Apartment by the Numbers

Apartment By the Numbers
A Bit of Whining

0 number of racks in our oven

6 number of slats that dislodge on the back of the couch when you sit on it.

2 number of resident dogs.

48 the number of degrees of the “hot” water in our shower.

6 o’clock the time we need to start dinner or we can no longer see well enough to cook(unless wearing a camping headlamp)

2 degrees F is the refrigerator that freezes all our food

5016 meters high is Volcan Tunguaraha we can see from the roof on a clear day (last eruption 2006).

2 the number of other families living in our “complex”. (all are related except for us; Sister Mary says Banos makes DePere look like Chicago)

3 the number of times we heat up water on the stove to do dishes (camping style)

1 number of slats broken on our bed so no more than 2 people can sit on it or it will collapse.

6-8 number of roosters that crow outside our window at all hours except dawn.
Many breezes that blow the fresh mountain air through the apartment.

3 dishes of food the neighbors brought over to share with us.

1000’s of people who live in Ecuador without any running water (hot or cold)

countless number of blessings our family has to experience such a great opportunity in Banos , Quito and all of Ecuador (although this is not the perspective of all members of the family)