The Simple Life

It's been a few days now since we got here and we're starting to feel more at home. We're unpacked (which didn't take long) and are mostly organized.


After cleaning baby cucarachas out of the cabinets and mopping up our leaky toilet and water that comes in after the hard rains, we finally feel like true missionaries.


After two days with a rag to soak up the toilet leak, it is fixed. And our oven should be working in a day or two so I can start to cook.



A typical scene on the street. Steve has learned to drive like the Mexicans, cutting in and out of traffic. If you aren't aggressive, you won't get very far. Liz is putting off driving as long as possible!










Yesterday we shopping in Tonala, which is a pretty popular artesan market town. It was very Mexican and Liz could've gone crazy with all of the neat, cheap, and original items. We left with a few things we needed for our departemento and a guitar for Cole. He's been playing it nonstop while Lydia dances around the living room.







Roughing it without a dishwasher. There are things that you take forgranted and appreciate them when you're without. We're enjoying the change of pace and environment.


One of the missionary couples, Trent and Angie, have gone out of their way to make us feel welcome. They invited us out for dinner, churras, and over to their house to give us gift basket full of snacks for the kids and a few things to make us feel at home. Angie also watched the kids for us while we grocery shopped for the first time. Their little girl, Chloe, is three and is already best friends with Cole and Lydia.


We are definitely having a fun figuring things out. We're learning just to laugh at our mistakes.