Sorry, still no pictures, but...

Okay, so we're still figuring out this blog stuff, and we're soooo close to getting pictures out there. We're also unable to connect to the internet from our temporary apartment right now, so we catch it when we can. Right now I'm (Gillian) sitting in a Starbucks as I wait for my language school appointment. It's too expensive to drop Alex off at school, go home, come back for class, go home, then come back to get Alex, sooooo Justin gets to be a stay at home dad with Nathan for the next few weeks while I go to language school and wait to pick up Alex at the end of the day. Once we get into our permanent apartment, hopefully in the next few weeks, we will work out a schedule for Justin to start classes.

I only have a few more minutes before class, but I can tell you that our adjustment to Lima is going great. My Spanish is sufficient to navigate taxis, order meals in restaurants, and go grocery shopping. Justin's Spanish is awesome and he's doing great.

We've had a few adventures since we've been here. It turns out that Justin had pneumonia when we first arrived. Last week he finally went to the doctor for it, but had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics. At 9pm we loaded the family into a taxi to head to the pharmacy to get Benadryl. Unfortunately it's not called Benadryl here, so we were also on the phone with our fellow staff missionaries finding out the names of good antihistimines (spelling?). We found what we were looking for, and Justin was just fine. The doctor told him to try Zythromax instead, so now we know of a familiar antibiotic, the Peruvian versions of Benadryl, Tylenol, Advil, and more! It was a great learning experience. Thankfully we were able to learn with Justin and not with the boys...that would not be fun. Justin's fully on the mend now and taking it easy with Nathan back at home.

Alex is loving his school. He went straight into his class the first day and hasn't looked back since. He's even made friends with another little boy who keeps Transformer toys in his cubby at school...God knows our boys' needs :).

Random thought before I go: I was sitting in my Spanish class yesterday and it occurred to me that I'm studying to speak a foreign language in a foreign country to which God has called our little family for which we have been working for two and a half years. An overwhelming sense of gratitude and fulfillment washed into my spirit, and I am content. Thank you to those who are reading this...God is so good.

Love,
Gillian