Friday, August 31, 2007



Thought you might want to see our 3rd home in Costa Rica. This one is much closer to the school; just behind it & there are 3 apartments here. We are the 3rd so not as close to this busy street here, which can be very noisy from the traffic. We will be here, probably, until sometime in Dec, where after Graduation, we will leave for Guatemala! It is hard to believe we will be starting our 3rd semester in school. God has given us a determination, persistence & willingness to do this because we believe it is what He has put in front of us to do!


Our 2nd trip was to Tortuga Island. Not named Turtle Island because of the turtles, but because the island looks like a turtle. We were looking forward to snorkeling there, however, while getting out of the boat into the water, my left shoulder popped out of joint. We were on the backside of nowhere & it took 7 hours to get me back to the hospital on Puntarenas. Not a good story to tell, except, the Lord did take care of us in ways I was not aware of at the time - Gracias a Dios! I still am looking foward to snorkeling - somewhere in CR!

School does not begin again until Sept 4th, so, in wanting to see as much of Costa Rica as possible, we had 2 trips planned. This one is Manuel Antonio. Much of this area is mountainous & will remind you a lot of the Smokies. There are only 2 hotels close to the beach; others are on the cliffs with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. We were looking forward to snorkeling, but the earthquake in Peru altered the weather there and it rained a lot in the afternoons, but the mornings were wonderful.

Friday, August 24, 2007


August 15th was Graduation for many whom we will miss terribly this next tri, but change is constant in the life of a missionary. Many will go to their country of assignment, or back home for a short time, then on to where God has called them. It is exciting to see them hold the flag of their country. I'm glad they didn't quit - we saw how many could have, but, by God's grace, they didn't! They stood firm & strong & have influenced us who remain.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007


We have just finished our 2nd trimester of school & much has happened in those 3 months. Beginning in May, we had our 1st grandbaby girl 'Addison Grace' born in OK to our oldest son, Jonathan & Eva. She is beautiful & we are very blessed. We also found out our youngest son, Joshua & Stephanie, will have their 1st baby & our 2nd grandbaby boy 'Andrew Pete' in Jan '08; a big surprise to us all. We could not be more pleased. Just 3 weeks ago, we moved again into an apartment. It is much smaller than the house we were in, but, it is much closer to the school. Because we have only a tourist visa, we had to go out of the country for the 1st time to renew & so we chose the country of Panama. It took 7 hrs to travel by bus & the picture is of the bridge we had to cross at the border, which was a real experience for all 38 of us. Then, last week, we have had our country of destination changed from El Salvador to Guatemala. We have much peace about this & feel that is the place where God would have us to go. Many factors were involved in the change & we feel that God is in control of it all.