Lessons on Moving and Marriage

On our Honeymoon : )

Lesson #1
When packing your life in 4 suitcases, as much as your craving that salsa that you planned to have the night before as a snack . . . whatever you do, don't pack it in your checked luggage.
We were at the airport trying to adjust weight around between our suitcases and without thinking I was just shuffling things around, and put an unopened can of salsa in the largest checked suitcase. The good news is, the jar didn't break . . . the bad news is - it exploded : ( well we were very thankful for the awesome service that we had at the resort, because they just took the salsa covered clothes and washed them for us! We did however get to enjoy the tortilla chips haha!
Lesson #2
When you move into a new house where the previous owners had a dog . . . check for fleas. For about a week, I was thinking man the mosquitoes down here are terrible, and they leave such little bites. Yeah its because they weren't mosquitoes, they were fleas. I had hundreds of bites, all over my body, and worse, because I was scratching so much, the bites were then covered in bruises. I'm sure if ppl. didn't see the bites, they would think my husband was beating me haha!  
Lesson # 3
When you have a work order placed to get rid of the fleas the Honduran staff at the school will come get your furniture to clean it BUT it might be a while until you have it back . . . so that is why we still don’t have house pictures up yet .  . . our living room is still missing our couches and rug.
Lesson #4
In Honduras the power goes out quite often, so the lesson, always be prepared to eat sandwiches for dinner, because your stove might not have power. And always have candles and flashlights on hand.
Lesson #5
When you get married, your husband might move around a lot when he sleeps . . . needless to say I still haven’t slept through the night. But its totally worth it b/c I love falling asleep next to my husband every night, even though he does, move ALL OVER the place haha!
Lesson #6
Hire a maid! Yes that is correct we have a maid, Nancy is her name and she is my new best friend, she comes twice a week! You see down here, there is no such thing as a dishwasher and you don’t have hot water for your kitchen sink. So washing your dishes can be quite a process, so that is why I LOVE our maid, well that and she cleans the entire house top to bottom, does the laundry and even cooks if you want her to. I know you are all thinking that we are spoiled rotten, and well, that’s probably accurate. BUT b/c she comes to clean, I can actually really enjoy coming home to a clean kitchen to cook dinner.
Lesson #7
When you get married, that means you will most likely eat more food than you did before. So here in Honduras, you go to the grocery store once a week. We live way up the mountain and don’t have a car, so once a week the school provides a bus that goes down into the city for groceries. Well Steve and I are still trying to figure out how much food to buy and what we both like and what will last a week and so on and so forth. Well, Steve quickly discovered that I eat a lot more food than he expected haha! But were getting the hang of it . . . we just need a system : )
Lesson #8
Marriage is awesome, and I LOVE it! Life here is different and being married is different, BUT its just different, none of it is bad, its wonderful. But like any major life change there is still adjustments, some big and some little. Sleeping in the same bed – Big change, we both really value our space and sleep haha! Forgetting to close the cupboard doors – little change, forgetting to flush the toilet – little change, we each have our quirks, but marriage is worth every quirk. Being in Honduras is where God has called us, its worth the flea bites, the inconvenience of not having a car, and the awesomness of having a maid : ) We are right where God wants us and loving it! So thank you for your prayers, please continue to pray, just because we know we are where God wants us doesn’t mean we don’t have rough days, BUT glory be to God for his faithfulness!