Adjustments

It's a amazing when we think of the need of water. A minor adjustment here and it makes you realize what we need clean water for. Everything here is done with bottled water from making coffee to brushing our teeth, simple things that we were use to just going into the kitchen or bathroom and turning on the water to complete our task has changed. That being said bottled water is cheap enough a 20L bottle is $2.50. But it's the mind set, get a glass of water go to washroom and brush the kids teeth. The shower IF it's going to be hot MUST be on a low pressure setting as it runs through a small on-demand heater cup. And I think the toughest has been shaving. I have 2 choices cold water or no mirror. The sink with Hot water has no mirror and the sink with cold water has a mirror. I've tried both not sure which is better.

Service was another interesting adjustment. We arrived on a street corner for our rotating service group where about 20 of us met. From there we proceed to do some survey work looking for English speaking foreigners in the area. That being said we were 10 of us walking up the street knocking at every door. Definitely different. We had one local cab driver who spoke English accepted the articles and then came to the meeting at 2PM at the Kingdom Hall. After the meeting said he would be back every week, so this was quite exciting. Heidi also had the opportunity to speak with a gentleman in English, French, German and Spanish. Not something we get to do every day.

This is a view from the street where we toke the bus to go to the service group. There's another adjustment. Bus ride of 50 mins and then a 5 min taxi ride to get to where our group was. That being said the whole trip cost us $2.00 for the 4 of us. And to give you an idea it would be like going from Orleans to Kanata by bus and then taking a cab to Stittsville.

After service and lunch it's off to the meeting which was a 5 min car ride and we were with friends who had a car and are actually from the Kemptville area so that was neat. They have lived here for 9 years. Nice to meet friends like that as they can give us direction as to where to go and not to. The meeting was good we had a speaker from New York and his wife were there. They are leaving to go back home in 3 weeks as they have been here for a year and now are going home to pursue the goal of BSCC. 

This is inside the hall. Very Nice.

We got home after a long day tired but not wiped, had dinner with the boys a relaxed for a bit before going to bed. And that is the final adjustment We have no TV and our internet is pay per meg so not really going to stream video and pay for it. So we are stuck talking to each other :). Not so bad, I still enjoy Heidi's company. That being said I may splurge and buy a TV before we leave.

Well time to paint the house today. Our landlord has been very helpful and since she is renovating we figured the least we could do is paint the house for her. The fun begins.

Chow