The First Few Days

We'll, it seems the biggest challenge so far is having to go days without internet. Yikes! It feels like I'm disconnected from the rest of the world. Oh wait. I am! So today we get to see if we can find an Internet cafe so we can at least send things like this. We have contacted an internet provider but we're supposed to email them a copy of our passport and visa however, how do we do that with no service?? Once we do find a way to email the information, it'll still be a week or so before we get hooked up. Obviously our little coastal fishing/resort village is pretty relaxed. But let's get to some pictures: since it is towards the end of summer here we had to have this for breakfast-

We also added this-

Our apartment is huge! We just walked around it in a daze for a few minutes. Here's the great room-

 And the views of the ocean down the street-

The weather has been just perfect with temps in the 60's to 70's with a breeze all the time. We open up all the windows, which have no screens, and have yet to see a bug.
Yesterday two sets of missionaries came by to tell us about the area and we ended up having them help us move in a new couch set that the landlords brought by. Since we have a staircase with a turn halfway up to get into the living room, Elder O'Neal devised this way of getting it up-

Right up over the front deck and in through the folding glass doors! It's been an amazing week and tomorrow is Church. We hear that since this is the last weekend before school starts and this is a resort town, our usual church group attendance goes from about 10 to 50. That should be fun. Kia ora from Whitianga, New Zealand!