Beautiful Feet: September 24, 2015

What goes around, comes around. We had thought that we would spend the entire day Thursday looking for a house in Juayua but we decided that would be a really long day so we decided to get there at 1 and spend the afternoon. We had lunched Wednesday at the little restaurant of the Italian chef and he said we could come back at 4 Thursday and he would try to have something for us to see. We had also stopped by the hardware store because the owner has some houses, one of which we had looked at before but was too small. He said to come back at 5 on Thursday and he would show us a house he was reconstructing. So we arrived at Cesar’s at 1 and he went with us. We had a number to call about a house that was to be empty on Sept. 30 so we tried to call but it was a wrong number. We had gotten the number from the man who runs a flower shop and is friends with the owner. We went back by there and he said he could not remember any other number but the owner of the house would be here Sept. 30 and she always came to their shop since they were friends. He said he would tell her about us and make sure that we got to meet with her. The house was just around the corner so we walked over but no one was there so we could not go in. We did see a little through a window and were not all that excited about the lay out as far as we could tell. So we tried to ask around and run down some other leads but they were all dead ends. At 4 Cesar needed to go back home to see about Eliza because of her sickness. We dropped him off and went to see the Chef. He got in the car with us and directed us to the hardware store. We told him we already had an appointment with the owner at 5 and he said he did not have any other leads. We had an hour to kill so we went to Selectos and got some more groceries because we are trying to restock. We still had to just wait in the car for about 30 minutes. At 5 we went to the hardware store. When the owner got in the car he said he had an idea for us to consider. He said we could move in the small house we had already seen (it may have been the very first house we saw when we started looking way back in April) and that he was rebuilding a much larger house and it would be ready in 4-5 months and we would be able to move in as soon as it was ready. We decided that was worth considering so we went back to the smaller house first. When we saw it the first time it seemed dark and the rooms seemed very small and we understood the kitchen was to be down stairs. Now that it is completely finished it is very pretty. The rooms are painted with a light color which makes them seem larger. The finished down stairs part is very pretty with a patio and an umbrella. There is not an actual kitchen upstairs but there is a room that could be dinning-kitchen, a decent size living room and 2 small bedrooms. There is no kitchen sink anywhere but he said he would put one in for us. The bathroom is really small but will get by. And there is a pretty upstairs balcony with a nice view. There is also a large bedroom and a small storage room downstairs. Then he took us around the block to the house he is reconstructing. It was very old and dilapidated and hard to visualize what it would look like when finished but he said it would be very beautiful and large and judging from how pretty the other house is now that it is finished we believed him. We decided that it would be worth a go since we are so tired of traveling back and forth from Ataco. Also we believe we can be so much more effective living in Juayua. If for any reason we do not like the new house when it is finished we can look for another while living in Juayua. We will almost be across the corner from Jose and Kelly and just around the corner from Julia. We will be across town from Regina’s family but it is a small town. We hope to be able to make some suggestion about the new house (he already agreed to put in a plug for a clothes dryer which this house does not have). It is not perfect but will certainly get by for a while and we are so glad to not have to keep looking for now. Also the rent will only be $200 per month and we are now paying $375 so that will really help. He said we did not need to pay a deposit or sign a contract and we were expecting to have to do both. We thanked him and he said no but to thank God. He seems really nice and as we get to know him better perhaps we can talk more about our Lord. We plan to move on Monday. It is hard to believe but the timing all is probably exactly for the best and we can now get to work in Juayua in earnest. We had asked for prayers at Central on our last Sunday that we would find a house and many people said they would be praying for us. At the very end of a tiring and discouraging day all those prayers were answered with a good and safe location and an adequate house and better prospects coming soon.