Apartment found!

Within a week of sending out the last e-mail asking for prayer for an apartment, I found the apartment for me which I like and has all the things I need - 2 bedrooms, nice furniture, cable TV (for language, silly, and only about $5/month!), telephone, nice quiet location close to the bus and other team members, good price, a second bathroom (alright - a luxury!) with a bidette (ask someone!), 2 balconies, a washing machine (a real blessing!) and a garage! I have already started moving things over there, as well as cleaning it to my satisfaction and have started purchasing the things that are needed. Just going to buy the needed things is a language and culture lesson in itself and I sure am glad for the wisdom of others not to have put me through this right after I arrived! Shopping for a sheet made me realize that not only did I not have the word for it, but I did not understand how to buy a sheet based on metric measurements for a single bed opposed to a double! Language lessons everywhere! I'm due to be all moved in and sleeping over there after the 1st of Feb. The new address and phone are at the bottom of this e-mail.

I've already started building good relations with my new neighbors. The first time I went over there by myself, I mistakenly mistook (yes, that is good English!) my downstairs' neighbors' door for my own door and tried to open his door with my key. All of a sudden the door opened and a rather irritated-looking big guy was saying rather angry things to me that I did not understand, I believe implying that I was trying to break into his apartment! The nerve of the man!! I just stood there speechless and open-mouthed and couldn't even squeak out "I'm sorry!". Nothing like trying to make a favorable first impression with the neighbors!!!

Another blessing - the World Vision shipment arrived on the 19th January! Continuing on with language and culture acquisition - in all ways that He sees fit to use - even got to visit another doctor in my short time over here - as the patient! What joy, what rapture!! Another story and adventure, of course, but suffice it to say at least that I am on the mend! PTL! Thanks for the prayers! Please let me know how I can pray for you!

With His Love,