This is going to be a long one...

We finally have internet at our house!! Big relief, we dont feel so lonely now that we can email everyone whenever we want:) So Thursady we moved into our new house. Later that night we interpreted our first meeting for Niasha. Shes about 13 and doesnt know much ASL and is no longer going to school. It was definately a challenge but we try to keep it simple so she atleast gets the main points from each talk. Oh and we took our first mini bus ride to the meeting. That was interesting. We were going about 80 mph and had, of course, no seatbelts. This wouldn't be a huge deal if we were on a straight road that didnt have donkeys, goats, pigs and dogs darting across. But we made it in one piece.
Friday was our service day with Chris and Renee Turner from the New Amsterdam ASL group. We did bible studies all day with them and two other sisters. Eventually they will be turning over a few of those studies to us. One of the studies, Natalie, wasnt home so Faith and I met with her Saturday morning and had a really nice study. She has come to meetings before so we're hoping that now that were here interpreting she will come more often. Over the weekend we also tried to get the internet working. That was a big mess, but finally we were able to connect. Guyananet made a typo that was keeping us from being able to log on. The typo also gave Faith a new nickname, Saith.
After meeting on Sunday, Larica, a young sister from our hall came over and hung out with us for the afternoon. Shes about 16 and really sweet. She even helped us cook! Everyone in the congregation is very welcoming. Another young sister, Shameneil, has been interested in learning ASL so she will probably be joing us for service alot. Shes also applying for reg. pioneer soon. It'll be nice having her with us, especially since she knows where everything is!
The house were staying at is really nice for this area. And the couple that lives in front of us, David and Indranee, are very sweet. He works alot so she is happy to have us here in the back house so shes not completely alone. They always bring us fruits and vegetables. Davids sisters call us everyday to make sure we are doing ok and yesterday Indranee and her niece and nephew had us over for ice cream:) We discovered very quickly after moving in that we have bats. More than one. We even named them. Thomas and Shakira. So before we go down stairs every morning we pound on the wall to try and scare them away. Then we slowly make our way down carrying a weapon (umbrella, broom, flashlight or our favorite new pest killer, BOP). Then once we're down there we take turns using the bathroom and showering while the other is 'keeping watch'. Usually the bat decides to fly back in and fly around us at some point during this whole routine. We're kinda pathetic when it comes to the bats. But today David came and filled in the holes that he thinks their nest is in. Hopefully that helps keep them out. Other than that we've been dealing with the spiders and bugs just fine.
Well, now your pretty much caught up on how things are going here. Love and miss you all!