30 Days of Thanksgiving: November 1--Hot Water Heater!

November is here, and Thanksgiving is around the corner! I'm not sure how much turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes we'll be eating this year in the land of Nicaragua. . .but regardless of what we eat on November whatever-the-date-is, we certainly want to spend intentional time being thankful, celebrating the joys of our new life in Nicaragua-- both the interesting and the mundane. So each day in November, we'll share one thing for which we give thanks, in no particular order. THANKS for reading:)

November 1: Hot Water Heater

Our house has a hot water heater, which is rare here in Nicaragua.  Many of our friends either have no hot water or use “duchas” which are electric heaters that are attached to your shower head, also known as “widow makers”--mixing water and electricity isn't ever a great idea. Because electricity here is so expensive, we try to only turn on our hot water heater for about 15 minutes a day for morning showers, but we are so thankful that we have it!  We are feeling especially thankful for it now because Andrew recently locked the door to the water heater closet before realizing we didn’t have a key, so we were without hot water for several days until a locksmith replaced the lock!