News, notes and personal reflection from the Godzwa family during their mission to make disciples in MexicoNews, notes and personal reflection from the Godzwa family during their mission to make disciples in Mexico
Aug 5th 2006DaveCostaRica & Media & Nature
We had the opportunity to travel to Tortuguero last weekend to celebrate Kelly’s 30 something birthday. While we were on the trip, we realized that, besides the green sea turtles, there are other natural wonders that grow to become quite large. Spiders were certainly in that category as was this elephant beetle. […]
Jun 14th 2006DaveCostaRica & Culture
The sidewalks are empty. The shopping centers are deserted. There is an eerie silence in the streets. No, this is not a city-wide disaster drill, we’re watching the World Cup.
What is this you say? Well as you have noted in my previous post, soccer is not simply a sport, it […]
Jun 1st 2006DaveCostaRica & Culture & Day2Day & Prayer
Well you can’t tell from the picture, but this week found Jonathan sick for the third time in 2 weeks. This time with a fever. We are now in the start of the rainy season here, and like what happens in the States during the onset of winter, it seems like people come […]
May 15th 2006DaveCostaRica & Missions & Prayer
As I had mentioned in a previous post, the country of Costa Rica has only two seasons, the wet and the dry seasons. We have enjoyed about 3 months now of dry sunny weather, but for the past week except for yesterday, it has rained every day. The picture above is a view […]
May 8th 2006DaveCostaRica & Culture
Have you ever eaten a flower before? (No, I’m not talking about the couple of dandelions that you may have swallowed as a child) Well we just had some for lunch!
Here in Costa Rica, a white flower that grows on the Itabo tree (shown in the large photo) is now in bloom, and, […]
May 6th 2006DaveCostaRica & Misc & Missions
Cinco de Mayo, the holiday celebration that com- memorates the Mexican victory during of the Battle of Puebla, has passed without even the thought of a Mariachi band as pictured in the post. In fact, here in Costa Rica, we had let the day slip until Anthony Scoma, a pastor friend from Texas reminded […]
May 1st 2006DaveCoffee & CostaRica & Culture & Day2Day
There is a saying in Costa Rica that reads, “Lunes ni las gallinas ponen”, which means On Mondays, not even the hens are laying. We certainly can relate to Mondays in that way. With all of the activities and projects, it sometimes seems like we need another weekend in order to rest from […]
Apr 18th 2006DaveCostaRica & Media & Nature
Well even though I have missed video blogging week, as mentioned on Missionary-Blogs.com I thought it was appropriate to put up a video of another visit a volcano, since we seem to be keeping a pretty good catalog of trips to these wonders of nature which you can visit here (Irazú) and here (Arenal).
The […]
Apr 2nd 2006DaveCostaRica & Language & Nature
Sometimes, we are on top of the world and think that fluency in Spanish is within our grasp. Other times, we are somewhat like Josh Amiot, hanging on for dear life!
This is the stage that we find ourselves in this week. We are now passing through our “ECHO”s, or Spanish conversation proficiency exams, during which […]
Mar 12th 2006DaveCostaRica & Ministry & Prayer
There is a song that says, “It is no secret, what God can do…,” but knowledge and expectations at times can be two totally different things. In the case of the Luis Palau Festival God blew away the expectations!
The students of CINCEL got a chance to be a part of the festival, as I had […]
