It’s been a busy week! I told Jared I felt like I was trying to stand up in a swinging hammock.😂
Monday 10/2: Jared was busy with preparing for the financial audits. We have to use a different accountant this year since we’ve used the same one for the last serval years so Jon thought the accountant’s office below the guesthouse would work fine. That is nice because it’s just a stones throw down the street from us. Jared took all the papers (receipts from Dhaka, Kulna and Golpaganj projects) over to the guesthouse. The accountants came and went through the papers. They spent all day there and then Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday were the same process. He had to be there most of the time in case they had questions about anything. We are really hoping it goes ok and doesn’t drag out to a year long process like last years audit. This is our first time using this company so Jared is worried it will turn into “a long and painful process.” You can pray it goes smoothly. Sometimes we wonder if it pays to pray that sort of prayer in Bangladesh but with God all things are possible. We found out we are supposed to call the clinic “office” or “dispensary.” Such legal technicalities!
Tuesday 10/3: In the afternoon Elwoods flew into Dhaka! We were so enthused and have been counting the days to see them.😁 They had their usual problems trying to get through immigration. Elwood’s passport is quite a frightful mess with all his crazy visas from Bangladesh and/or the lack thereof. But after three hours they finally gave him a visitors visa on arrival. He had to call his “tour guide” and have him write up a letter for him and then Jared had to quick type it up and turn it into a PDF and email it back and so on. They spent night at Hotel Shuktara (another visa requirement) and then came to our place Wednesday! We all had lunch at the clinic together. Josna cooked up special food for Elwood’s. Beef curry, Dal, rice and chichinga mix. Then she also made little mashed potato patties that had onion and chunks of kaj morich in them. She fried them in oil until they are browned and slightly crispy on the outside. They were so good. I ate three and my stomach later regretted it but it was worth it! (Two way burn. If you know… you know.)Elwood took Jared to his tailor here in Dhaka. We have tried and tried to find that place. Used google maps, asked around at Farmgate. There’s literally hundreds of tailors in Farmgate. I guess the CSI men have been using this specific tailor since the 90’s. We wanted to make sure and use him too instead of trying a new tailor. Jared got measured for a new shirt while he was there. Looking forward to seeing how it fits! These Bengali shirts are designed for tiny petite men not big muscular broad shouldered men that enjoy food! We tried an XXL shirt for Jared from Aarongs but it’s so narrow across the shoulders. We spent the evening with Elwoods here at home just airing and sharing. When you’re in the mission you can never have too much airing and sharing. Elwood’s knowledge from being in the mission for years is appreciated. Thursday morning Elwoods left for Kishorganj and Jared went to the guesthouse to continue on with the audit.
Friday 10/7: Had church. Natun wasn’t able to come due to the rain. It has been raining for several days now. It stops for a few hours but then comes back with a roar! At night especially the thunder creates quite a symphony. Needless to say we have been having the children sleep in our room as thunder unsettled even the bravest of men. (Side note: Hindus are terrified of thunder. They think it is one of their gods. One time Trevor’s were gone while it was raining and storming and when they came home their Hindu guard was inside the house. He said he was so frightened he felt better inside!) The rain has flooded a lot of Dhaka but we are high and dry here in Monipuripara. What a rabbit trail… anyways church was enjoyable! It was a shorter service since we didn’t have an interpreter. Jared talked about coming down out of our tree to Jesus like Zachaeus. Several patients were needing milk and meds so he got that for them while we were there.
Saturday 10/7: Sumita came to clean, Lucky came to cook and Jon came to help Jared with the audit paperwork. It is still a struggle for me to have all these people coming to clean cook etc for us. Sometimes it feels like we don’t have much privacy. But on the other hand it is a huge blessing too because now that I’m doing kindergarten with Layton I wouldn’t ever be able to keep up without them. At lunch Lucky asked us if we were staying in Dhaka for 3 years or 5 years? 😀 we said “ami jonne na.” (I don’t know!) She said in a few months we might know how long to stay.😂 she said as soon as people can talk good Bangla they always leave and go back to America.
Sunday 10/8: … Layton and I had a short kindergarten session. Haven’t had kindergarten the past few days as Elwood’s came and plus the young lady in this house has been extra fussy. Today I gave her some carrot baby food and she loved it!! The auditors were back at it with the paperwork. Since Jared had “dispensary” this morning I went and unlocked the guesthouse for them and then checked in on them every so often until he could could come home. The lumberjacks cut down the trees that are along our back veranda. So now we have all sorts of natural light that we didn’t have before. (We are trying to view it in a positive light. No pun intended.) This morning Layton pretended to be a dog groomer. He washed his stuffed pup in the washer and then put it up on a table and dried it off with a hairdryer. He said “mom you should really try to dry your hair with a hairdryer. I don’t think it would make it too fizzy.” 😂
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