Saturday, July 4, 2015

Settling in :)


When you want cereal and don't have bowl
Tupperware works great :-P
We have been in Maceio, our now home town for a little under a week. It has been a crazy week but a very productive week :). We have been so blessed to have my parents (Hosanna's) here with us for 3 full days. 
When we arrived on Monday night, we were so blessed to find the apartment pre-cleaned. The youth group cleaned our place for us, and the church had purchased a water cooler for us. Due to the fact we can't drink tap water here in Brazil having a bottle of water and a water cooler was a huge blessing! They also decorated the place with signs :-)


Inaugurating our stove 

Early Tuesday morning we went shopping. Although it took several stores and jumping through hoops we were able to come home that night with a fridge, a stove and a washing machine.


Wednesday was filled with other things, we were able to do quite a bit of sorting hang out with our new co-workers and we were able to pick out a mattress. Mattress picking isn't the easiest thing due to Hosanna's back problems but we were able to find a good one quickly.

Thankful for the good ol
Toyota so we could take
things when we buy them

Thursday was also a full day in which we were able to find a table and chairs and a pull out couch so now we can have visitors!!!! (hint hint). We also ordered a kitchen cabinet which will arrive in the next couple weeks. We also painted one wall. Its nice to add a bit of color to the place and personalize it. :)
Laundry dries faster with a fan on it
Some of the challenges have been learning how to deal with the humidity. Not only are we near the ocean but its also rainy season, so it takes longer for anything to dry. We have had to be creative with laundry :-P. Another challenge has been space. This apartment is smaller then the other two we have lived in. Personally I enjoy this challenge though since I can tend to be an organization freak :-P.




So now you have seen a snip-it of our new life :) Hope you can see it personally someday.