With all of the Holiday business and trying to wrap up work projects, it has become very hard to believe we are leaving for Chacala in 10 days. The kids are excited to see their friends in town and see our house. I have not posted about our experience in trying to buy land and build a house. Needless to say it worked out in the end thanks to a wonderful woman in town who stepped up and made a bad situation good and will be our lifelong friend because of her integrity. To make a long story short we were wanting to build a new house but we ended up buying a small house in town. It has been a bit scary buying in a foreign country but everytime we step foot in Mexico we feel it is where we belong.
The house has nothing other than appliances. We will need to purchase furniture and every other household item while we are there. This trip will be for 6 weeks and then back in the Spring one more time before coming more full time starting in August(provided our work is wrapped up and our house has sold). Hopefully during this trip we can get our FM3 visas, then one of these days drive the landcruiser down to stay, furnish and set up the house for living, talk to a builder about an addition, and set up someone to look after the house.
We are very excited to be starting an outdoor cinema on Friday nights at the newly built cultural center (thanks Luis, Kate and Joy). We will be showing family movies in spanish with english subtitles. The kids will help with setting up, clean up, promotion and movie selection each week. Owen will be in charge of flyer design. We have talked with some of the local vendors about selling tacos and sodas at the movies. Someday it would be great to have a popcorn machine. Movies have always been a passion of mine and it will be great to share those laughs and tears with our new friends. Hopefully this is a well received addition to the town. In Chacala there is no plaza or central place to gather so hopefully the cultural center and movies will be a nice draw for local families.
Once we arrive in Chacala the kids will be taking this blog over and using it to keep their family and friends back home connected to their life in Mexico. We will also be posting about the house and transitions to ownership in Mexico so please check back often.
Adios
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Well I'll try this again-If i get the hang of it, it will be fun to send and get messages from the Miller kids(and hopefully the parents)-I like the Spanish lesson but have a hard time tying my tounge around the vowels
Merry Christmas-I hope that Santa finds your hjouse tomorrow night
grandpa jim
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