So it goes...

Our travel from ROC to BJM went smoothly. The flights were on-time, all our goods arrived intact, we encountered no problems or challenges; we arrived fairly rested (although we are still acclimating to the 7-hour time change).




We are now “settling in.” The McCowns have been assigned one of the two primary guest apartments. It has a small living/seating room (with thee chairs) and a small (dining) table. The main bedroom has a double bed (which is quite comfortable) and a wardrobe for our clothes. A second bedroom (which has a single bed) is furnished with one small desk table, which Darlene will use. I am currently using the dining table for my desk. So it goes here…



We have already cared for a number of needed repairs. The refrigerator was not working, because the door did not close properly. Wayne diagnosed the problem, and was able to correct it with a couple inches of Scotch tape! There was no shower curtain, and the rack from which it was to hang was broken. Darlene found a curtain, and Wayne repaired the rack using a piece of the wrapping tape we had brought for his injured hand! We mounted the broken mirror alongside the bathroom sink using the double-backed foam tape we had brought. Wayne found some screws and mounted a rack on the back of the bathroom door on which to hang our towels. So it goes here…



We are now trying to find things we had shipped over in the containers, and others course materials we had left behind last year. Some we have located; some have not yet been found. So it goes here…



Many of our students from previous years, having heard that we are back on campus, have been stopping by to greet us. So it goes here…



Two other visiting faculty also arrived this week: Dr. Barb Rose (Roberts Wesleyan College, retired) and Dr. Beth Habeker (University of Oregon Medical School). Yesterday afternoon, Randy and Alice Matthewson arrived from the Congo, and will be staying over the weekend. Tonight, we all plan to “go out” to dinner together. (It has become a tradition for the visiting faculty to go out and share a common meal on Friday evenings.) So it goes here…



We hope to meet our classes and begin on Monday. It is more probable that we will get underway on Tuesday. So it goes here…