our apartment

Our apartment

Vernon and I live in an apartment that has been made out of three of the missionary dorms. One room is a carpeted living room and study. We have lovely off-white drapes, off white brocade couch and a love seat, a mahogany and glass coffee table and a mahogany low entertainment center that holds a TV and DVD player. There is a large solid wood corner desk with an over-head book shelve at the other end of the room.

The kitchen has a tile floor and granite counters and cupboards that go all the way to the ceiling. We have white lace curtains, dishwasher, garbage disposal, microwave, stove top and oven. We have a medium size refrigerator and freezer, a table and four chairs and an extra mahogany folding table with two wooden stools that fit underneath it. We keep this table folded up at the far end of the kitchen where I have another sink with a built in porcelain washing board. I have a stacked washing machine and dryer next to this sink. Opposite the washer and dryer is a large cupboard with a counter. Under the counter is a shelf with a pull-out ironing board ( I really like this arrangement). there are additional cupboards beneath this shelf.

The apartment was furnished with dishes, utensils, baking pans, kitchen linens, and cleaning supplies. We even had a big bowl of fresh fruit on the kitchen table. At first I thought they were artificial until the director asked me how I liked the fruit. There was also a box of chocolates and a pot of flowering begonias on the desk in the living room when we arrived. There was pop and bottled water in the frig too. I felt like V.I.P. s not missionaries

The bedroom is carpeted and has a king-size bed, end tables and lamps, a ceiling fan and lovelly bed lines. The room has two built in ceiling to floor closets with built in drawers and a really neat shelf for shoes that pulls out. We have the same lovely off-white drapes in the bedroom and a love rose colored bed spread and nine pillows (rose, floral, and white)

We have granite counters in the bathroom and tile floors. The only roughing it we have is that we don’t have a tub. The toilet, shower, and one of the sinks are closed off. The other sinks and ceiling to floor cupboards are open to the bedroom. All of our towels and floor rugs were provided. We also just go to the storage closet to get toilet paper.

Down the hall is an additional laundry room that is just for the three couples. I can put four loads of wash in at a time and have three dryers. We trade off days to us the laundry room so we don’t over lap. We have an exercise room that is being put in right across the hall from our apartment. We have three guest rooms available for visitors and family that come to visit. My sister who served in Siberia and Cairo said I’m not on a mission; I am on a vacation.