The Mayer Family

This morning after breakfast Kevin went out to check with a few of the rental agencies that he had visited before. While he was gone, Manolo (who works at the Pension) came and knocked on our door and said I had a visitor downstairs. I quickly went down and there was Jose. He was very excited and had walked for 20 minutes to come tell us some great news. He couldn’t find the phone number for our Pension, but decided the news was important enough that he had to walk here to tell us. He was even a little teary eyed as he told me that the one apartment that we had looked at, and that was owned by a friend of his, was reducing the price from $850 to $650 (euros) if we were interested in renting it today. We talked about it and Jose thought it was a great deal. About that time, Kevin came back and we all discussed what we should do, and we decided we would take the apartment. We felt good about relying on the advice of our friend Jose that God has sent to us. So Kevin and Jose left to go talk to the rental agency while I started packing.

Several hours later, after I had a lot of things packed up, and was getting very excited about leaving our Pension room home, Kevin returned with a discouraged look on his face and my heart sank. The rental agency needed a document from the bank that we did not have, so we could not move today after all. I felt a wave of depression and almost desperation that I just could not stay in this room one more night.

This afternoon I went to the store and bought some food items, and also got a broom and mop. We cleaned our room good and rearranged it again to try to make it more livable for the next few days. So here we are, still waiting and trying to figure out the Spanish ways. It is kind of like being half deaf and not understanding most of what is going on. However, God has brought us peace even through the discouragement. Thank you for the verses, Jessica.

There is another apartment that we are pretty interested in, the one that is in the area we like. It doesn’t have all the nice things that the apartment we were going to move into today does, but it is in the area that is more in the center of town and in the center of the relationships which we have already formed. It appears that both apartments would require this document from the bank, which hopefully we can get soon. So we may be back to choosing. Thanks for your prayers for us. We are extremely grateful.

Today at the store there was a little child in a stroller in the line behind me, so I called him guapo, which is a cute little boy. The mother informed me that it was guapa, a cute little GIRL. I thought it was a boy, oops, but the excuse of not knowing Spanish well worked good for the apology.
-Wendy

Yes, laundry can be done in the tub

Yes, a line can be strung up in your bedroom for the clothes to dry. It’s kind of like have a high powered humidifier in your room. The air stays nice and moist.

Ellie playing with her doll

Evan with his favorite red car… the one that made it on the flight outside the suitcase (read March 10 for that story)