Mice, toilets, and brew

Rachel and I really love our apartment. It is bigger than our apartment in Chicago, it's right across the street from a park, it's only 5-7 blocks from Cornerstone Christian Academy (school that Rachel teaches at) but since living here for a month we have now been getting acquainted with what are apartment really has to offer. Mice, toilet leakage, and the inconvenience of not being able to get a simple beer or wine from the grocery store. Let me start with that. There is a law in Pennsylvania that forbids any grocery store, drug store, etc. from selling any kind of alcohol. You can only get beer at a beer depot that are located throughout the city but are very inconvenient to get to. If you want to get wine for say, a special occasian to share with your wife, you have to go to a different depot. This one not only carries wine but also the hard liquor. This is even more uncomfortable because the alcohol content in these bottles have a higher percentage that the Cubs winning percentage.

I came home from class last Thursday to find Rachel sitting out on the front step with a book. I thought it was cute that she was waiting for me to get home. Without even greeting me with a holy kiss, she proceeded to mention that there WAS A MOUSE IN OUR KITCHEN. So I did what any husband would do...I went in the kitchen and calmly coaxed the mouse to enter a box and then set it free outside. Well, he wasn't the only one in our home. We have others and Rachel is freaking out that I am not her only roommate. Our toilet has also began to leak from the bottom. It doesn't overflow or anything but there is a gradual leak everytime you flush so that the next time you go to 'use it' you get a little foot washing too. Don't worry, the water is clean so I guess that is good.

Maybe in more ways than what we intended God is preparing us for the mission field this year. and we embrace it with open, willing hearts!