Since I was moving into a house and I didn’t have any furniture I was ready to start searching for furniture and kitchen appliances. When I told Charles about the fact that I was moving and asked him if he new where I could get certain items he said “I have already thought about it and you can borrow all the furniture in your room, the little refrigerator, the small couch in our living room, a wicker chair for you porch, and a living room table. And maybe we can work out a little price that you feel fair about. You give me a $ amount and I will let you decide what is fair. I felt so grateful because he just saved me a lot of time and money. I told him I would let him know the next day.
I had actually asked Ester if I could use her bed frame, and she said yes, so I had a bed and then Charles let me take the mattress I was using too. She also left me a tiny table and shoe rack ;)
I have been blessed with meeting people who want to help and share to make sure I am provided for and content with my living in Baga. I thought about how much to offer him and I put a price to each item and came up with 200,000TSH, about 175-180 USD’s. When I told him he smiled, laughed and said how about 200 USD’s and I said absolutely. I could have easily spent 600USD buying everything, at least.
On the 5th day I need to gather some of the last items, kitchen supplies, dishes, silverware, cooking pans and a cook stove. Charles picked me up on his moto and took me to his friends shop where I bought everything I would need for a few months. We bartered over the final price and got him down about 10%. I walked out of there spending about 145,000 tsh(130.00USD). Once we had everything all set, we calleda taxi to take me to my new home.
Charles has been an angle, to say the least. Wonderful man and his wife Doreen is just as adorable.
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