Putting the finishing touches on the spare room I wanted to write a blog on Sunday, but the electricity was out. We have not had electricity 3 of the past 4 days. We have power today, so I finally get to write now :-)
In a previous e-mail, we sent you Shasta's (our Forward Agent) e-mail address. She has moved, and is not able to use that one in her new location. So [email protected] is the one to use if you need to contact her for anything regarding donations or receipts. It is changed on our contact page on www.jm2z.org as well.
Another new address is our new post office box here in Chinhoyi. Feel free to send us notes or letters! We have received a postcard from the Chicago area, and it took just less than 3 weeks to arrive. We would be excited to hear from you! Even though we paid for the post office box last month, we still don't have our keys. Every time we go back, they tell us that they are still being made. Although it's hard to believe it takes that long to make keys, all we can do is wait :-) Our mailing address is,
Andrew and Yolanda Burgess
P.O. Box 348
Chinhoyi
Zimbabwe
Africa
In a previous e-mail, we sent you Shasta's (our Forward Agent) e-mail address. She has moved, and is not able to use that one in her new location. So [email protected] is the one to use if you need to contact her for anything regarding donations or receipts. It is changed on our contact page on www.jm2z.org as well.
Another new address is our new post office box here in Chinhoyi. Feel free to send us notes or letters! We have received a postcard from the Chicago area, and it took just less than 3 weeks to arrive. We would be excited to hear from you! Even though we paid for the post office box last month, we still don't have our keys. Every time we go back, they tell us that they are still being made. Although it's hard to believe it takes that long to make keys, all we can do is wait :-) Our mailing address is,
Andrew and Yolanda Burgess
P.O. Box 348
Chinhoyi
Zimbabwe
Africa
Zimbabwean Flag We went to the immigration office in Harare last week and handed in the paperwork for my (Andrew) spousal permit. A spousal permit will give me the ability to reside and work in Zimbabwe, based on the fact that I am married to a Zimbabwean citizen. All of our paperwork was in order. However, we were told that one document that we handwrote had to be typed. Thankfully, there was a place in the building where we could do that. We gave the man our paperwork, and then went downstairs. We found the computer that we could use. There was a woman who we could dictate our document to. It took quite awhile though, since she was only typing with her index fingers! After about 20 minutes, we went back upstairs and waited in line. When we got to the front, we went to hand in our document, but the man said that he could not find our paperwork because it was already in process. He said that we had to come back in a couple days. Needless to say, we plan to go back on Friday, and hopefully they will be able to find our papers! The process is supposed to take 3-6 weeks, but we know people who have gone through it, and it took them 6 months. So we shall see. Please can you be in prayer as we wait during the application process. Our goal is for it to be completed during the next few months, while we are still here.
Dinner with Yolanda's mother the first night she was here We have been in Zimbabwe for nearly 2 months, and have not gotten a chance to see any of Yolanda's family yet. It is disappointing, but with all the work we are doing, we have not been able to get away from the house. Last Friday, Yolanda's mother arrived from England. She is spending this week with us, and then on Friday, we will take her to Yolanda's brother's house, about 6 hours south. We will spend several days there, and celebrate Yolanda's nephew's third birthday. Then, the following week, we will spend a few days at Yolanda's father's house, which is about 3 hours away.
We are excited for all that has been accomplished already in just under 2 months! The two items we haven't accomplished yet are getting a Shona (the main language in Zimbabwe besides English) tutor and building relationships within the community. We just have not gotten enough time away from the house to be able to do these things. However, once we return from visiting Yolanda's father, we will do what we can to find a tutor or teacher so that Yolanda can brush up on her Shona and I can learn it. Because we have had workers at our house most days doing repairs and such, we have been building relationships with the ones who are here on a consistent basis. That has been positive.
If you ever have any questions about us or JM2Z, please don't hesitate to ask us. Send us a message via the Contact page on the website or send us an e-mail at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and will respond as soon as we can. We appreciate your interest!
If you ever have any questions about us or JM2Z, please don't hesitate to ask us. Send us a message via the Contact page on the website or send us an e-mail at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and will respond as soon as we can. We appreciate your interest!
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