August 7, 2012

• New Home in Boca del Rio!

   We are settled in to our new home in Boca del Rio.  Boca del Rio looks like a tropical paradise- with palm trees, sand, s ome thatched roofs, and the ocean down the street.  It is a tiny fishing village with a slow-paced lifestyle (especially times like now when it is not fishing season).  Quite a change for us from the city of Queretaro!  

   

  The weather is hot and humid, and apparently it will be even more so in August and September.  We are blessed to have a window air-conditioning unit in our room to survive the heat, though we do spend a lot of time sweaty.

   

  We are living in a dorm room in the school of ministry building at the church, which will be occupied by other students as well when classes start in October.  Paco built shelves, put up hooks, and arranged until everything (bed, bath, kitchen things) fit into our single room.  We use the shared bathroom down the hall, and wash dishes in a bucket on our porch. Water and electricity in the town are not reliable, and we have already experienced a couple afternoons without these luxuries. 

   

  I am still getting used to the many critters that inhabit the church with us- geckos, frogs, mosquitoes, and, worst of all cockroaches (my nightmare!). Paco has to get up in the middle of the night to scare away the roaches from the bathroom for me.  We had another critter surprise when we turned on our air conditioner and, after a strange clicking sound, a dead mouse was forced out! Eww!

   

  The church staff and congregations have received us with love. We have already had dinner with multiple families in both congregations where we minister!

   

  God is truly taking careof us for our new home in Boca del Rio!  

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