House Tour

Thought I'd give a quick "tour" of our house here in Kigali. We feel very blessed by having a safe house so close to school. It's been amazing that our school arranged the furnished housing for us, and while not everything is what we would call our "style", we're so thankful for it all! While there is no Ikea or Target anywhere to pick up a few extra things for the house, we are having a few shelves made by someone here and hope to get our Tanzanian paintings on the wall soon.

This is our living room and stairs up to the dining room. To the right at the bottom of the stairs is a little hallway with a bathroom & our 3rd bedroom, which is currently a guest room/toy room for the kids.

Main floor/guest bathroom

Guest room/toy room 

Dining room that overlooks the living room.
Marc & Isaac were sorting Isaac's school supplies.

Between the dining room and the kitchen we have this little room.
We're not quite sure what to use it for right now. It used to be the kitchen,
but they built a new kitchen, so now it's just an oddly placed
little room. It currently
has our fridge and our water cooler in it...that's it.
Ideas?

Out kitchen is huge! We don't have anyplace for our food to go right now,
so we're having some shelves built. Please excuse the mess. We aren't fully
"moved in" to the kitchen yet 

This is out the kitchen door to our back where
our wash machine is. We are so grateful to have
a wash machine!

Other view of the kitchen. The big box in front of the stove
is how we got our groceries home today. They do not allow
plastic bags in Rwanda, so you get boxes or paper bags. 

On the top floor, there are two bedrooms
& our family bathroom.

Our room.
Please excuse the mess. This room is also a work in progress! 

Kids room - Girls are on the bunk bed. 

Kids closet

Isaac's bed

So, as you can see, we have plenty of room for visitors, an amazing view of the city (look out Isaac's window) and are by no means "roughing it" as some might imagine. We love living in this house, this city and this country!