Our First Days

We have now been in our new city and house for 3 days. Yesterday we met our first neighbor Gloria. She was so excited to hear we'd be here for 3 years, rather than a family only here for a short while. She right away made sure we knew that if we needed anything, had any questions, we could gladly come to her for help. She's an elderly lady with grandchildren ranging in different ages, but one granddaughter is Emma's age. So maybe there's a potential playmate for Emma sometime.

Yesterday we also went to visit Vista Hermosa, the area of Cuauhtemoc where we'll be working with alongside the Ebenezer Church, which is one of the church's part of CEMM. They rent a small house in that community to use in their ministries. This week Alvira was leading a DVBS program so we went to see the house and meet the kids that we'll see lots of and hopefully make many strong connections.

Also yesterday we had some appliances and furniture delivered that we purchased the day before. Dallas and Tara were so helpful in keeping the girls for us, so we could go with Alvira and do some shopping. After a few stores we found our stove, fridge, table, chairs, washing machine, and 2 love seats. It's a good feeling to have some of these things taken care of. There'll be more things needed to be purchased, but for now we're okay. Hopefully on Monday we can find some beds, or at least some mattresses, before Alvira takes hers out of here to her new place. We're hoping for some bunkbeds for the girls, but so far we haven't seen too many options. So we'll keep looking.

This morning we went up to the top of a hill here, a park with no grass, and had a picnic and enjoyed the view of Cuauhtemoc. Quite a big city of about 150,000 people.

Tomorrow we'll be attending the Ebenezer church and meeting Walter & Chapina, our mentors. We look forward to finally meeting them and begin building that relationship.

Now since it's still naptime and quiet in the house, I'm going to take advantage of that and have a nap myself. Or maybe read a book. Hard decision.