Our Barrel Made It!!!!

Yeah! Yesterday our barrel came and it was Christmas for us in Dominica. We were so excited to see things like our knife, coffee maker, granola bars, spices, soaps, school supplies and cleaning supplies. Everything that is from America here is so expensive for example we went to the store the other day and it costs $10 US for a regular box of cereal or $8 US for a regular package of grated cheese and even $4 for one can of green beans. So we feel that sending our barrel was well worth it. We are so thankful for the luxuries that are available in the US because we don't have very many of them here.

Christopher and the man that went and picked our barrel up from the port had to carry our barrel up three flights of stairs because our apartment is on the third floor. The man had to pick our barrel up for us because well one we don't have a car here and also they say it is better to have a local go and pick up your barrel because they will charge them less on the tax on the barrel than they would someone like us. We also didn't want to carry our huge barrel by ourselves. But we are so glad that we have a little bit of home here in Dominica now. I think we have enough granola bars to last us the whole 16 months. Now probably not but it really feels like it.

We had a wonderful day yesterday because we got our barrel, there was a barbecue (not like an Oklahoma barbecue, but it was alright), and Christopher finally got to play some volleyball, while I got to watch the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. I am constantly in aww of the beauty that the Lord has created here. I wish everyone could experience the beauty of it. It is because of these things that allows us to keep going and enjoying every opportunity that the Lord has put before us.



Yesterday being a very exciting day, I can add that we had our first up close experience with a lizard. We have heard about the lizards here but we had yet to see one until yesterday. It was an extremely small and harmless little lizard but it was fun to finally see one.