Getting Settled....well sort of

(this is another prewritten post I haven’t had time to put up- I wrote it a week ago)

So this has been quite and adventure thus far.  We have been here for 1 week today. 

We arrived at the Haslington  congregation area and the brothers had been searching for some time for a furnished apartment or house.

They were struggling to find one and the day we came they found a place that would at least give us shelter.  That’s about all it did.  It had some very serious issues that affected the health of the children (mold etc.) among other things that were just not good.

So we went to Jehovah in prayer, specifically explaining how we needed to find another place to stay – and quickly!  After the next meeting we were moved out of the apartment and in with a family in the congregation.  The Persaud’s (yes, just like the name of the Dr. who delivered Rayah for us J  Their home is beautiful enough to be in a magazine!  They made us feel right at home and almost immediately all the children’s strange symptoms started going  away.  What a relief!  It was very emotional for us.

So again the brothers were searching for a home for us to rent.  We began hunting also.  Brandon walked several villages asking each person if they knew of somewhere we could rent.  The Guyanese are very helpful.  They tried and tried.  Each house we called on had “just been rented, yesterday”  That happened to us at least 10 times.  It was very frustrating.  We just kept praying to Jehovah.  We needed a place of our own so we could get all of us on a routine.

We started thinking we might need to change congregations so we could find housing or worse have to go back home all together.

So we kept praying and praying.

We had arrangements  to go look at houses about 2 hours away (we were sad about leaving haslington but we were desperate)

All of the sudden- OUT OF THE BLUE a brother and sister who are pioneers here were asked to join the Kingdom Hall building crew full time- starting Monday. (it is a new program put into place here, remodeling and building KH’s .They don’t call it RBC work but that is what it equates to in the States)

Soooo, they need someone to watch their house for as long as we need one!!!

Did I mention, within walking distance of the Kingdom Hall, the children can play both inside and out comfortably and it’s furnished?!

We had decided after the assembly and no later than Monday we would make a decision. 

We are thrilled!  What an answer to our prayers!