I know this is a busy time of year and I don't know how many are checking our blog. But for those of you who are checking, the lastest news is that we plan/hope to go sign the rental contract for the house tomorrow. It has been a process of patience, as is most of life here.

We thought we were going to sign a few days ago and found out that we needed to have a guarantor (is that the word in English?) - someone to be able to "cover" for us, meaning finish our year contract, if we should up and walk out. Evidently that is what a lot of Americans here in the country have done and left the owner "sitting" empty.

So, we racked our brains to try to find a Dominican that would know us well enough and that would have the income to be able to "cover" for us if that should happen. We finally found a friend that will do it. Thank the Lord! So.... hopefully tomorrow we will all meet with the lawyer and finalize the paperwork.

At this point we still hope to move in next week. It will be a big job trying to get in before Christmas, but we're willing to try.

We'll do our best to keep you posted.