucket bath?  We are so glad to be home.  Everything is pretty much as we left it.  My dryer is not working but it is so dry right now that the clothes dry quickly.  They are nice and crunchy, fun!  This is one reason to love the Harmatan.  It is so extremely dusty though.  One day I left the clothes out too long and they all smelled dusty?  I love West Africa!  I have actually cried a few times as I unpacked thinking of all the ‘lasts’ we are about to experience.  This is our last Harmatan.  Wow!  It is not going to be easy for me to leave.  I have grown pretty attached to Togo.

Good news is that my oven is working.  Before furlough it would not heat past 350 and our first day back it was still the same.  But for some reason it is now working again.  Yeah! I only have two burners but that is definitely manageable.  I am so happy!

The boys are so excited to be home.  They have been so sweet!  Matthew has been waking up with the sun and is outside as quickly as possible to play with Buster.  It has been fun to watch how happy they are to be home.  I am already thinking about how to help them make the transition to Rwanda.  It is going to be challenging.

They are thrilled about school starting on Friday.  They have missed their routine.  I am so thankful for children and the fresh and excited perspective they have on life.

It has been a joy to see our Togolese friends again.  We have not even seen them all yet.  We are having fun reunions almost everyday.  We praise God for our safe return and look forward to what lies ahead.