Pictures of Our New Place

View from the living room

The view outside from the master bedroom

Master bedroom

Behind the table is called the 'indoor patio'.  We'll eventually use the space for a desk.

Dining area - it is quite bare.

View from the kitchen

Living Room - we just bought the rug.  I couldn't stand walking around on the hard tile all day.

Our guest room - we'll buy some bedding as soon as someone comes to visit.  Hint, hint ..

Our kitchen - the strange thing is that we have no hot water.  Apparently it is a luxury to have hot water coming into your kitchen.  So, I usually do our dishes in cold water .. unless I take the time to heat the water on the stove top.

Ella & Adlai's room

Ezra's room

Not a closet, but the maid's room.  Really!  Actually, this picture makes it look larger than it is. I'm not sure that it is long enough for a twin bed.

We are so thankful that we were set up with such a nice place.  It is way more than what we need.  The average hourly wage here is about $5 per hour and a Senior Software Engineer, for example, makes about $17,000 per year.  I've told Case that I am embarrassed to be living in a nice place while the people who work here cleaning the grounds probably make about $1 per hour.  (Since labor is so cheap, they employ lots of people and they actually had people mopping the road outside that leads into the parking garages.) Yet, I know that money doesn't buy happiness nor contentment (I've had many hard days here despite our accommodations.)  I know that God has us here for a reason and I want to make the most of that opportunity however that may look.