Moving into the World Race house has been a great experience in many ways. My roommate (and former teammate on Hephzibah) Laura Meyers and I have been busy doing some fixin’. Who doesn’t love a little Do It Yourself work? Its cheaper and its a chance to learn a new skill! Also we realize as missionaries that our skills are constantly broadening because when there is an issue or problem or just an opportunity to do something we become “yes” people. Instead of saying “no” our response is “well, we can figure out a way to do that!” We learned this attitude on the mission field but it comes in pretty handy almost anywhere. So whether its preaching, teaching, putting on a kids program or like in the past week, doing some basic plumbing and housekeeping we are willing to take on a challenge. We realize we need to be the answer rather than waiting on someone else to be.
So when our downstairs sink was leaking and looking pretty bad we decided to replace it.
The old one we took out
The new one we put in!
Laura and me under the sink.
And when our kitchen chairs were weakening and threatening to dump us we got some wood glue and nails and reinforced them.
And then our toilet started acting up…so we went to Lowes and bought a new one and replaced it. Well…roommate Mark Stratmann stepped in to help us do that one…
FIVE STAR FLUSHING POWER* as advertised on the box! If you’ve spent anytime without one of these then its a precious sight to behold a brand new one of your very own!
I did try the toilet seat on for size…
Overall it has been a blessing to be here, living in community and sharing our time, work and lives is a refining process but it has been a joy and even through our projects this week I am beginning to testify to the saying “its not what you do but who you do it with.”
