Left for the office this morning at 7, and spent most of the day there. We spent a lot of time trying to make a new spreadsheet to keep housing info on. Hiatts came in at lunch time, and we went with them to sign a contract. Our name is on it; hope it's right! Later we walked down to where the Notary Public is. We can get all the copies of a contract notarized for 100 pisos, which is about $2.50. If we go to the American Embassy to have it done, it costs $50.00. That seems a little extreme, but no one is sure if something notarized here for the 100P would hold up in America.
Just a little more about our apartment. These are actually condos, individually owned. The original owners of all three missionary apartments have moved out and leased them to us. The church, or at least, the mission president, wants the senior missionaries to be happy and healthy, so they put into our apartments two air conditioners, the washer, the dryer, a heating unit for the shower (we have no other hot water in the apartment, except the washer), the stove, curtains, and nice wardrobes for closets. They seemed pretty basic when we moved in, but we didn't realize how upgraded they are! We don't brush our teeth with the sink water, but carry cups of filtered water to the bathroom with us. The water filter systems are also church-installed.
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