A nice English cup of tea, a plate of HP beans on toast, an original-recipe, Scottish shortbread biscuit... all enjoyed by the Parker family, after it all travelled thousands of miles to reach us in an orange container!!
Yes, the container has not only arrived safely, but all has been unpacked and our home has been arranged just as we like it. Not a scrape on one sinlge item- everything was intact and we are truly thankful!! It is wonderful to see our familiar homely items! Esther and Ben have been overjoyed to find their toys, Andrew was excited to at last have access to his new power-drill and as for me- well, the English tea has to be a big bonus, and the boxes of convenient English food, but as I type this, the whirr of our washing machine in the background gives me great satisfaction!
We also had great fun when we eventually unearthed our Christmas presents and the children's birthday presents. Later in the week, we all sat down together and had our first "Christmas-in-Febraury"!!
It has been an extremely busy week, and our house has been a jumble of boxes, cardboard, and furniture in all the worng places, waiting to be moved. We have been very busy returning all the items belonging to MAF back to the storehouse for the next new family to use on their arrival here, and then sorting out our own household goods. At last, we are organised, and now we are settling into our Tanzanian home!
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