From Eric's previous pictures and videos you can see that we are ruffling it a little. But life is so good because we are working together real well and we have an amazing community here who is willing to help us with anything! In fact they don’t even need to be asked if they know of a need you can pretty much guarantee you will get help. Sometimes it is nice to be the helpless foreigner. Laundry day was a bit trying though! I had help lined up for the day before but we had no “luz de la calle” which means we were running on the inverter power so no running a laundry machine. Eric was a trooper though and we did it together the whole time. I think I would have quit early but we had a small flood and all the dirty clothes got wet so there was no stopping and coming back to it. Needless to say we will not wait 2 weeks to do laundry again if it can be helped.
Last night we had friends over for dinner for the first time. Alberto and Milagros came with their 3 children and 1 Niece and 1 Nephew. It was a full house and we all had a blast. Alberto and I cooked together so that I can learn how to make his amazing chicken dish. The kids and Milagros arrived on 2 motos, 7 people 2 motos!!! The apartment is great for having people over and the table is in a room just off of the living room so the adults could have some private time and still keep an eye on the kids.
Yuli, the girl from our photo cards has been coming over at least twice a week since we moved in and that has been great. We are paying her to help out around the house so she comes once to work and once to hang out. We are helping her learn English and she is helping us with our Spanish. It is a great exchange! We hope to go to her house in the next week or two. She moved out of the barrio and is living with her boyfriend.
Please pray for us and this relationship that it would be blessed and profound! Yuli has two years of school left before she can go to college. Pray that she remains focused on her studies. Also pray for Eric and me because the craziness of the school year starts on Monday!
Sounds awesome...praying with and for you. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you've found community and that Yuli is still in school. We miss you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Wick and Nike, we miss our family and friends in Portland as well. Some days more than others, but God has been good and most of the relationships I had in the past have pick up where they left off and are now better than ever! We are enjoying have people over for dinner and blessing families with a fun meal. Yesterday we made enchiladas!
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