Saturday, June 28, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Here she is...our new home for the next 2 1/2 years!
(Still needing a second coat of paint and some trim work)

Last week we went down with the Orlando family group to paint our house. There was lots and lots and lots of work to be done. We are so grateful for all the help we received from our brothers and sisters from Orlando.

The highlight of our trip: One night Elliott and I were eating dinner with the group in Cielo when we got the call that Lalo, Zeneida and some other Dominicans were at our house working and wanted us to come help. When we showed up water was flying out every door and window...one guy had a hose and was spraying down all the walls, and 5 people with push brooms followed him pushing all of the water out the door. About 20 minutes into creating this "water park" the lights went out. So we all scurried out of the house to fetch our flashlights. We continued spraying down the inside of our house by flashlight. Oh the things you get to do when you live in the Dominican Republic!!!! Nothing like taking a hose to the inside of your brand new home.
























Sanding down the walls for the first 2 1/2 days...not the most fun job in the world, but it is a
very good arm workout.

2 comments:

The Sudan Fam said...

way cool!! yall have a house...crazy! Jason tells me yall have a job for us over there in the DR? What is it? We are down...when can we come??

Anne said...

That's so exciting - your first house! Have fun decorating and making it your own. We are always thinking of you - thank you for letting us know how you are doing. Love, Anne, Andrew and Matthew