Finally I am on my way again - my car's import papers are STILL not totally sorted out, but things have progressed a bit in the right direction - so I'm hopeful that I'll get my Mozambican license plates and registration papers this week still.
I have been on the road for the past 2 days, accompanying Betty Johnson (our wonderful can-do-anything missionary) on a trip down to Durban in South Africa - we had to go collect the workbooks/syllabus for our Bible Schools in Mozambique. We loaded 25 A3 size boxes and 5 A2 size boxes filled with thousands of books! My 4x4 was up to the test and carried the extra 3/4 ton very well. Then we left this morning and 10hours later we are at the Iris appartment in Nelspruit, a stone throw from the Mozambican border. Tomorrow we will be sorting the books and re-packing them to be transported to our 3 different bible schools across the country! (Maputo, Dondo & Pemba).
Thursday we head off the Maputo, where I will attempt to speed up the registration process for the truck (my 4x4). I just wanna go HOME! I miss my dog (Bala), and all my friends!!! Its been 3 months now since I was in my little house - everything's probably full of mildew by now... mmm that reminds me, I really must remember to ask my housemate to clean my room for me!.... :-P
I've been trying to get my car imported for over a month now - one of the longest most frustrating experiences in my life - but it will all be worth it in the end - Once I've driven up to Pemba I will drive back down to the Zambezi pretty much straight away, and team lead one of the Relief teams in Dondo, so my 4x4 will have many more miles on the odo by the time I'm finally back up in Pemba for good!
Life's NEVER dull (frustrating yes, dull no) when you're a missionary with Iris!
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