Our house. . .some pictures. . .

Below are a few pictures of our home! We are so lucky to have this place for our family while we are here in Nicaragua. The school provides a stipend that covers MOST of the rent of this home about 10 minutes drive down a BIG hill to the school (the road is known as the "cow trail!"). The house is in a community with 6 or 7 other houses (one house is occupied by the owner); four houses are all very close together and there are 11 children between the four families (all families are involved in ministry in Nicaragua). The kids flock from home to home (think Rehoboth campus!); our Duplo blocks that we squeezed in a bag have been the hit as the "new" toy here! Our house is empty in terms of furniture and probably will be for a bit, but we have all of our appliances (washer and dryer to be installed yet), beds, and a table and chairs! LOTS of screened windows (open ALL year round) and high ceilings for the breeze. Cool tropical plants all around the house-- strange to look at palm trees while taking a shower through our bathroom window! We have access to a shared community swimming pool and a trampoline, which is a luxury for our kids in the heat! This is definitely a place where we will be "recharged" for ministry; so different from our home in GR which felt like it was in and of itself a part of ministry due to location in a diverse neighborhood. Our prayer is to make this a place of hospitality for ALL folks who enter and extend MANY invitations for fellowshipping to those outside of our neighborhood.