A Birthday Party

I just received pictures from the first Birthday Party we attended here a couple weeks ago. It was a party for our House Helper, Yolanda. It was also a strategic party hoping to be able to invite some of the neighbors to the bible study and it worked! These are the ladies who have been coming for the past couple weeks. Please continue to pray that these women will continue to come and more will be added!


Here are also a few pictures of the Chapel we have every Tuesday and Thursday at the school. This was the particular day that my praise team was singing. Also this particular chapel was titled "Concert of Prayer". This is the second time we have done this. The first time we prayed for our city and the citizens around us, which was about the time of all the robberies. This second time we had a chance to pray for the teachers, who are in a circle and then the teachers were able to pray for us as we recreated a map with the closest people going to Mecico, the middle people staying in Costa Rica, and the farthest people going to Argentina. It was so cool to be able to pray with and for different missionaries going to the same area we were going to. What a wonderful expierence we were blessed to be a part of.

Click on the link below to see more pictures of the birthday party and of the girls and their time here in Costa Rica. Oh there is also another picture of a little "friend" we had in our house the other night! Enjoy.

Birthday Party 4 Yolanda

A very blessed week!

What a fortunate week we were able to be a part of. First, Thursday there was a Parents Night Out that was given by a volunteer group from Mississippi. They watched our kiddos among many other children from 5pm to 9pm. With two other couples we went to eat at a barbeque restaurant and then went to see the new Indiana Jones movie-in English! We made it back at 9:00 sharp. It was a much needed night that was exactly what we needed to get away from the stresses of school.

Second, there was a women's retreat put on through the school that was Friday afternoon until Saturday at 5pm. We went to a resort about an hour and a half away. It was a very fun time to get to know some (about 60) of the fellow missionary women who are here studying with me. The pool was absolutely beautiful with a concrete slide (pictures above). It was fun until I went down on my stomach and slammed my hip against the side of it. Then it didn't feel so good. But I will live to tell the story. All the ladies in the above picture are with the IMB except for the lady in the front next to me. The middle picture is of the pool with the dark rain clouds above it. It did rain on us for about 5 minutes while we were in the pool. Fun times! The other picture is of me going down the slide, aiming for the tube...I think I put one leg in that time!

Again this past Sunday we had all but one show up for the bible study. This week I was able to lead a couple songs for the group. It was a very successful bible study. Last week we walked home in the rain. If you could picture the worst down pour in Missouri and then us walking a mile in it to get home, that is what we did. So the picture below is a picture of our soaking wet pants when we got home. All we could do was laugh our way through it. Have a great week!

Our Church-Amistad

June 2008-2

Not too many pictures from this week because I have posted our first little video below. This video is about a minute out of our 45 minute praise and worship time at the church we have been attending. We worship for the first hour and the second hour the kids go to their class. When the kids are gone we have a meet and greet time, followed by the announcements and then end with the sermon to be out by 12:15pm. This last Sunday we were able to experience our first Latin Lord's Supper. They didn't have the little bread waffers like the US. They use fresh baked bread that was so delicious we found ourselves wanting a little bit more. They also had the grape juice in bigger cups and a few of the little cups like we have in the US. Obviously it is all done in Spanish so we did a lot of looking around and following the lead of the locals. But a very special time, no less.



Last Saturday I also received my first cooking class for Puebla. Our mentor Rebekah brought some Mole Poblano back with her from Puebla. Mole is a bitter sauce made out of coco beans, but taste nothing like chocolate. It was invented right in Puebla, so very popular there. This mole that we ate was VERY spicy for this gringo tongue. I have to say it is definitley an aquired-taste-needed sauce. She had us all over and we cooked it then ate it over Chicken and Mexican rice. I made the manderine orange salad and it was a hit. For dessert we had homemade Flan made by Scott and Sherry. It was yummy! Click on the above link to see pictures of our meal and a few more from the week of the girls.

Please pray this week for the new people we had at our Sunday Bible Study, that the words of God they heard would land on fertile soil and that they would come back for more next Sunday!

The Inside!

Our house

You got it! Finally pics of our house. Thanks to my mom asking everyday when they will be up. I was trying to get the pics when the house was clean! We love our house and really don't deserve this nice of a home and definitely didn't expect it. We feel very safe here and know that God's hand is protecting us. Thank you to all who have prayed for us and our fellow missionaries here. Click on the link above to see our home!

I want to write out a portion from Aaron's journal of some funny things that was said here.

"Today I made two funny language mistakes. This morning I left our house helper, Yolanda, the following note: 'Correr los mangos, por favor', which translates to 'Run the mangos, please'. When I went to class this morning we went over verbs and I quickly realized that I had written the wrong verb. I meant to say 'Cut the mangos, please' which is the verb Cortar. My second mistake happened later in the morning when I asked my teacher the following: 'Como esta su pedo?' Which translates 'How is your fart?'. I meant to ask her 'Como esta su dedo?' Which is 'how is your finger?' She busted out laughing and informed me and the class of what I actually said. Her sutured finger is doing fine!"

Just thought you might enjoy that entry. We have found that my perfectionistic side of me doesn't want me to talk until I have everything put together perfectly. I am trying to break through this and just talk as much as I can. Pray that I will be successful.

Last weekend Aaron and I went on a date to LaPaz Waterfalls. Below is the link to see the most beautiful pictures that were taken there. We had a great day and wanted to try to share some of the beauty with you. Enjoy!

LaPaz Waterfalls