This is a photo of the front of the house, ground floor. The bike and trailer delivered some of the furniture which we bought as the place came unfurnished. A dining table, 8 dining chairs, two beds and two matresses were piled onto the trailer and roped down.
Below is our kitchen, there is one tile cupboard to the right of the tile bench, and a sink with cold water. It is interesting setting up a new house, buying all your needs from scratch. A gas stove top, gas bottle, fridge, plates, cutlery, water filter, serving implements... you name it. Not something we had been particularly prepared for budget wise, but necessary all the same. We spent the Christmas break bargaining and finding second hand sales and are almost set up.
Our new place is about 15 minutes walk further away from our old house. It is however a bit quieter and we have a hot water system in our bathroom. Needless to say I have enjoyed having warm showers each day! Especially when washing my hair.
I am looking forward to having open street access so that we can engage more readily with the locals rather than locked behind a courtyard. The lady across from us, will probably become familiar with us very quickly, as she sells pineapples, mangoes and guava outside her gate. A pineapple comes ready cut in 4 portions and cost about 30 - 50cents. Yum! The local boys seem keen to play with Nathan, since this street is not busy, like the previous one, he should make friends quickly.
Our town house is one in a row of four, we live on the left end and another Hope teacher (Miss Chris) lives on the right end, since townhouses are only about 5 metres wide, then between our two places is a whole 10m. This move will bring us oppportunities share times with Chris and get to know the Khmer who live with her.
We do not yet have a wahing machine, please pray for direction / blessing in aquiring one.
God Bless,
Fiona
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