Archive for November, 2005

Winter Newsletter is Available

Our latest newsletter is now available on-line in PDF format. Just click on the image below or here to read about our recent events in Costa Rica:

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El Dia de La Accion de Gracias

There is no word for Thanksgiving in Spanish and no holiday either. So while most of the people in the US have the day off, for the people of San Jose, today was business as usual. The Gringos among them were celebrating though. We’re planning for a holiday complete with the turkey, the cranberries, the […]

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Get on the Stick!

The popsicle stick that is! We’ve been subjected to some strange exercises in order to get our mouths into the correct condition for speaking Spanish, but none have been as odd or humbling as the popsicle stick.
English speakers don’t open their mouths habitually as they speak. Therefore, we have trouble with several of the Spanish […]

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Teaching Missions on the Mission Field

God has called us to go “into all the world,” and if we are to fulfill his mandate, we are certainly going to need some help. How will we get it? Teach missions!
We were blessed to be a part of a missions outreach in the countryside north of San Jose last weekend. Here, we […]

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Celebrating a Birthday in Costa Rica!

How does Jonathan, our almost three year old, celebrate a birthday in Costa Rica? By having an operation of course! Tuesday, November 8th is Jonathan’s third birthday, and we spent the last week and a half preparing by spending a lot of time in the hospital.
It started with some symptoms that we found earlier in […]

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