One never knows the activites ahead when it comes to a Saturday. Some are planned, like giving hair cuts to those ladies in need. Yes, I love to cut hair, and bless others with a nice hair cut....unfortuneatly I have not found anyone who can cut my hair. Begging Matt to cut my hair, is an act of love he would rather not perform.Other activities are not planned...
as I was going about trying to get my regular chores done, like doing my laundry for the week, the spinner stopped working. (Washing machine is only 1 month old). Matt said he'd look at it after he finished washing my pile of dishes and pots left over from the night before. Well, that led to him fixing the water faucet on the kitchen sink which is now broken...(only 2 months old). He had to chip away the tiles and break cement into the wall to get to the pipes he needed to work on. When snap; the water faucet snapped off. It is now after lunch and Matt is still trying to find parts to fix the faucet. Two trips to the "hardware" store and still no elbow piece that he needs. So he's inventing something. "Nothing is easy", is a saying I hear him say over and over again under his breath. 
He still hasn't even had a chance to look at the washing machine. I don't think this is the way we had intented to spend our Saturday!
The SIM Liberia office is being remodeled. We are excited, and look forward to re-arranging our desks & filing cabinets in the office this coming week. Looks like we'll be working out of our home office for a few more days. It's hard to find stuff in this room...I wonder why?
New teammates are soon to arrive, along with Short Term teams beginning to arrive in January as well. So lots of stuff to get ready for their arrivals. Not to mention some visitors as well. Keeping it all organized and prepared is a full-time job. I love working with the Personnel stuff, it is never the same day after day. Something is always new. I plan to go to Abidjan for a week the end of January to get some more training in what a personnel coordinator does.
New things to learn and interesting challenges ahead for 2009. We covet your prayers as we head into the future and the work here in Liberia. Drawing closer and closer to Him is our prayer for this year. We love you and keep you in our prayers too. Thank you for your part in the work here, to know God and to make Him known.
Joyful in the journey,
Matt & Brenda Carr
