Guyana - living the life

I wish I could capture in a single photo how much it's actually raining! This one doesn't do it justice!

There is no doubt in anyone's mind at this point, it is definitely rainy season! We were leaving our windows open 24/7 to catch the lovely breezes, but that stopped when we came back from our morning meeting yesterday to find everything near a window (which in our room is quite a lot) was damper than usual... The plus side is that the rain is heavy and short, providing a great backdrop to study sermons by!

Speaking of rain and damp things, our shower curtain has the unruly habit of falling at least once a day, if not every single time it's touched. Its antics wouldn't be complete of course without a deafening clatter and every single ring needing to be restrung on the curtain rod. Oh well. We're learning to live around these little quirks!

Some of my new Guyanese money

Converting from US Dollars to Guyanese Dollars is just about the easiest conversion I've ever encountered! The exchange rate is exactly US$1 to G$200. So my 1000 dollar bill is the same as a US 5 dollar bill. (Carrying around thousand dollar bills does make me feel rich!) So all you have to do while shopping is move the decimal over two places and divide by two. Piece of cake! (which is incidentally the first thing I bought with my new monopoly looking money! YUM!)

My supper yummy coconut finds from the "survivor" store

Yummy things are never in short supply here! We have fresh fruit juices every day that are full of wonderful fruits like pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, and guava. I'm convinced I'm drinking way to much of the stuff, but it's so good! For breakfast, we've had a thin cream of wheat like porridge that doesn't look too appetizing, but it's the perfect example that looks can be deceiving; it's really good! I love the chick peas, fresh fruit, and unpronounceable dishes!
There are definitely some food oddities too! It seems like the Guyanese really like to put mustard with their cheese. They've given us a lot of cheese spread, and I even had baked mustard mac and cheese on Sabbath!

Typical breakfast food minus the porridge

Sabbath lunch

Home sweet home!