To celebrate this snazzy internet connection and the fact that I think I have completed all my domestic upgrades to my flat in Uganda, I’d like to offer this virtual tour of my flat. My flat is attached to the Josephine Tucker dormitory, where I resided my last semester of seminary. Some of my students stay there in the January and May semesters, and I’ll never forget the looks on their faces when the first saw that I am their neighbor. It was priceless.
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| Let’s start with the verandah. The front of this loveseat is a bit sunbleached now, but I love it. |
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| This kitty is often on the loveseat, at least until the sun becomes too much. I call him Mzee (old man) Kitty, because he certainly walks like he’s an old man. Clearly, he’s threatened by my presence. |
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| The Dennison’s cat occasionally wanders in if the door is open, and this day, she surprised me by
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When you walk into the sitting room, this is the view. I just purchased the sofa, loveseat, chair (in the bedroom) and tables from a Canadian couple who just returned to Canada. They are precious and I will miss them, but I do love the furniture! It is beautiful, comfortable, and well-built, a rare trifecta. The cross has a descending dove in the middle, with palm-face hands on the beams.
 Helen, my housekeeper, chose the curtain for the front door, so it rather dictated the colors for the room! I chose the turquoise to offset the orange in the fabric and the bookcases, and was thrilled to find the wall hanging at Banana Boat. It’s quite tall, and though all of it doesn’t show here, it frames the wall well; the ceiling is 12 feet. 
This long table is my primary counterspace, though I’m thrilled that both my best friend, Kim, and Mary Jane, who lives behind me, convinced me that 1. missionaries can have such amenities as microwaves and 2. there was space for it. I love that my stoneware (seen in the bowls, but is echoed in the plates) carries both the green of the kitchen and the orange of the sitting room, where I eat.
 My apologies; I thought I could rotate the picture in the software, and apparently I can’t. However, I did want to show you that 1. I have a refrigerator, and 2. the yellow can is the jerry can that contains fresh [drinking] water.
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