A Great Start!

Okay... back to the original topic. It's ours. We have closed on the building and have started the prep work. Today, we got officially approved for zoning as a live-above business. Yesterday, I became a legal contractor and have gotten started on all the legal and physical challenges of restoring a 126 year old building. We have also had a historical researcher come and look at things. He was quite excited by it all, but very disappointed that it had been cleaned out before he got there.

We had a "closing party" last Saturday that went quite well. There was no electricity service, so I hooked up my generator to power lights and fans (and music, of course). This morning I gave a tour to some folks who missed the party but who have an old building of their own in town. We need to get a support group going, I think. Life is exciting!

This Friday, I leave to go to Kenya for two weeks. That rather slows down the work on the place, but well worth it. My wife's nephew is in the Peace Corps there in Msumbweni. His mother, her husband, and I will travel there together. More on that after I get back.