Lima House Hunting

I do believe house hunting is a challenge no matter where you are, but trying to find the right place here in Lima was more daunting than we had expected. Our team and other members of South America Mission are all in one specific area of the La Molina section of Lima, and that is where the majority of our ministry will be based out of, so we wanted to be somewhere reasonably close. We initially thought we'd be able to afford a house rather than an apartment, but after looking at a house we were really interested, we sat down to write out an estimate budget, only to realize we might not be able to get into a house after all.

So then we began looking at apartments. We're so grateful for our teammates who were able to watch our kids while we were in this process, because the times we had to take them with us, it was quite a bit more of a challenge!

To spare you the more detailed story of the week and a half headache it was to pick out a place, but the Lord provided something that we need for now. We were looking primarily for something that would be in a safer location, accessible to those we want to host (so many places had no where for parking or tricky to get to), and the Lord through mutual friends, gave us an apartment in a safe neighborhood, in front of a beautiful park, with great natural lighting, and so much more.....and the owner is a believer!

So here it is, there are 4 apartments in all in this building, and ours is on the right, and is 3 floors: The basement you can't see, the first floor (behind the glass panes on top of the outer wall) is where the living/dining room, kitchen, and patio are; and the second floor is where all of our bedrooms are.

I hope to add more pictures from the inside of our house soon, but we're still setting up the place! :-)  Stay tuned!!!

Our Apartment Building

The park in front of our house.