Going to the place He will show us,…
Well, the twin beds pushed together with the blow-up bed on top, … under the twin size mosquito net,… was getting old! So off to town we went to find a “fundi” (maker) for our bed.
We found a group making a style we liked, with the help of two students from the University, we made arrangements and the beds (2) would be ready in three days! They are made right there, by hand with a minimum of machinery, we had really like the head board without the added top piece,.. But when we came to pick it had been added! We are wondering what Chippendale is thinking.
A “brother” of a SJUT Staff had a truck and we arranged to have him help us get the beds home. He also helped us get the foam mattress we needed as well. The wood here is VERY heavy! (We can not even move the bed once we got it together! )
We also had the same “fundi” make us “old fashion settees” to match what we found in the storage rooms at SJUT. The furniture we have out of the storage was made here at SJUT when it operated as a secondary school and taught Vocational skills in woodworking and metal. All are a bit different and well made. Getting the Settees to the house was a different matter. Several days of failed arrangements passed, including John & Brother, getting halfway to town and running out of gas,… before we walked into town, about 45 minutes, to see what we could work out! After several attempt to communicate without the help of the Swahili speaking students, we arranged for two men to bring them out on a hand pushed (metal) cart. I had seen a bed pass our house, as I looked out the kitchen window, the day before in the same manner,… funny how the Lord continues to provide for our needs!
“I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of Heaven and earth.” Psalm 121: 1-2
We also had the same “fundi” make us “old fashion settees” to match what we found in the storage rooms at SJUT. The furniture we have out of the storage was made here at SJUT when it operated as a secondary school and taught Vocational skills in woodworking and metal. All are a bit different and well made. Getting the Settees to the house was a different matter. Several days of failed arrangements passed, including John & Brother, getting halfway to town and running out of gas,… before we walked into town, about 45 minutes, to see what we could work out! After several attempt to communicate without the help of the Swahili speaking students, we arranged for two men to bring them out on a hand pushed (metal) cart. I had seen a bed pass our house, as I looked out the kitchen window, the day before in the same manner,… funny how the Lord continues to provide for our needs!
“I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of Heaven and earth.” Psalm 121: 1-2
