Two days at home

The taxi picked us up at 1:30 a.m. Saturday  morning to take us to the bus station in Managua for our 3:00 a.m. departure to San Salvador.  The trip was almost twelve hours.  We were pretty tired by the time we got home; even so, I made a quick trip to the grocery store so we could eat at home.  After eating at the food court or in the hotel restaurant for eight days, we were ready to eat at home.

We thought that Sunday would be a quiet day, but realized that we needed to remove the four appliances from our old place before we left the country.  So, Gilma and William met us at Finca de Asturias at 8:00 a.m.  William, Francisco and Stephen loaded the frig and the stove in the pickup.  William's son, Willy, and his wife, Patty, were having a garage sale, so they dropped the appliances off at their house and then returned to pick up the washer and dryer.  Willy and Patty are going to try to sell them for us.  

In the afternoon we met with the owner of the house and he paid us for the improvements we made and the things we left in the house (3 ceiling fans, wooden blinds, lights, etc.)  We thought he would give us cash, but he wrote us a check instead.  So, tomorrow morning before we leave for the airport, we have to go to the bank to see if we can cash the check.  Hopefully, it won't take too much time--the bank opens at 9:00 and we have to leave for the airport at 10:30.  I know that sounds like plenty of time, but the lines at the banks are often very long.  

We're anxious to see family and friends in Kansas City for ten days and then travel to California to see our kids and grandkids.

Prayer Request

As you know we recently moved to a new apartment in a new building.  The owner of the apartment had purchased and installed an electric stove, refrigerator and washer and dryer. In 2010 when we moved to El Salvador, our townhouse did not have any appliances so we bought a stove, refrigerator, washer and dryer.  We knew that it might be difficult to sell these items, but were hoping that our old landlord would want to buy them so he could set a higher rental price.

He originally told us he was interested in buying them, but last Friday he emailed to let us know he was not going to be able to purchase them.  At this moment they are still in the old townhouse--our final rental period ends on Sunday, December 8.  If we don't find a buyer by then, we will have to move them out and store them somewhere until we return to El Salvador on January 2.  

We are in Nicaragua this week so, once again, the time frame is very short.  We return to El Salvador on Saturday afternoon and will only have about 24 hours to take care of the situation.  Please pray that God will provide a "just-in-time" buyer for these things.