Update Coming Soon!

I wanted to write a quick note to let you know my Grandfather has passed away. I am in the United States attending his funeral. I will be returing to Costa Rica Saturday, November 8, so I will not be able to have another blog update until sometime after I return. Thank you for checking our site and appreciate you checking back at a later time. Have a great week!

Blessings

Here are a few blessings from this week that I took for granted in the states:

I found a bag of Funyun chips at the store this past week!
They had JettPuff marshmallows at PriceSmart(Sam's) and I successfully made Rice Krispie treats!
We finally were able to bring our Microwave back home! Long story, short: Our microwave wasn't functioning properly like coming on by itself and sometimes not working at all when the buttons were pushed. So only having it 5 months I figured they would just refund our money and we get a new one. Wrong. They said they would try to fix it and it wouldn't take longer than a week at the most. Well 3 weeks later I went to the store to check on it and it was ready and repaired with a new key pad. They said there was a short in the other one. But surprisingly enough I really didn't miss it!

A couple nights ago the girls were playing in their room instead of sleeping. So after going in there twice already I was headed in a 3rd time to lay down the law. I went in only to find that Evie had taken everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, off and was playing in Mylee's bed. How do you not just bust up laughing when you are supposed to be the really mad parent because the kids aren't sleeping? Thankfully there were no "accidents" on the bed because I would have been really upset, clothes or no clothes.

Coming up: Aaron and I were invited to a murder mystery dinner next Friday night!
Gabrielle is teaching the next Bible Study (in Spanish)!
Have a stupendous week!

La Fiesta

This past Friday we had an exam in our Language class. After studying typical Costa Rican parties, our exam was, with another class, to plan a party! Everything from decorations, food, games, and clean up. Some of the requirements were to speak in Spanish the whole time, include some jokes and use a Costa Rican idiom or saying. I was in charge of the game. So I bought a pinata and filled it. It was a lot of fun! Below are a couple of videos of our time in the party. The first one is of me talking a little bit in Spanish. I am telling the class there are surpises in the pinata. The next video is of me hitting the pinata and breaking it! Be sure to push pause on music box on the side bar to the left to hear the video sound! Enjoy.


Also this week we had a cultural day. The grade school and high school put on a performance with many different performances from other cultures. They had a song in Korean, different verses of the Bible read in different languages, a video of many different people from around the world, and a human video (which was my favorite) to the song "Go Light Your World" by Kathy Troccoli. They worked very hard to get ready for this day and we were privledged to be a part of it. About half way through the performance I was looking at Evie and noticed I had dressed her in her little Mexico dress. Actually that morning she picked it out herself. So I don't know if she knew what she was doing or not but she fit right in for the day! Below is the link to click on to see the pictures. Just double click on any picture. Have a great week!

Lunch and a poopy diaper!

What a week we had! This past Sunday Aaron was able to lead his first Bible Study in Spanish! He did a really good job and we think everyone understood his Spanish. Last Sunday before we left the Bible Study we asked our Nicaraguense friends over for lunch the next Sunday, which was today. We scheduled for them to come over at 2pm and at 2:20 they called and said they were lost from the directions we gave them. We live near Parque El Bosque and little did we know there are 2! There is a small one and a big one. We live by the big one. I guess they went to the other one first. But they made it here finally. I was so excited to make this new dish that my mom gave me the recipe for. I wanted to make them something different, like American. So I made them Chicken baked in a sweet salsa. Well during our dinner conversation I found out that this is a common Costa Rican dish=( Oh well, at least it turned out edible. When we were almost finished Evie came in from the backyard with her dress held up and you could see her little bottom covered in poopy. I guess she didn't want to bother me with a diaper change so she was going to do it herself. Oh how embarrassing. But they all laughed it away. But lunch turned out to be pretty fun and we were actually able to keep conversations going. Below is a few pictures of our lunch and as promised a few pictures of the girls. Evie is at that stage if I don't get a cute picture the first time I snap it, then I don't get one at all. But she is in the picture no less. Dios Le Bendiga! (God Bless You)