Here in Chile

I've been blessed to have seen the doctor down here, and PRAISE GOD they have everything that I need. The doctor understood everything and after a nice conversation in both English and Spanish, I feel comfortable that my medical care here should be just as good as what I would have in the states.

On another note, we've found a house!! I know it seems fast, but I've been looking at houses on-line for over 3 months and after seeing this one we decided that since it becomes available in the beginning of February, has everything we need, has plenty of space to have people over, and was within our price range, we'd try to reserve it. Therefore, over the next few days I have to get the money out of the bank to put down a deposit and such, so that we can sign a contract hopefully before I leave on Saturday. If not some fellow missionaries will sign and we'll transfer it all when we get here in February. Here are some pictures with the current resident´s furniture... I´m sure I´ll post more once we´ve moved in.

The office/guest room window that you walk by to get to the ¨front¨ door.

Looking from the back yard toward öur¨front gate - basically looking at the driveway.


Back yard with slightly covered patio

View of kitchen from the front door. Kitchens this size are VERY rare in Chile. They are usually gally type kitchens because it is offensive to have anyone else in your kitchen while you are cooking. Mostly because in the past and in the upper classes the maids/nannies do all the cooking, so one wouldn´t want to offend someone by asking them to help you cook or even join you in the kitchen while you cook.

Off to the right past the ¨kitchen¨table is the covered laundry area with extra storage. Before getting to the table, also on the right is the entrance to the SMALL maid´s quarters. Obviously we will NOT have a LIVE IN MAID, so we´ll use that possibly as a homeschool resource room or something.

View from Living/Dining room looking into office/guest room, front door to the right past the stairs and open staircase.

Office/Guest room that actually has an attached bath.

Dining area of the Living Room/Dining room combination

Living room section of the Living/Dining room with the sliding glass doors out to the backyard/covered patio

Master Bedroom and Bath - We are praising God that this house has PLENTY of storage space, like closets, because here in Chile they are practically non-existent.


The Kids´bathroom directly across from the stair landing

The kids´rooms are mirror images of one another. They´ll each have a closet like this one and a small area to use as a desk. For Caleb he´ll probably just use it to stack toys, but for Hannah I think she´ll probably want an art station all to herself.