Our new place in Quito!

So that is a peak at our place that we were able to set up in Quito! Thanks to our friends the millers who were leaving Quito for good, we were able to go there from the airport and sleep there our first night. We had bought their appliances and their guest bed, and with the linens that we took down we were set for the first night! You can see it was empty looking! You can refer to a blog this last summer and see it set up as millers place. It was with mixed emotions that we took over this place. We are so sad to see millers stuff gone, and it was sad to say goodbye to them knowing that when we go to Ecuador now their loving friendship will not be awaiting us! We are thrilled for them. And we were so so thankful how the timing of all this worked out beyond anything that we could have orchestrated. We spent Tuesday with millers, and were able to be at their great despedida on Tuesday night! So many folk turned out to wi,sh them all the best and pray with them.
Wednesday phil rented a truck from the market and we headed to reicherts and began the process of carrying all 56 boxes up 3 long flights of stairs to street, then over to our place and up 6 more flights of stairs!!! The suggestion was made that I get a kindle since many of those tubs contained my books!!! Books are like friends tho! As we unpacked we were so thankful for the miracle of absolutely dry boxes, no water or moisture damage at all! We put blankets and towels straight into cabinets that is how fresh they were! We hung things on the wall, and put what kitchen stuff we had away. This new apartment has phenomenal closet space in every room, so every thing was easily unpacked and put away very organized and accessible! What a treat!
Friday we rented a truck again and went around and collected our furniture that people had borrowed or stored, it wasn't a lot, but by the afternoon we had stuff polished and washed and it was looking a little more homey!
We were able to entertain there, and have meetings and coffee dates with people in our own place! Of course my first meal to cook there was taco salad on sat night!!!!
We had lots of meetings and got caught up with many people while we were there. I am excited to continue to walk with our team and encourage and love on "my girls" in Quito! I loved being back. It is funny to me how much Quito feels like home now! I am very thankful!
We traveled back to Lakewood on Thursday! Amber, Natalie and Austin picked us up. We have done wedding stuff through the weekend, taught Sunday school, and done yard work and housework to get caught up here, then lots and lots of emailing and computer work. Today I am especially thankful to have a washer and dryer after going to the laundromat since early oct. I am working at home and doing laundry!!!! If you have a washer and dryer way home and haven't thought of that as a gift, why not stop now and thank God for that! If you feel it isn't a big deal go two weeks using a laundromat! I got used to it, and even could find good things about it, but boy am I glad to be back say home able to wash and dry clothes here!
So, I think that has me caught up to the present with my comings and goings!
The last picture is of empty boxes! Only a very few boxes broke! Thank you Reichert family for storing our boxes for 2 years and 9 months! Thank you Ackerman family for storing our hutch, to the millers, gardeens, tassy's and boys who kept other bits and bobs!