This morning we moved our remaining things into the building on the church property. Tonight we stay our first night here.
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Salvador and the staff at the hotel. They treated us more like family than customers. We felt very welcome the whole time we were there. ¡Gracias por todo durante nuestra estancia! ¡Usted todo es tan maravilloso! (Pardon my poor Spanish if I got that wrong.)
Also, to Ruth (not Erin), a big thank you for driving our stuff to the rooms and for taking Lori and Erin shopping! ¡Gracias!
The rest of the day was spent getting settled. I spent a while getting the internet set up for us. Rick (Long) had left excellent instructions, but there was apparently something wrong with the router. It broadcast a clear signal but no internet. The Cat5 cables had internet so I dug out my D-Link WIFI router from home and configured it. It seems to be working fine, although Teresa seems to be having intermittant problems with it. It could be the concrete floors, but if we have to troubleshoot later, we will.
After Ruth brought back Lori and Erin, Lori spent some time organizing and unpacking, and running the first load of laundry in our "alien washing machine". As Jose put it, "This has a computer and a calculator!" There are lots of buttons and functions we aren't used to. Luckily the instruction manual is bilingual so whatever Lori y I can't figure out we can look for in the book. The clothes smelled really nice and fresh after the cycle completed, and they looked clean, so I guess she did it right!
Mauricio came to put the bunkbeds together around 1:15. He and his hijo spent several hours drilling and staining and whatever else he did. The beds are up and have the matresses on them. As I am typing this, I believe the kids are making their beds, too.
After Mauricio left came the scariest part of the trip (for me) so far. Lori and Erin went shopping for the items they were unable to pick up this morning - without me! I was a nervous wreck. I set up a desk by the front window and made myself busy unpacking our printer and setting it up. I caught up on some email and and some other stuff while constantly looking out the window for their return. They finally showed up, safe and sound. Whew.
This evening we met with the church here for an evening of Praise and Prayer. The attendance was low, but Jose expected that with the amount of rain we are receiving. Still, it was a good evening.
Lori is on Skype with her parents right now. I'm going to finish this and go to bed soon. We have found there is no such thing as a bedtime yet. When we are done with what we are doing, we go to bed. I also have not had to use an alarm to get up yet. We set them just in case, but we get up before they go off. Now that we are here, we will have an alarm each weekday morning when the school bells go off. I'm beginning to wonder how my new bed will feel.
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Salvador and the staff at the hotel. They treated us more like family than customers. We felt very welcome the whole time we were there. ¡Gracias por todo durante nuestra estancia! ¡Usted todo es tan maravilloso! (Pardon my poor Spanish if I got that wrong.)
Also, to Ruth (not Erin), a big thank you for driving our stuff to the rooms and for taking Lori and Erin shopping! ¡Gracias!
The rest of the day was spent getting settled. I spent a while getting the internet set up for us. Rick (Long) had left excellent instructions, but there was apparently something wrong with the router. It broadcast a clear signal but no internet. The Cat5 cables had internet so I dug out my D-Link WIFI router from home and configured it. It seems to be working fine, although Teresa seems to be having intermittant problems with it. It could be the concrete floors, but if we have to troubleshoot later, we will.
After Ruth brought back Lori and Erin, Lori spent some time organizing and unpacking, and running the first load of laundry in our "alien washing machine". As Jose put it, "This has a computer and a calculator!" There are lots of buttons and functions we aren't used to. Luckily the instruction manual is bilingual so whatever Lori y I can't figure out we can look for in the book. The clothes smelled really nice and fresh after the cycle completed, and they looked clean, so I guess she did it right!
Mauricio came to put the bunkbeds together around 1:15. He and his hijo spent several hours drilling and staining and whatever else he did. The beds are up and have the matresses on them. As I am typing this, I believe the kids are making their beds, too.
After Mauricio left came the scariest part of the trip (for me) so far. Lori and Erin went shopping for the items they were unable to pick up this morning - without me! I was a nervous wreck. I set up a desk by the front window and made myself busy unpacking our printer and setting it up. I caught up on some email and and some other stuff while constantly looking out the window for their return. They finally showed up, safe and sound. Whew.
This evening we met with the church here for an evening of Praise and Prayer. The attendance was low, but Jose expected that with the amount of rain we are receiving. Still, it was a good evening.
Lori is on Skype with her parents right now. I'm going to finish this and go to bed soon. We have found there is no such thing as a bedtime yet. When we are done with what we are doing, we go to bed. I also have not had to use an alarm to get up yet. We set them just in case, but we get up before they go off. Now that we are here, we will have an alarm each weekday morning when the school bells go off. I'm beginning to wonder how my new bed will feel.
Glad to hear you are "at home" in LaPalma. Getting settled will take a little while but isn't it good to have a place to call "home." Miss you guys!
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