Costa Rica Info

Hey guys - I think we've told all of you by now that we are headed to Costa Rica (CR) next year. We've been told that the date that we need to arrive in Costa Rica is January 5th. SO - that means that we will need to have our whole house packed up before we leave for home assignment in October. They will ship our stuff (which supposedly will only take 1 week to arrive in CR) in the end of December. I've been looking up some embassy stuff for Costa Rica, because we need to start our residency process, and during the course of it, I found this info - thought it might be of interest to some of you (Costa Rica at a Glance). If it's not of interest, here are some pictures for you :)

Sydney's bedhead on Saturday morning

Fun with stickers - enough said.

Retreat in El Salvador

We had an awesome time in El Salvador last weekend - the kids LOVED the pools! They practically lived in them in the down time that we had. Every morning was filled with workshops/dynamics on team building and every evening we had a service with guest preacher Dr. Bill Selvidge. In the afternoons, we were pool babies. They had a HUGE pool with lots of shallow areas where the kids were really comfortable playing. In fact, Elijah even went underwater and started swimming! We were shocked! He loved it. Sydney wasn't so fond of being underwater, but floating on top was perfect for her. It was an all-inclusive resort, so we felt like we ate every 2 hours - snacks and sodas ran freely, you just had to show them your wrist band. Here are a few pictures...









Isn't this a hilarious picture? It was taken candidly
by another missionary. Who knows what Elijah was
up to?

We are packing up our suitcases tonight for our Florida/Indiana trip. The kids are really excited to be seeing so many relatives in the coming days. Please keep sydney in your prayers - she was diagnosed with mono on Monday, and has been battling some pretty high fevers for the past 4 days. Pray that the Lord takes the fevers completely away, and that he continues to guard her from other infections - with mono, she's more apt to catch something, since her immune system in compromised. Can't wait to see lots of you soon! We love you!