Moving out of a hotel into our HOUSE!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it????!!!!!!

My oh My look what the Lord has done!

Oh my goodness you all ~ we did find a house to rent....yes can you believe it?  And it is a BIG house more then Nick & I need -but it became available to use for the 2 months and that is what we had hoped,  to be stay here in Salatiga and that is exactly what happened!

We heard about it from visiting the church.  We are able to rent it for the balance of the year lease!

GOD is SO' GOOD!!!!!!  VERY cute huh??????!!!!!! 

So we will share some pictures with you - but keep in mind we are in Indonesia - don't compare anything to homes in the US - things are different here.  But having been here now for over 4 months - we can see that this is quite a fancy house for Indonesian standards and we are ever so appreciative of it!!!  The kitchen is very simple but fine!  The  bathroom thankfully has a 'normal' toilet in it (no Ellen will not need to use "the low rider!" as I call them out there!) - No vanity sink though and only a cold water in the bathroom.  Might have to boil water and use a scooper to scoop up the water mixed wht the cold out of the pail....for a few months!  Previous people had a portable hot water heater - which they took with them.
            We are considering doing something ...cold showers?????   Boil  the water first?????? Will keep you posted on that!

 We purchased a 2 pit burner (also kind of normal here) and today we found a used refrigerator!  The house has a king mattress still there - so today we went to a material store and had them cut cotton sheeting off the rolls.  We won't have time to sew a hem (it takes 5 days to put a hem on them) oh well - at least we have something to sleep on and under...ha! (they hardly sell sheets here - we would have to go to a larger town to purchase ready made sheets-weird huh?)  And a blanket - hard to find and the pillows...they are all foam....grrrrrr!  Ellen no like ...but is a girl to do????
                                                     Yes Ellen is learning a lot...ha!  

Tomorrow we rent a lpg tank for the stove top, and we might be able to pick up a dresser at the church office left by other people.  Nick & I did a little shopping picking up some pots and pans, 4 towels, some utensils and pails etc.  So getting the bare basic's ...... at least we will be able to move in tomorrow and sleep here!  

                                   The house is a 3 bedroom with a 1 car garage it has a pantry closet, and utility room too.  Front porch side porch ~  I will take a picture of our street too later!  We are in the heart of a kampung - a village.  5 dogs laying out front by the gate!

 Side view of the house ~

Inside Garage looking out ~ there is a door going into the house from the garage too!

This is the living dining area inside the center of the home.  No windows~ all 3 bedrooms are on the outside of this room ~ Each room has a bathroom - toilet and shower area.  No vanity.  The whole house is tiled - they do that here to keep things cool and also I think for maintenance - sweep it and mope it and that's it!

This is one of the bedrooms (side of the house)- which we will use - it is away from the front of the house that gets the Sun.  There was a newer mattress left behind...perfect!  King size of course!

                       The kitchen opens to a outside courtyard and also to the living dining area.

3 door cabinet - we bought a 2 pit burner see it on the counter?  

A small sink with cold water.  All this is just enough - it is basic but in this warm area - the tap water is not cold.  So no problem to do a few dishes!

                                                      Now lookie here......!!!!!
.......yes - and the 3rd bedroom has a baby bed in it - see Jason & Milou - we are all ready for you guys!  Little Skyler has a place to sleep here in Salatiga!

Come on Skyler - come to OMA in Salatiga Java Indonesia for Christmas!!!!!!

Side view of the house - the whole perimeter of the house is tiled - so easy maintenance !

This could be a nice porch sitting area - although the front of the house also has a bench sitting area.

 Side area ~

Back area off of kitchen.  Even has a washer hook up!  The water tank is for back up water supply - there is City water hook up.  Everyone has these water back up tanks above the ground - houses/hotels.

Tomorrow we have the used frig delivered and we will go and pick up the dresser because the homes here don't have closets.  Gotta have something to put our clothing into -  we are able to borrow a dresser from the church.  So little by little we are gathering a few items for the few months we are here! 

 I already received a call this evening to help tutor a child in English ~ Wow things are moving along!

We hope to be of help here for the upcoming months ~ Also had two gals in the hotels ask if we could tutor in English - people are so willing to learn and want to speak English better...and Nick & I are really interested to learn to speak Indonesian...so we could help one another...right?!!!

Pretty special and in the mean time we get a little rest and get back into eating salads and veggies!!!

HA! 

Tomorrow we move in - and then find out about internet connection!  So for now - until we are online again....

Salamat Jalan!