Church & part 1 of moving

We are enjoying our church here, El Refugio, even though it is all in Spanish.  We really like the people we are meeting so far.  Some of them do speak limited English, so that is nice for us.  We hope to practice our Spanish with them soon & they are eager to practice their English.  There is one family who lived most of their lives in the states, but they are Colombian.  They were so sweet to have us over for dinner last night, which was our first time doing that with Colombians here.  Brook actually had her first playdate at their home yesterday too. They will be leaving for a summer trip to the states, but will back in Bogota later in the summer.  These pictures were taken on the playground after church Sunday.

This is the family's youngest daughter with Isabella

Brook & her friend she will miss over the summer

After church, we had lunch at one of the missionary homes.  There was a large group there because there was a preaching seminar Saturday, so several pastoral candidates from Colombia had come.  In this picture above, Avery is playing horseshoes with our pastor, who is in the front, a pastoral candidate in the back (purple shirt), & our MTW trainer here in the jacket. Isabella & others were watching.

Moving day finally came! Here is Brook & I with Maria, our hostess for the month at the Baptist house.  She has been dear to us & we've loved getting to know her.  She has been so hospitable & helpful to us during our stay there.  She works in the office, which was on the same side of the house where we were staying (the Baptist house has 2 different apartment sides).  We hope to have her come visit us at our new house.

We borrowed a car from a fellow missionary to help transport our bags to our new house.  This is Avery driving in Bogota.  It was his first time to drive in 6 weeks!  He did great.  It could be a year before I drive again.  It is already a little strange to think I haven't driven in 6 weeks.  

So it will be a few days before we are unpacked, but we spent our first night in our new home last night. We don't have beds, but we do have mattresses on the floor for all of us, & that is good for now.  Pray furniture comes tomorrow (beds & sofa).  Maybe next week I can give a home tour on here!