Making Progress

It has been three weeks since we moved to "Jurassic Park".  It has been a sharp learning curve on various levels but we are making progress.  We have two pieces of good news and answers to prayer in that Simon passed his written exams and we found a house.

Simon has been studying hard for his exams and sat them on Wednesday.  We haven't seen a lot of him in the last couple of weeks as he has been busy with his nose in the books.  However, it has paid off and he passed his two papers on Wednesday so there was much rejoicing when he came home.  He might be able to fit in the flight exam next week and then we can make progress with our visa status.   We need to move to a different visa than then one we came in on and so the sooner the application goes in for the more permanent visa the better.

While Simon has been busy studying and figuring stuff out at the flight school the kids and I have been running around Cairns and the surrounding areas navigating where things are and also looking for a house.  We have seen some weird and wonderful ones but on Wednesday we went to visit a house not too far from the guesthouse and we all knew it was the one.  I spent time filling in all the paperwork with Simon and put our application in for it.  Thankfully it was accepted and the agent called us and said it was ours.  God has answered our prayers beyond our imagination.  The following day we picked up the rest of the paperwork and went through the finer details and also collected the keys.  We will be living on minimal things until our container arrives from Uganda.  It is scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on the 9th January where it will clear customs and then hope to see it in Cairns sometime after that.

The kids and I went shopping for some of the basic items today to make it work for a month or so.  We gave the house a bit of a clean although it didn't need much as it is in good condition.  We had the fans going on in the house to get some air but we were all dripping by the time we left.  Wow it was hot today.  It is exciting to know that we will be moving into a more permanent place soon although the guesthouse has been a blessing to us. 

Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us, many of your prayers have been answered.  It has been a busy time but we are looking forward to a bit of a rest over the Christmas period.

Once I get a minute I will take some photos and put them on the blog.