Apartment in Manaus | Jevon and Danica Rich

A lot of you were praying for us to find a place to rent quickly, and we did! We are already moved in and we are convinced that this place is a perfect provision from God to us. Our upstairs apartment came furnished with a stove, fridge, washing machine, two beds, tables, chairs, couches, and even an AC unit in each bedroom (which is a blessing because it does not cool off at night in Manaus). We expected to spend a few weeks looking for a place, and then researching and buying a stove, fridge, and other necessities. All we did was buy a desk, a cabinet with a countertop for workspace beside the stove, and a couple hammocks. The girls are thrilled to take turns sleeping in the one bed and the hammock in their room; their turn in the hammock is the night they look forward to. 🙂 And Isaiah is quite content to be rocked in a hammock instead of a rocking chair. He still sleeps in his pack n’ play. This apartment also came with a water cooler and empty jugs (we can’t drink city water so we bring our water from the mission house which has a well), and gas tanks for the stove.

The location of the apartment is also a provision from God; it is nicely situated between the two mission properties where we will be doing alot of our language sessions, so we can walk to either one during the daytime. It is also 3 blocks from a grocery store and…yes…it gets better…
1 block from a church with a Brazilian Awana program! For all of you who were also praying for our involvement in a church in Manaus, this may be the answer from God.

Having all this taken care of so quickly means we can settle down and focus on what we came to do – learn a language and embrace a new culture!

If you have been hearing people comment about pictures of our apartment they saw on facebook, and it is driving you crazy because you don’t have facebook, rejoice because Jevon posted them all here, too:

(these are from before we moved in to stay)