Our house is really nice and now well fitted, too; we brought with
us, between luggage and air-freight, over 250kgs; the main house issue in our
mind is what kind of furniture to buy in order to store kids’ stuff and other things; the bank account is
not empty, the ATM is around the corner and the supermarket in the city are
stacked to the roof with every possible thing, from food to house material…
Outside the church compound, instead, families haven’t got that kind
of furniture issues, many kids have no toys whatsoever, kitchens are basically
empty and the other rooms (room?) as well; shoes don’t go on the shoe-rack,
because there’s just one pair each.
Lesson to be learnt: we are already ashamed enough, we do not need absolutely any
objects, not even small, cheap, symbolic, “just a thought”... nothing at all, not
even sweets (there’s even Cadbury aplenty, if we wanted).
This doesn’t mean that the brand new PO BOX (5114, Kigali, Rwanda)
must stay empty, on the contrary: it eagerly waits for postcards, letters,
cards, pictures… we miss you, not things!
Deal? Thanks a million for your understanding (and for your coming
post!)
P.S. Please do not start thinking this is hard on the boys: they are doing
well with the lot they’ve got and they realize pretty well how things are,
maybe better than us. They are going to grow very well, with a conscience
better that ours: let’s not make it harder or confusing with the wrong inputs.
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