Monday, December 7, 2009

There IS room at this inn....

We just found out that we will have both rental rooms open in our house come January. We have been trading rooms for part-time childcare, so with the opening in rooms comes a need for a sitter/s for Mirabel, too. We can make it through January on some stopgap measures, but will really need to have someone in here and able to sit by February.

So...if you or someone you know is interested in a swap, we trade two days of sitting/week in exchange for each bedroom. That includes all utilities (water, electric, sanitation, internet, basic phone line). If a married couple wanted to take both rooms, we could put up a door that blocks off the two rooms, hall, and bath to make a semi-private suite. We share the main living space. We can furnish the rooms.

Our ideal candidate is someone who is Christian and is willing to commit for 1 year, likes kids (Mirabel is now closing in on 20 months), and would like to live in a little community. We think this arrangement could work well for someone who is single and wants to have a couple of part-time jobs (one bedroom- work for us 2 days, another job for cash income), a married couple with one kid or without (there are two rooms- one for them, one for the kid, mom able to stay at home and earn the rent by sitting for Mirabel 4 days and still get one day a week and weekends by herself without Mirabel), a missionary couple/family on furlough (we have all the house stuff, rent is free in exchange for childcare, they'd just have to cover incidentals).

We would like someone who comes referred, since they would be living in our home and caring for our daughter. Let us know if you or someone you know might be interested. Thanks!

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