Home far away from home

So here is my post on our house. We our renting a house from a lady who is in New Zealand for the summer. We are living with another couple from our field study, Dallin and Abby. They are great, and living with them is fun! The house is right in the center of Nuku'alofa so we are only a short walk away from the market, shops, and church. The house is a million times better than what we expected.

We have running water and a toilet (on the other islands we will likely be using an outhouse). We have a microwave, fridge, and stove. No air conditioning of course but lots of fans. The worst part is no hot water. The shower is freezing cold! My showers used to last 30+ minutes and now they last about 2 minutes. Also while taking my first cold shower here I also had the pleasure of killing 2 spiders while showering. The bugs are probably the only thing I don't like about Tonga.

Our neighbors are great. They are letting us use their washing machine (so happy we don't have to wash our clothes in a tub). And they are also always feeding us and checking up on us. They are awesome.

Here's some pictures of our house.