A couple of months ago it became clear to us that the apartment we were staying in was causing Maycie to get sick. There was a leak from the outside of the building whenever it rained that was in the process of being repaired when we moved it. However, due to the rainy season they was decided to fix the water leak when it wasn’t so rainy. This delay meant that we would have to stay there until March before repairs would resume. Maycie was very sick so we were unable to wait for that to happen. It was a tough decision and a very difficult process, but we decided to move, again.
We began the search for a new place all over again and discovered that the apartment across the hall from us was available and the leaks had already been repaired there. We started to get our hopes up for this new apartment but the rent was quite a bit higher than what were already paying. We negotiated a little with the landlord, and decided it was close enough to our budget to take a look. As we walked into the apartment we all had the same kind of reaction that they have on "Extreme Makeover." It was a beautiful apartment that needed absolutely no repairs. It was clean, freshly remodeled and already had a lot of basic furnishings. In the States we take for granted that an apartment comes with things like light bulbs, shelves, cupboards, sinks etc. The landlords even paint before you move in to make sure the place is presentable and to try to "sell" it to you.
They look at it very differently here, and apartments are usually shown to future renters in the same condition they were in when the last tenant moved out, cockroaches and all. So you can imagine how excited we were to find one that needed some very basic cleaning and nothing else! It was worth a little extra money to forgo the weeks of hassles and remodeling to move directly across the hall. So that is what we did.
Thank you so much for your prayers regarding this move. We had some help moving so it took us only 2.5 hours to move. We never had to pack a single box or crate. We just carried it from room to the next. We have been here for just over a month now and it is a VERY nice apartment. Also, we have all been free from mold symptoms since we moved. God is so good.