Reality check

I think at first the progress of things was deceptive. Now is a taste of reality in Africa. As I have been trying to take care of the details to get a building permit, some interesting things have hindered the process. We quickly got a man to do a survey of the land. He then needed to do a drawing and send it. Although he did it in two days and sent, there was some miscommunication with the mail or something and Marcel never received until a week after it arrived here in Oussouye! Next we needed a letter from the church to go with this document. That was done the same day, however the power went out, so we could not make the necessary copies needed to submit it. The next day power came back on and we were able to submit everything. As Joe followed up to see if everything was approved, he talked to the guy in charge, and he said everything looked ok. All he had to do was type another document and sign it and send it off. However, his printer was out of ink! So he could not do it. Then he went out of town, so here we are. If all goes well he will be back Tuesday morning and I will get a copy of his file and print it from a different computer, where there is a printer with ink, and then bring it back to him. This is of course no guarantee. The whole process is confusing to me and helping me develop even more patience. The reality here is time is not too important, they do not believe time is money, time is one thing they have in abundance. Pray things can get moving. Of course I have had more time to build relationships, do evangelism, and minister.